2009 NANAIMO SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, FEB. 28, 2009 | SUNDAY, MAR. 1, 2009

David Gilks

Weight No Longer: Simple food facts to a slimmer you
Do not do another diet until you hear this lecture. Eating is the one thing we will do every day, every week for the rest of our life, yet it is the one topic people seem the most confused about. With over 1000 books in print about dieting, which one is right for you? Learn how to incorporate the basics on menu planning into your day and watch your waist line disappear.

David Gilks is the Medical Exercise Program Director of Core Essentials Personal Training & Rehabilitation. He has been a researcher and rogue scholar for over 15 years into the science of fitness, neurology and natural medicine, being accredited as a Chartered Herbalist and rehabilitation consultant to many insurance corporations, professional athletes and the medical community.

Dr. Marianne Trevorrow

Mommy, I'm hungry! Starting Solids Naturally
Dr. Marianne Trevorrow is a naturopathic physician allied with Defeat Autism Now! She believes educating parents about healthy food choices can help prevent long term problems with food allergies and other allergic conditions. She will share information about what, when and how to introduce solid foods to babies and what to consider avoiding if parents have concerns about allergies. She runs Inspired Health, a multidisciplinary clinic devoted to children in Nanaimo.

Catherine Quaglia

Labour Hurts, It's Hard Work, and You Can Do It!
How are you going to cope with the pain of labour? What if medical support is necessary? Is there a way you can stay connected to your baby and your birth? Yes! Come and explore pain coping practices for labour that will connect you to your breath, your baby and your birth experience.

Catherine Quaglia of Beautiful Birth is a mother of two great kids, a DONA Certified Birth Doula, a Certified Birthing From Within Mentor and a Breastfeeding Counsellor. Offering Birthing From Within prenatal classes, doula care and mothering circles, Catherine is blessed to live her life's work supporting families with a continuum of care.

Kristin Van den Bos

Benefits of baby wearing
Kristin Van den Bos is a mother of three who has a passion for babywearing and natural childrearing. She and her mother, Suzanne, designed the West Coast Sling and are the founders of Baby Slings Canada. She has 8 years of personal experience researching and using many different baby carriers and has been working for the past 2 years helping new parents realize the ease and benefits of babywearing.

Kristin will discuss the benefits of babywearing from infancy through toddlerhood, as well as the benefits of different types of carriers to help suit individual needs.

Nicole Arendt

Kindermusik interactive demo. Bring your little ones & join the fun!
Licensed Kindermusik educator and Suzuki Piano Instructor Nicole Arendt (MMus, BMus) from the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music loves sharing her passion for music with children. Kindermusik is an internationally acclaimed curriculum of music and movement classes designed to help your child (0-5 years) develop early literacy and language skills, acquire reasoning and early math skills, and cultivate a life-long love of music. Every fun Kindermusik activity is carefully chosen to stimulate and strengthen the vital neural wiring taking place in your childÕs mind right now.

Parents and their children (newborn to age 5) are invited to join Nicole for hands on mini-Kindermusik experience. We'll explore instruments, move to music, laugh, and learn.

Amy Kelly, RM

Midwifery Care: Informed Choice and the Option of Homebirth
Midwifery has recently celebrated it's 10th year as a profession in British Columbia and still many people are not aware that it is a care option that is covered by the Ministry of Health. Midwives offer care to women and their babies from conception to 6 weeks postpartum. Through in depth discussions of their care options, women arrive at informed choices during their pregnancy, birth and postpartum. One of these options is where a woman wishes to deliver her baby. Homebirth and arriving at the decision that best suits you and your family is the topic of this presentation.

Amy Kelly is a midwife who has recently experienced birth from the other side of the fence with the homebirth of her son in January 2009. She has worked in the Vancouver area with privileges at BC Women's Hospital, St Paul's Hospital and Burnaby General. She currently resides in the Comox Valley where she and Joanne Daviau have created Plum Midwifery.

Karyn-grace Clarke

Milking it For All It's Worth: How to Make Breastfeeding Work For You
Karyn-grace Clarke is a Registered Lactation Consultant with Inspired Health Naturopathic Clinic and operates a private practice, Happy Tribe Consulting, in Nanaimo and surrounding areas. Karyn-grace has 10 years of experience helping breastfeeding families in a variety of different settings, including one-on-one crisis management, group classes, and online contacts.

In this talk, Karyn-grace will explain what to expect from a breastfed baby at one week old, one month old, three months old and six months old; the maternal recovery process; how much time it really takes to feed a baby; and family dynamics during the infant stage.

Cristi Lundman

A Bum Wrap: Cloth Diapering Solutions for every Budget and Lifestyle
Cristi has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from UBC and has spent the majority of her career working with expectant parents and families with young children. She runs Huckleberry Baby Shop in the Nanaimo area, providing cloth diapering and baby wearing products and information to parents. By far, her most important role is "mommy" to three little girls.

Join Cristi to explore how easy, affordable, and fun cloth diapering can be. Learn about the various diapering systems available today and gain insight into why cloth diapering has become the newest hip and eco-friendly thing to do!

Nanaimo Child Development Centre

The Nanaimo Child Development Centre (NCDC) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote optimum child development by serving children with developmental needs and their families. The NCDC serves over 1,600 children and their families with a staff of over 80 dedicated individuals who provide programs and services at home, in daycare, preschool or school, in a community setting, or at the NCDC. Learn about all the available programs and the variety of ways they help the children and their families in our community.

The Nanaimo Child Development Centre will receive 100% of the funds raised from the Photo Contest, Stoller Parking and Face Painting at the Vancouver Island Baby Fair.

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Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009

11:00 Baby Races

For crawlers aged 5-11 mo.

12:00 David Gilks

Weight no longer: Simple food facts for a slimmer you

12:30 Dr. Marianne Trevorrow

Mommy I'm hungry: Starting solids naturally

1:00 Catherine Quaglia

Labour hurts, It's hard work, and you can do it!

1:30 Kristin Van den Bos

Benefits of baby wearing

2:00 Nicole Arendt

Kindermusik interactive demo. Bring your little ones & join the fun!

2:30 Amy Kelly

Midwifery Care: Informed Choice and the Option of Homebirth

3:00 Karyn-grace Clarke

Milking it for all it's worth: How to make breastfeeding work for you

3:30 Cristi Lundman

A Bum Wrap: Cloth Diapering solutions for every budget and lifestyle

4:00 Nanaimo Child Development Centre

How this organization promotes optimum child development

Sunday, Mar. 1, 2009

11:00 Baby Races

For crawlers aged 5-11 mo.

12:00 Dr. Marianne Trevorrow

Preventing asthma, autism and ADHD: Things parents can do

12:30 Ellen Marshall

St. John Ambulance: Infant First Aid

1:00 David Gilks

From your core to the floor: Simple strategies to regaining your lower body shape after baby

1:30 Cindy Speelman

Children's Suzuki flute demonstration

2:00 Karyn-grace Clarke

How to breastfeed and still have a life

2:30 Catherine Quaglia

What doulas do and why you need one too!

3:00 Kristin Van den Bos

Baby carriers for different occasions & a chance to try some on