Calendar of Upcoming Events

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Sleep Training with Rose Calderone

Wed, Feb 3, 2010, 7:00 pm

Rose Calderone studied Early Childhood Education at Hillsdale College, and graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Communication Arts and Education. Rose has assisted &/or taught pre-school, Kindergarten and 5th grade. A passion for working with children brought Rose back to Chicago in 1999 to work as a nanny. After 3 years of working as a nanny in high demand, she took her first night-nanny assignment and fell in love with this work. In 2002, she started Hush-a-bye Baby as a day placementand night-nanny agency, specializing in singletons and twins.

In the years that followed, she discovered that she had a gift for getting singletons to sleep through the night by 3 months, and twins by 4 months. She defines through the night as 10-12 hours (with no bottles, pacifiers, waking or crying it out). Rose now concentrates her energies on mentoring both nannies and parents to sleep train babies.

In the past few years she worked with may of our own sleep-deprived MOMs, with wonderful success. Rose has come to know that babies need sleep for many reasons, and fortunately, there are effective ways to help them get sleep. She also recognizes that in order for us to be the best moms possible, we too, need our sleep.

At this meeting we will also talk about toddler sleep issues and have an informal “roundtable” discussion about getting older ones to get the sleep they need.

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Winter Blizzard Family Party

at Pump It Up in Chicago

Saturday, Feb. 20th
8:45 - 10:45am
Cost = $12/child

We again have the entire facility rented out for our group (Arena A, Arena B and the Jr Arena)
* See Evite for complete details *

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1-2-3-Magic

Wed, Mar 3, 2010

123 Magic is back! We are planning to host a presentation by Dr. Thomas Phelan, author of 123 Magic and several other books, on March 3rd, 2010.

At this seminar, you will learn:
• How to discipline without arguing, yelling, or spanking
• How to control obnoxious behavior
• The 6 kinds of testing and manipulation (and how to handle them)
• 5 tactics for encouraging good behavior
• What to do about messy rooms, lying, tasks that don’t get done (homework, practicing, chores, etc.) and more

You can read up on Dr. Phelan’s philosophies in advance by checking out his website, www.parentmagic.com. Discounted copies of his books will be available for sale at the meeting.

An evite will be sent at the beginning of February so that all members and their guests can register for this event. Cost is $10 per person--husbands, grandparents, nannies, friends and neighbors are all welcome! Please specify the number of people you are bringing in your evite response and list their names. Please pay in advance by paypal. Cash will be accepted at the door. If you have questions about this event, please contact Kimberly at aaykim12@yahoo.com.

Included with the February MOMs newsletter is a FLYER about this event--please give it to friends or post it at your child’s preschool. Help us to spread the word about a phenomenal approach to discipline and a great evening of learning!



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MOMs Spring Resale

When: March 20th, 2010
Where: Unitarian Church of Evanston
Members Only Sale
    8:00a-9:00 am     **Free for Members!**
Open to the Public
    9:00a-12:00 pm    $1 Admission

Don’t forget: All MOMs members have access to the HUGELY popular Members-Only Preview Sale for one hour (from 8-9 am) before it opens up to the public at 9 am! Take advantage of this special opportunity to get a hold of the best bargains and selection at the resale! Admission is free for members and will be $1 for non-members.

Get Involved: Anyone can be a part of the Resale Committee. If you’d like to get more involved, here are just a few examples of ways that you can help:

  • Setup Team: Arrive early for the Setup on Friday (beginning at 4pm) to get a head start on the general room setup.
  • Resale Marketing: Help plan and implement our advertising strategy
  • Hanger Coordinator: Help coordinate efforts related to collection, storage and distribution of hangers
  • Philanthropy Team: Help the Philanthropy Coordinator manage efforts for donating leftover items

Reminder: We’ll be conducting a “Hanger Swap” at the February and March MOMs meeting. If you have any extra hangers that you’d like to donate to our sellers, please drop them off at this meeting. If you plan on being a seller at the next resale and need hangers for your clothing items, feel free to take any of the donated hangers.

Also, please help us spread the word! Post the resale flyers in high “mom traffic” areas, and be sure to email your friends, family, co-workers, neighbors and anyone else that would enjoy a great bargain on children’s items.
Resale Flyers now Available Online!

For your convenience, Resale Flyers are now available directly on our website! There are two different copies available to you. http://momsofmultiples.org/resale.html

 

For more information, visit the RESALE section of this site, or click here to become a member !

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School Readiness

Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 7:00 pm

Winnetka

We will be hearing from social worker, Diane Becker, on School Readiness.
Check out her website for information,
www.avenueforchange.com.
More info to come.

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“One and The Same”, Growing Up as a Twin

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 7:00 pm

Evanston Library
1703 Orrington Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201

Author and twin Abigail Pogrebin will be speaking to our group about her book, “One and the Same”. The book is about her experience growing up as a twin.
More info to come.

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June Happy Hour

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Relax and enjoy drinks and appetizers with MOMs!
Our June meeting will be a social “happy hour” at a bar in the city. Stay tuned for location--but mark June 2 on your calendar for a fun evening with MOMs!
More info to come.

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