BabyBites Brooklyn

Check back in September for Fall Special Events!

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Past Special Events:

We repeat our events throughout the year, so we like to keep some of our past events up so that you can see what we offer and let us know what you want us to plan in the future.  We always do our best to accommodate!

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Have Your Baby and Business Too!

• PLACE: Park Slope Eye, 682 Union St, Park Slope
• DATE & TIME: Thursday, June 3rd, 7-9 PM
• COST: $25 in advance; $30 at the door
• RSVP: chana@babybites.com

Motherhood is an incredible time to re-evaluate your professional goals and opportunities. In recent years, starting your own business has become an increasingly popular option for moms with young children.

For some women, starting their own business is a dream that they have always had, while for others it is an option they have only begun to consider. Often, going back to a former career proves to be an unappealing option, and going out on their own seems to be the best way to attain the balance, flexibility, autonomy, and creative outlet that they desire.

Regardless of the origin, the questions are inevitable…Is it possible? What should I know? Where do I to start?

babybites is thrilled to be partnering with In Good Company Workplaces for an evening of discussion with several successful moms who have created amazing businesses to meet their creative, professional and family needs. Panelists (whose bios are below) include:

• Hannah Macdonald & SaSaDi Odunsi, Co-Owners of Bump Maternity
• Miriam Milord, Owner of BCakeNY
• Lakey Evans-Pena, Owner of MightyMamas and Williamsburg Movement & Arts Center
• Desiree Detoy, Owner of Chavella’s

Meet real women — just like you — who have started businesses in order to create work that works for them.

This panel will be facilitated by Amy Abrams, Brooklyn mom and co-founder of In Good Company Workplaces – a community and workspace for women entrepreneurs who want to learn the business of running a business.

In Good Company Workplaces is a community of dynamic women entrepreneurs seeking more than a network and more than an office space.  Their beautiful loft-like space provides a place to work, a place to meet clients, a place to hold classes or workshops. Becoming a member of their community offers you connections and opportunities to collaborate with other like minded women business owners and gives you access to informative events and resources. Their flexible and affordable membership levels allow you to scale your use to match your business needs.

Light refreshments will be served.

Only lap babies allowed (no toddlers please). We look forward to seeing you there!

PANELISTS’ BIOS:

Hannah Macdonald, a former marketing executive for Tommy Hilfiger, and SaSaDi Odunsi, formally of luxury retailer Cashmere Aspen, initially met in a prenatal yoga class. They became friends in mommy & baby yoga after their sons Auden & Ethan were born in 2006. Immersed in Park Slope’s unique parenting community, they gained an intimate understanding of Brooklyn’s stylish, sophisticated pregnant set and realized they had more in common than motherhood: they shared a passion for fashion and the years of experience needed to pull off a successful fashion venture designed for moms like them. After surveying their local network of moms and seeking out cutting-edge collections, Hannah and SaSaDi opened Bump in June 2007.

BCakeNY is a Custom Cake Design studio dedicated to create specialty cakes for every occasion, founder Miriam Milord was born and raised in Germany and moved to New York in 2000.  Miriam holds a degree in Fine Arts and Graphic Design and has worked as a Designer for a prominent Art Gallery for the past decade, while baking just for family & friends. 2008 became the start up year for BCakeNY (from BKNY for Brooklyn New York) when Miriam decided to give her fellow New Yorkers a slice of her talent.

Lakey Evans-Pena was a professional modern concert dancer with Ailey II and has worked with a multitude of choreographers and  taught throughout the U.S. Transitoning from dance she became personal trainer & lead part of The Method Series- a dance, pilates, and stregth DVD/Fit tv series.  After working as a trainer in NYC and having 2 children, she has fused her life into this new magic venture-The Williamsburg Movement & Arts Center and is thrilled to be an artistic and strength (Wburgmightymamas.com) influence both to children and parents in her neighborhood.

A little over 4 years ago, Desiree Detoy and her husband came upon a small space for rent in their neighborhood of Prospect Heights/Crown Heights.  Desiree’s husband, having had close to twenty years of experience in the restaurant business, and Desiree, having had various jobs in administration and management decided to put their heads together and open a restaurant of their own, Chavella’s. Close to two years later, they were preparing for the birth of their son.  Desiree left her day job as an Educator/Outreach Coordinator at the New York Aquarium and turned into a full-time entrepreneur and shortly thereafter, a mother. As Desiree continues to face the many challenges and demands of being self-employed and raising a young child, she is constantly reminded of the benefits as her 16 month old son pushes in the door of her office — against the nanny’s will — to say hello to mommy.

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Taking Care of Mommy

• PLACE: Bend & Bloom Yoga, 708 Sackett St. (between 4th and 5th Ave), Park Slope
• DATE & TIME: Monday, January 25, 2:00-3:30
• COST: $15 in advance; $20 at the door

Congratulations on the birth of your baby!  Of course, as a new mom, you have been focusing all of your attention and energies on your little bundle of joy.  But what about you?  Who has been paying attention to mommy’s needs?

babybites Brooklyn is here to do just that.  We — together with Momasphere, who are co-presenting this exciting event with babybites — have put together “Taking Care of Mommy,” where we will have a lineup of professionals on hand (all certified/licensed in their field), each at their own “station,” to cater to YOUR needs (not baby’s — though baby is invited to attend, of course):

• a postnatal yoga instructor who will conduct a mini yoga session with you
• a physical therapist specializing in postnatal issues who will check you for diastisis and other common postnatal conditions and demonstrate ways that you can start to heal
• a professional Soho salon hair stylist who will consult with you on your best look & cut
• an acupuncturist/chinese herb practitioner who will discuss postpartum care from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, including herbal and dietary solutions to common health issues facing new moms.
• a postnatal fitness instructor who will perform mini drills with you and show you how to work out with baby
• a Babeland sex specialist offering tips and toys to help you reclaim your pre-mommy sexual desire
• a skin and makeup consultant who will offer samples to help you feel beautiful even when you are a sleep-deprived new mom
• a photographer who will be there to take a beautiful photo of you and your baby
• a postnatal certified massage therapist who will offer shoulder rubdowns
• a 2nd postnatal massage therapist who will offer shoulder rubdowns (so everyone gets a turn!)

This will not be a typical seminar.  Rather, moms will have the opportunity to move from station to station, experiencing each mom-focused activity and learning valuable and practical tips along the way.  Of course, moms will also have the opportunity to ask questions of the professionals. 

And that’s not all.  Each of our professionals will be donating their services as raffles so that:

• one lucky mom will win a free personal training session
• two lucky moms will win a free massage
• one lucky mom will win a free haircut
• one lucky mom will win a free package of skincare and makeup
• one lucky mom will win a new fun sex toy
• one lucky mom will win free photographs of you and baby

you get the idea….

Moms, its time to take care of you (even if its only for an hour and a half).

We are really excited about this event and hope you are too —  we look forward to seeing you there!

babybites Brooklyn is thrilled to be co-presenting this event with Momasphere.  A portion of the proceeds from this event will go toward Children of the City.

More information on Some of Our Participating Professionals:

• Stephanie Severe is an American College of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer and Pre and Post Natal Certified through Annette Lang Education Systems.  With 7 years of experience in the fitness industry, she currently works as a Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor in Brooklyn, NY.
• Gopi Jhaveri, DPT, is the supervisor of the Women’s Health Physical Therapy Program at Metro SportsMed, which provides outpatient rehabilitation services in Brooklyn. She recieved her clinic doctorate degree in physical therapy, with a specialty in women’s health, from Stony Brook University.  She has specialized training in the treatments of pelvic floor disorders and lumbo-pelvic dysfunction. 
• Sarah Rivkin is a NY State licensed acupuncturist and nationally board certified practioner of Chinese medicine, specializing in the treatment of women and children with acupuncture, Chinese herbs, dietary therapy, and qi gong (therapeutic exercise).
• Melanie Greene has been an art teacher and a freelance photographer for the past ten years.  She specializes in family and maternity portraiture, as well as custom graphic design.
• Lara Kohn Thompson is certified in Hatha, prenatal/postnatal and therapeutic yoga and is a certified APOR practitioner.
• Millicent L Robertson is an Independent Consultant & Executive Area Manager for Arbonne International.
• Lucas Radcliffe is a former Soho stylist and Williamsburg dad who comes to your house to cut your hair and then cuts the kids’ hair for free!
• Lena Posner is a licensed massage therapist who specializes in prenatal and postpartum massage.
• Christina Miller is a licensed massage therapist who specializes in prenatal and postpartum massage.

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