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Fall 2011
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FREE Usborne book party this coming Friday, August 26th. Check the services tab (hello baby) for more info (or click on the name)!
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NEW!! Online registration now available! Go to our services to register now!
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Check out our calendar for upcoming events!
Come join us at the Montreal Mom2Be Fall Fair!
When: Sunday, October 17th, 2010 - 11:00 to 4:00
Where: Hotel Ruby Foo's
Congratulations to Elizabeth J. Suh. You won the 50$ off one of our services!
Thank you to all who came and visited us at our booth at the Mom2Be Show. We hope to hear from you soon!
La Creme de la Prem is a new and unique concept. It was originally designed for premature babies , as well as their families once they have been discharged from the hospital and are ready to go home.
La Creme de la Prem is a support and activity centre specifically designed for premature babies, who, are too fragile to integrate into social environments with other newborn babies.
Often, parents of preemies are advised not to surround their babies with other children or numerous adults until they are at least a corrected age of one year. This will allow their immune systems to develop without the added worry of being in contact with others who may have a virus as "simple" as a cold
Mothers of prems often have questions that mothers of term babies cannot understand. It is wonderful for these parents to have others in a similar situation; to talk to, confide in and learn from.
Melissa Gentile-Menard (right) and Cecilia Finoli (left) are both Registered Nurses specializing in Neonatal ICU (Intensive Care Unit) care. Both are now Certified Infant Massage Instructors (CIMI) as well as IBCLCs (International Board Certified Lactation Consultants).
Karen Perl (below, with her son Ethan) is the mother of premature twin boys, born almost 15 weeks early. With the months that she spent in the NICU, she knew that there was need for support and specific activities for prems and their parents once they were to be discharged home. And so together, the three ladies embarked on making La Creme de la Prem a reality! In February , Karen decided to step back for personal reasons, but still continues cheering La Creme de la Prem on!
We soon realized and were approached by many moms that they would like the same services be available to their children. So with this in mind we decided to expand CDLP's focus and include support groups,classes and activities for parents of term babies too!
At La Creme de la Prem we strive to offer an array of different activities, groups and professionals such as those listed in our services tab.
These services are offered to moms and dads to be. Whether it's your first or 15th child, sometimes it's nice to know you can go somewhere and get the information and support you need*.
Services include:
* you can register for these classes even if you are not pregnant
Want to take a class "just because"?
These services are offered to everyone. They are fun, interactive ways to learn all the while getting to know new people!*
These services are designed for new parents and families (grandparents, care takers, etc)*
*you can register for these classes even if you are not a parent
Sign up for a prenatal and baby massage class and get 15% off the second.
Call us for more info or to reserve your spot today!
This class will help prepare you for labor, birth and early parenthood, as well as the postpartum period. The classes will be divided as follows:
Taught by nurses with varied experience including: labor and delivery, NICU, post-partum as well as certified lactation consultants and moms of their own kids.
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Our next classes will take place on the following dates from 7-9 pm:
February Session
Thursdays, February 16th
Thursdays, February 23rd
Thursdays, March 1st
Thursdays, March 8th
OR
Spring Session
Thursdays, March 29th
Thursdays, April 5th
Thursdays, April 12th
Thursdays, April 19th
Location:
Sante Kildare
7005 Kildare. Suite 14
Cote St-Luc, Quebec H4W 1C1
Price:
185$ + tax
Click on the icon to register online
for February classes
for SPRING classes
Come learn the basics about breastfeeding; how to successfully initiate breastfeeding.
This class will include topics such as
The different positions will be demonstrated with dolls and handouts will be distributed.
This class is taught by IBCLC (lactation consultants) who have personally breastfed their daughters and who have helped several families successfully breastfeed.
We are pleased to announce our collaboration with some great doulas from Mangoes, Ma and me.
Give us a shout to find out more about their services!
The benefits of infant massage have been well documented over the years. They include:
The infant massage program is 4 classes and lasts approximately 60-90 minutes.
To qualify for these sessions, children must be between the ages of newborn and one year of age corrected.
Have a problem or questions regarding your breastfeeding? Give us a call and we'll help you, be it by telephone or home visit, depending on the situation.
You can book your free book party anytime. Just give us a call and we'll set things up!
Want to see what books Usborne has to offer? Check out the following link: Usborne Books
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This event is FREE! A great opportunity not to be missed!
Email us to reserve your spot and to find out where the next party is!
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Usborne Books present award winning books for children of all ages in English, French and Spanish.
For babies, Usborne has cloth crib books and non toxic vinyl bath books as well as a huge range of sensory touchy-feely books. There are many tab and flap titles for the very youngest readers as well as gorgeous books introducing words and sounds on many different themes.
Usborne has something for children at every stage of their literacy development, from first word books to classic fiction including an extensive leveled reading program. There is also a vast non-fiction list to educate children of all ages. Highly interactive, with bright, colorful illustrations, non-fiction titles range from Romans to dragons, jigsaw books to award-winning activity books, many with Internet links for extra study value.
Kids are welcome.
** If you cannot attend but would like to order books anyway, send us your order.
Usborne Books
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We offer other services such as
Contact us to find out what's happening this month!
The first year of babys life can be a confusing time. So many questions arise why wont my baby sleep? When should I introduce solid food? What should I do if my baby gets sick? How do I soothe a colicky baby? What can I do to relieve teething pain? At what age should my baby be crawling or standing?
Melissa and Cecilia, registered nurses, have the answers youre looking for! Join them for a discussion group for new moms of babies ages 0-12 months and take advantage of their expertise in baby development while your little one enjoys playing around you with mats, balls and variety of baby toys. Meet other moms with babies the same age as yours and make connections that may just last a lifetime!
Mothers stay with their babies during this discussion group. The classroom is open for playtime beginning at 10:15am and the discussion group runs from 10:30am-11:30am.
Cost: 100$
Sessions: 10
Dates: Wednesday, February 22nd to April 25th, 2012
Time: 10:15am to 11:30am
Ages: 0 to 12 months
LE BABY SHOP
Club Piscine Complex
493 Harwood Blvd., #130
Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC J7V 7W2
For more information or to register, contact Le BabyShop at
(450) 319-6008
In this class you will learn about:
You will also learn what to do when someone is choking, drowning, having an allergic reaction or when someone has fallen.
Included in the price of the course is the Red Cross CPR/AED manual and all students will receive cards and accreditation from the Red Cross (good for 3 years) as well as practice sessions using life-size mannequins.
Registration will be based on a first come first served basis.
La Creme de la Prem is pleased to offer an exclusive guest speaker evening featuring Rena Birnbaum, MSc/OT.
Rena Birnbaum is an occupational therapist working at the renowned Montreal Children's Hospital and the Jewish General Hospital in the NICU.
Over the years, she has contributed to numerous researches featured in medical journals such as Pediatrics, Pediatric Neurology and the Journal of Child Neurology, just to name a few.
At this event, she will discuss the special challenges of having a premature baby. She also included topics such as:
Rena will also answer any questions that we may have.
Other speakers we offer are:
La Crème de la Prem invites you to join us and our in-house occupational therapist, Rena Birnbaum as she helps you to choose the best toys for your baby.
Rena will be discussing how to utilize toys to support and enhance your child's development through their different stages of growth.
What toys to use to enhance fine and gross motor skills will also be addressed.
Following this discussion, La Crème de la Prems personal toy consultant will be taking you into the aisles of Toys-R-Us/or Jouets Choo-Choo, to show you first hand what toys would specifically help YOUR baby.
Due to the personal nature of this event, spaces are limited and will be granted on a first come first serve basis.
When: TBD
Where:
Starbucks (in Chapters)
6321 Autoroute TransCanadienne (corner St.John's)
Pointe-Claire, Quebec
H9R 5A5
Swaddling. Breastfeeding. Lactation consultant. All new words in our vocabulary since the exhilarating moment we found out we were going to have a wee babe. But what does it all mean?
No need to try to distinguish fact from fiction or succumb to our fears of labour and delivery and those first few days of motherhood thanks to La Crème de la Prem. This company offers all the classes we need to prepare us and get us through pregnancy, delivery and beyond.
From breastfeeding ($40/2 classes) to prenatal ($185) and baby massage ($60), their expert teachers give us the tools (and the confidence) to put away our copy of What to Expect and put our learning into practice.
Now if we could just figure out how to get our partner on the same page, wed be set!
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Parents of premature babies face unique and difficult challenges as they raise their little ones. Karen Perl, a Montreal mother of twins born 15 weeks early, knows how stressful the whole experience can be.
So she and two of her friends, both nurses, created La Creme de La Prem, a group offering support and services to families with premature babies.
The organization is holding CPR and baby massage classes, as well as monthly lectures by specialists such as an occupational therapist and a board-certified lactation consultant.
The group is planning to hold regular support groups where parents can discuss any and all issues related to raising premature babies. The classes are held at a private home in D.D.O.
For times and prices, email info_lacremedelaprem.com.
The teacher was so knowledgeable and made us feel so welcome, like no question would go unanswered. I would recommend this class to all of my pregnant friends and family!
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Email: info_lacremedelaprem.com
Phone: 514.502.0986
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