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Canada

Spend a week in Vancouver

by RookieMom Heather on February 11, 2010

in A Week in..., Canada, Free/Cheap, Mommy

Traveling to the Olympics with kids? Have fun!
Shana from Wee Travel tells us the best way to spend a week in Vancouver with little ones. Wee Travel (started by two moms who are sisters living on opposite sides of the country) rents baby gear and toys delivered to your door. All equipment is [...]

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Spend a week in Quebec City

by RookieMom Heather on August 29, 2008

in A Week in..., Canada, Eating, Free/Cheap, Outside

Another week of fun activities for moms and babies courtesy of Kristi at Ciao Bambino. If you’re a local mum, why not be a tourist in your own town for a week?!
Just visiting? Stay at the posh Hotel Manoir Victoria, which has a special entrance for strollers and an indoor pool.
What’s not to love [...]

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Activity #527: Write your momoirs

by RookieMom Heather on July 31, 2008

in Canada, Free/Cheap, Geeky, Mommy, Month 2

Cori Howard, author of Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell the Truth About Motherhood wants to encourage us all to write down our “momoirs”.
To get started:

Get a notebook and to keep it with them at all times. You never know when you might find a spare few minutes, or when and where your little angel [...]

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Spend a week in Ottawa

by RookieMom Heather on August 21, 2006

in A Week in..., Canada

Rookie Moms is heading North to Canada. Our local correspondent, Kim-Anh, suggested a week’s worth of fun ideas for moms and babies in Ottawa.
MONDAY
Avoid the weekend crowds by going shopping with baby on a weekday! Many Ottawa shopping centers offer special facilities for changing and nursing baby. St-Laurent Shopping Centre, Rideau Centre, and Place [...]

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Jayashri from Toronto and YuvaStudio.com suggested that parents should play songs in other languages for their babies.
Our album recommendation: Manu Chao’s Proxima Estación: Esperanza… and turn it up loud!

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