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Nannies and Doulas On Call Inc.

Tamara — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:25:18 +0000

Every been stuck trying to find a last minute sitter for the kids? Daycare provider on vacation and you don’t have back-up care? Can’t get your kids to sleep? We have someone that can help you out. Marcia founded Nannies and Doulas On Call Inc. in 2004 and has lots of things that busy families can use some help with. Listed below are a few of the things that they have to offer.

Postpartum Doula services , we offer daytime and nighttime for single babies and we are specialized in multiples, twins and triplets. Daytime includes baby and mother’s care and also home light housekeeping. Night time is only baby and mother’s care. Assistance with breastfeeding and postpartum depression. Rates go from $24 to $28 an hour.

Sleep Traning – If the parents do themselves with my help, I charge for the first sleep phone consultation plus the sleep plan sent though email plus lifetime support $335 plus taxes. The difference between me and other doulas I never charge them again if they need to do all over again when the baby is older. The parents love that. They can call me anytime or email me anytime, I never charge again. The second option and more expensive is if I go and do in their homes. I charge $35 an hour plus taxes.

Babysitting on call for weddings, hotels, homes. Babysitter wages are from $16 to 20 an hour and there is a booking fee of $25 plus taxes each time they go.

Nanny placements are also available.

For more information on services please check out their website at Nannies and Doulas On Call Inc.

Easter fun!

Tamara — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:58:37 +0000

Hard to believe we are already almost in the middle of April. We are loving the nice weather we are finally having. Hope you are too!

Easter is Sunday, April 24th and below I have a cute craft brought to you from Busy Bee Kids Crafts. Be sure to check out lots of other cool crafts they have too.

Make sure that you check out Facebook on a regular basis as I do post crafts shared by others on there as well as other interesting articles and activities that don’t go on my blog. If you haven’t already “liked” us please be sure to come on over and check us out on Facebook.

Peeking Bunny

This adorable Peeking Bunny craft is perfect for preschoolers. Green hand prints make the grass for the paper plate bunny to peek through!

Here’s what you’ll need…
•Paper plate
•Green and pink construction paper
•Pencil
•Scissors
•Black marker
•Glue

Here’s how you make it…

Trace 3 green hand prints and cut out. Place your paper plate ‘eating side’ down and glue the hand prints to the bottom of your paper plate.

Cut two bunny ears from your pink paper and glue onto the top, back of the plate. Draw on some ‘peeking’ eyes, and you’re done!!

If you want to hang your Peeking Bunny, punch two holes on either side of the plate and string through a piece of yarn.

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Here are a couple other ideas for some Easter fun!

Put a piece of tape on the carpet for your finish line. Take a plastic eggs that you can find at the dollar store. Have two or more kids line up on the opposite side of your finish line and have them go on their knees (hands and knees for younger kids) and have them roll the egg with their nose without using their hands and see who can pass the finish line first.

You can also use the plastic eggs to make shakers for circle time. Open them up and fill with beans, rice or any other item you think will make lots of noise. Have an adult use a hot glue gun to seal the eggs and voila you have egg shakers!

Hoppy Easter from Durham Region Daycare!

Apple Cinnamon Dough

Tamara — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:56:05 +0000

Even though it’s still technically summer, I thought I’d share this great fall recipe we love to play with.

Apple Cinnamon Dough

1 cup ground cinnamon
1 cup applesauce
Mix applesauce and cinnamon together until you get a clay-like consistency.Roll out with a rolling pin or create shapes with your hands.. Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes.
Add glitter for fun!!
Let your creations dry on cookie racks. Store unused dough in air tight containers.

Have fun!

Tamara

Childcare Providers Unite

Tamara — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:38:33 +0000

Are you a daycare provider in Durham Region? Feeling a little isolated in your job? Childcare Providers Unite is the group for you.

Childcare Providers Unite is a FREE group that meets once a month in Oshawa. We meet the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Early Years Centre at 500 Mayfair Avenue in Oshawa at 7 pm. Come out and meet other providers!

We discuss all kinds of child related topics, share craft ideas, schedules, recipes and many free workshops too. We also have planned group tours as well for those of you who are mobile.

This is a great group of women who can help you with some of the isolation we feel in our job of being a home provider.

For more information, please check out our website Childcare Providers Unite

Scratch & Sniff Watercolour Paint

Tamara — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:37:24 +0000

1 Tbsp. powdered drink mix (unsweetened is best)
1 Tbsp. warm water
Muffin tins or baby food jars
Small mixing bowl
Mix the water and drink mix in a small bowl.
Paint on paper the way you would with any watercolour paint.
Use different drink mixes for different colors/flavours (grape, cherry, lemon, etc.)
Let paint dry overnight before scratching and sniffing.

Your Green Baby

Tamara — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:48:23 +0000

I’m so happy to introduce you to Kim. She owns Your Green Baby
We will be posting lots of interesting articles and recipes from Kim. She also has some great workshops that are local so stay tuned for dates of upcoming workshops.

Your Green Baby is a place for mom, baby and toddler. We offer a variety of services to meet the nutritional needs of mom, baby and toddler. We help guide your preconception, pregnancy and postnatal nutritional care and provide nutritional care to your baby and toddler. We offer support and guidance through personal one-on-one consultations and dynamic, interactive workshops and cooking classes.

Your Green Baby workshops are an excellent way to gain information and confidence in a group setting with other likeminded moms and dads. Workshop topics include: Nutrition for New Moms, Power Up Your Breast Milk, Making Your Own Baby Food, Starting Solids, Feeding Your Toddler and Healthy Mommy = Healthy Baby. These workshops will give you the confidence and knowledge you need to feed your baby for optimum health and well being.

Your Green Baby also offers Made by Mommy Cooking Workshops. This is a hands-on cooking workshop where you make batches of healthy organic meals to take home to your baby or toddler. All equipment, organic ingredients and recipes are provided, participants just show up ready to cook.

Your Green Baby has some exciting new additions coming in the fall. The first will be phone and online consultations. This will be a wonderful opportunity for moms and dads from across Canada to consult with Your Green Baby about nutrition for mom, baby or toddler. Second will be conference call seminars. This provides another opportunity for moms and dads that do not live within reach of Your Green Baby to gain access to the valuable information presented at workshops. Conference call seminars take place at a specified time and callers listen from the comfort of their own home on the phone. Third is the new book Raising Happy Healthy Babies, which owner Kim Corrigan Oliver is currently writing and has set a goal of October for its release.

Your Green Baby is owned by Kim Corrigan-Oliver, a practicing Certified Nutritional Practitioner, graduating from The Institute of Holistic Nutrition with First Class Honours. She is proud to be a professional member of the International Organization of Nutritional Consultants earning the designations of Registered Nutritional Consulting Practitioner and Registered Orthomolecular Health Practitioner.

Kim is dedicated to inspiring and motivating moms and dads to make informed decisions regarding their child’s health and wellness through one-on-one consultations and dynamic, interactive workshops and cooking classes.

At Your Green Baby we are passionate about living a healthy natural lifestyle for both mom and baby.

For more information about Your Green Baby:

www.yourgreenbaby.ca – sign up for our monthly newsletter, find out about upcoming workshops and cooking classes

www.yourgreenbaby.blogspot.com – Kim blogs regularly about important nutrition topics for mom, baby and toddler, and provides recipes, check it out!

www.twitter.com/yourgreenbaby – follow Your Green Baby on Twitter where Kim provides quick tips for mom, baby and toddler on a daily basis

Gettin’ crafty

Carly — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:13:10 +0000

My 2.5-year-old, Lucy, goes to a wonderful home daycare three days a week, spends one day with her Nana (my Mom), and one special Lucy-Mama-House-Day.

We try to either get out for some shopping or lunch or special snack (she loves “Hortons” for a muffin!) or do a craft together.

The Internet is a goldmine of arts and crafts sites, and I’ve shared our favourites on a new links page called Crafts & Blogs. Check them out!

MaryP’s recent craft post on making trees using all the beautiful falling leaves inspired Lucy and I’s creation yesterday. My tree trunk and sky aren’t as pretty as hers, but we love it just the same!

New links!

Carly — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:15:40 +0000

Spent some time today updating our resource pages, an ongoing mission.

There’s a brand new page with interesting day care reads, including a recent CBC report and Statistics Canada numbers.

Under links for providers, look car seat safety websites for traveling with kids.

And there are tons of places to play and visit under local stuff to do.

Enjoy! And please email or leave a comment with any of your favourite and regular sites.

What to ask, look for when searching for childcare

Carly — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:46:19 +0000

Oh, the excruciating process of interviewing childcare providers. In our search for home, or “family”, care for Lucy, I interviewed more than a dozen providers either in person or on the phone.

(I’ve been writing about Lucy and our family’s wonderful (and sometimes wacky and sad) childcare searches and experiences — with Daycare Debbie, Julia and Shelby — for years. Read it here.)

Although absolutely necessary when looking for the special person (or centre) to be, almost, your surrogate, it doesn’t make it any less stressful.

Just like interviewing for a job, one of the most helpful tips I read about before beginning the search was to be prepared and know exactly the questions to ask a potential provider.

There’s a wealth of information for parents online, often broken down by type of childcare, too. Here are our favourites:

About Kids Health (from the Hospital for Sick Children): Questions to ask for infant/toddler care, preschool care, and school-age before-/after-school care
Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services: Childcare choices and questions
CBC news in-depth on daycare: Questions parents should ask
BC Health Guide on choosing childcare: Questions, plus how to decide between a home and centre
The search is on: A lengthy but worthwhile read from the Brantford Expositor

Any favourite sites or resources to share? Leave ‘em below!