2015-2016 Guide For New & Expectant Parents

The 2015 New York Baby Show; Photo by Patrick MacLeod
The 2015 New York Baby Show; Photo by Patrick MacLeod

For expectant and new parents (with children up to toddler age), New York Family has four very special and helpful resources.

The New York Baby Show: The New York Baby Show is a wonderful family-friendly mega-event for expectant and new parents (and their babies and toddlers) from New York City, the Tri-State area, and beyond, that will take place the weekend of May 14-15, 2016, at Pier 92 in NYC. Explore a mix of top products and services for maternity, baby, and toddler. Sample an inspiring menu of speakers and demonstrations from highly regarded and beloved figures in the world of parenting and pregnancy. Make discoveries, get your questions answered, feel supported and informed, win great raffles, and best of all…enjoy yourself! Plus, don’t miss our Best in Show picks from the 2015 New York Baby Show here. Visit newyorkbabyshow.com to learn more!

Our Weekly Baby Newsletter: We also offer expectant and new parents a wonderful and free weekly e-newsletter filled with info on pre- and post-natal resources, shopping tips, news, and musings—not to mention fabulous giveaways. The newsletter is mostly based on our popular New York Family Baby blog, which is where you can sign up to receive it every week.

New York Family Baby: This magazine is a special bi-annual publication, released in the fall and in the spring, focused solely on the needs and interests of expectant and new parents. The next issue will be released in fall 2015.

Finally, the following directory should also help you address many of your needs as new parents.

BABY & BREASTFEEDING GEAR

Albee Baby

ANB Baby

Babesta

Babies“R”Us

Behr’s Superstore

Bellini

Brooklyn Baby World

buybuyBABY

giggle

Goodnight Room NYC

Metro Minis

NessaLee Baby

New York Baby Shop

Pottery Barn Kids

Rosie Pope Baby

Schneider’s

Sprout San Francisco

Upper Breast Side

Wild Was Mama

Yummy Mummy

BABY PLANNERS & CONCIERGE SERVICES

Cricket’s Circle

King Kidlet

Sissy & Marley

BABY-PROOFING

All-Star Baby Safety

A Plus Child Proofing

Baby Bodyguards

Baby Proofers Plus

Manhattan Child Proofers, Inc.

CHILDCARE

Absolute Best Care

Au Pair Care

Au Pair in America

Barnard Babysitting

Bright Horizons

Care

College & Nanny Tutors

Choice Parenting

Crisford & Co.

EurAupair

Explore + Discover

The Goddard School

Great Aupair

The House of Little People

Irish Echo (for their listings)

The Learning Experience

Lucky Lil’ Darlings

Mom To Moms Advisor

Mommybites

MyManny

Nannies4hire

Nannies of New York

The Nanny League

Penelope’s People

Pinch Sitters Agency

Preschool of America

Preschool of the Arts

Sensible Sitters

Sittercity

Tutor Time

Upper Westside Playgroup

Urban Sitter

Wee Care

DIAPER SERVICES

Diaper Kind

Nature’s Premiere

FERTILITY CLINICS

The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility

New Hope Fertility

NYU Fertility Center

Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York

HOSPITALS & BIRTHING CENTERS

The Brooklyn Birthing Center

Lenox Hill Hospital

Maimonides Medical Center

Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center

Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital

Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital Center

New York Methodist

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital

NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

NYU Langone Medical Center

INFANT CPR

Baby Be Safe

Little Hearts

MATERNITY CLOTHES

A Pea In The Pod

Belly Dance Maternity

Bump Brooklyn

Clementine Consignment

Destination Maternity

Encore Maternity

FitBump

Madison Rose

Motherhood Maternity

Rosie Pope Maternity

Seraphine

Veronique Maternity

PRE- AND POST-NATAL EDUCATION, FITNESS, AND SUPPORT

92Y

Babies “R” Us

Ancient Song Doula Services

AquaMom

Baby in the Family

Birth Day Presence

BklynBirth

Carriage House Birth

Choices in Childbirth

City Births

Destination Maternity (for their classes)

Diastasis Rehab

DONA

Fern Drillings

Fit4Mom

FitBump

Fitnotic

The JCC Manhattan

Karma Kids Yoga

Lamaze International for Parents

Mama Glow

Mama Views

Manhattan Twins Club

Metropolitan Doula Group

Metro Minis

Mind Over Matter Health & Fitness (MOM)

Mom Support

Mommybites

MomPrep

The Moms Groups

New York Lactation Consultant Association

Newborn Notions

Northeast Doulas

NYC Dads Group/New Dad Boot Camps

NYC Doula Service

Peace, Love, and Labor

Pregnancy & Parenting

Pregnant New Yorker

Prenatal Yoga Center

Rhythm for Life

Seleni Institute

Stork and Cradle

Strollercize

Tribeca Parenting

Twiniversity

Urban Wellness Acupuncture

Wild Was Mama

Yummy Mummy

SLEEP CONSULTANTS

The Baby Sleep Whisperer

Deborah Pedrick

Dream Team Baby

Mommywise

NYC Sleep Doctor

Sleepy on Hudson

Smooth Parenting

SLEEP-EEZ KIDZ

SoHo Parenting

Swellbeing

SPECIAL SERVICES FOR NEW PARENTS

iKidNY

Mommy Nearest

MomTrends

pingMD

Project Nursery

Six Degrees of Mom

weeSpring

Well Rounded NY

Relevant Directory Listings

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Riverside Park Multi Summer Sport Camp

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{">A 12-week multi-sport program that provides healthy fun inside beautiful Riverside Park. Choices of Baseball, Basketball, Flag football, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball and multi-sport options for ages 4–16 with instruction provided by qualified staff in a safe and fun atmosphere. </span></p>

Aviator Sports Summer Day Camp

<p>Aviator Sports Summer Day Camp offers five daily rotating activities such as swimming, ice skating gymnastics, rock climbing, parkour, indoor/outdoor turf, and courts plus more in its ample 175,000 sq. ft. facility and 35-acre outdoor area. Aviator Summer Camp also offers off-site and on-site field trips such as a day at Green Meadows Farm, Launch Trampoline Park, and a Brooklyn Cyclones game. The summer camp runs from 9 am-5 pm with early drop off and late stay available. Bus transportation is also available throughout Brooklyn. Lunch and an afternoon snack are included. Sign up by February 28th to receive up to $300 off camp with early bird discounts.</p>

Frost Valley YMCA Camps

<p>Frost Valley YMCA offers traditional overnight summer camp, teen and pre-teen adventure trips, horse camps, and an adventure survival camp. Children and teens grow in a safe and engaging environment, spending their first nights away from home, gaining skills as young leaders, and bonding with new friends on mountain hikes, swimming and boating in Lake Cole, ziplining, sleeping beneath the starry Catskill sky, and more. Frost Valley offers 1- and 2-week programs from July to August for grades 2-10. Attend an open house or schedule a tour.</p>