For many NYC parents, getting their child into a top choice elementary school has become a high stake, high anxiety process. With approximately 10,000 admission spots at all private nursery and continuing schools combined and more than several hundred thousand children under the age of five living in Manhattan alone, the competition can best be […]
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MamaDrama NY: Godspell, A Review
By Elise Jones, blog editor Prepare ye, the wait is over! Godspell has made its grand return to Broadway and this is a show that will entertain both young and old. I was given tickets* to go see the revival of Godspell as part of MamaDrama NY and elected to take my 5 1/2 year […]
Baby Invasion: Is It Time to Move?
Our most recent teleseminar focused on a very important question that many families in a larger city face after having children and wanting to have more space: is it time to move? Jill Raff, NY realtor and mom of two, talked about the top five factors to think about when you may already have a […]
Live Practically Green: Mommybites Summit Session
By Jen Rabulan-Bertram, The Next Kid Thing With so many environmental factors attributing to health issues and concerns, for many families, green living is more relevant now, more than ever. At this year’s Mommybites’ Summit, green experts and advocates, Susan Hunt Stevens and Sarah Finnie Robinson, led a discussion dubbed “Live Practically Green: How to […]
Strollers and Bottles and High Chairs… Oh My!- Mommybites Summit Session
By Heidi Leder, Coast 2 Coast Mom NYC’s premier baby planners, Jamie Grayson and Jennifer Link, brought their passion and bottomless baby buckets of knowledge front and center for the “Strollers and Bottles and High Chairs…Oh My!” chat. It was standing-room only and the lively baby gear discussion focused on four S’s: sleep, sustenance, schlepping […]
Using Your Social Media Moms Voice: Mommybites Summit Session
By Mae Hacking, co-creator of Here in This House This talk at the 2011 Mommybites Summit was an opportunity for moms to understand just how valuable their voices are to companies. With the insights of speakers Dustin Bryson of Envirocon Technologies and Marie Baker of Child’s Play Communications, attendees learned how to make their voices […]
Dads: They’re Just Like Us- Mommybites Summit Session
By Heidi Leder, Coast 2 Coast Mom Laura Kalehoff, the executive editor of American Baby Magazine, moderated a panel on daddy fears and concerns. Both mothers and fathers share the immediate and short range fears of if your child will get hurt on the coffee table, to the longer term, are we raising a well-adjusted […]
Modern Mom’s Balance — Mommybites Summit Session
By Corine Ingrassia, owner & editor of Complicated Mama In addition to raising their families, Alicia Ybarbo and Mary Ann Zoellner are producers of “The Today Show” and co-authors of their book “Today’s Moms”, which complies some of the greatest tips on parenting that they’ve discovered through “The Today Show” staff, guests and experts. During the […]
Mama, do you tweet me?!? Twitter Explodes with Mommybites Summit Tweets!
The 2011 Mommybites Summit was a rocking time in person but the Twittersphere was a glow over the evening’s events too. Using the #mommybites, there were over 215,000 people who saw our over 700 tweets (and that was just that night; there have been many more since)!!! Here are some of the tweets from the […]
Photos from the 2011 Mommybites Summit in NYC!
We had the most amazing time last Thursday night with over 500 of our community members, experts, and vendors at the 2011 Mommybites Summit. We have so much to be thankful for but we are quite simply thankful for all of you who supported us during the months/days/hours/afterhours making this event the BEST one of […]