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Baby Moon classes and groups are a supportive place for help and learning
Breastfeeding Made Simple
Prenatal Breastfeeding Class
Taught by Sonja Massey, RN, IBCLC
Are you pregnant? Do you want to learn about breastfeeding? American Academy Pediatric Standards will be discussed. Learn about breastfeeding and ask questions in a safe and supportive environment. Get the best information to help you and baby get the best start breastfeeding. Recommended during the third trimester. Space is limited. Class tuition is $20 for couples.
Tuesday, March 13
5:00-7:00pm
Please click here for Registration Information at Parents' Place
At Parents' Place Earth Room
1025 Lighthouse Ave.
Pacific Grove, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
(831) 402-1666
Employed Parent Gathering
A relaxing place to connect with other employed parents in our community. Stories, support, and solutions for families. Babies in arms are always welcome!
Every Third Wednesday of the Month
February 15
March 21
4:30-6:00
Space is limited. You will receive an email confirmation shortly. Baby Moon must receive notice 24 hours before class if you are unable to attend in order to refund your tuition. Please pre-register. Tuition is $10.00. You may also bring your tuition to the store.
Baby Moon
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
You can also call her at 540-9611 to reserve your seat
Breastfeeding Support Group at Baby Moon
More support for mamas and babies. This is a safe place for you to ask breastfeeding questions and receive support to help you feel confident about your breastfeeding experience. Also please come to share your challenges and joys about breastfeeding.
Friday
February 3
2:30-4:30pm
Wednesday
February 22
4:30-6:00pm
Groups are free! Donations are accepted. Babies in arms are always welcome!
Facilitated by Tricia Williams/Sonja Massey, Registered Nurse and I.B.C.L.C -Lactation Consultant
At the Baby Moon Office
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Pacific Grove, CA
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
Birthing From Within Childbirth Classes
Learn about Birthing From Within to welcome baby into your family and the world.
Series
Friday, March 23, 7-10pm
Saturday, March 24, 10am-Noon and 1-5pm
Sunday, March 25, 10am-Noon
Space is limited. Your will receive an email confirmation shortly. Baby Moon must receive notice 24 hours before class if you are unable to attend in order to refund your deposit. Tuition is $100 per couple. You may also bring your tuition to the store.
At the Baby Moon Office
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Pacific Grove, CA
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
You can also call 402-1MOM to Reserve your Seat
Suzi's Baby Foods: Starting Solid Foods Class
Learn about preparing and introducing healthy solid foods to your baby! Babies are welcome!
5:00-7:00pm
Tuition is $25 per couple. You can enroll in Baby Moon classes online! Space is limited. You will receive an email confirmation shortly. Baby Moon must receive notice 24 hours before class if you are unable to attend in order to refund your tuition. You may also bring your tuition to the store.
A note from Suzi leBon, Instructor:
I have twenty years of experience working as a Registered Dietitian in hospitals, clinics and schools. I have worked with infants, kids, teens, adults (including pregnant and lactating) and elderly patients. I am a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician, Certified in Pediatric and Adolescent Weight Management and a Certified Lactation Counselor. I recently completed my Adult Education Teaching Credential.
Together with Sonja we have been teaching our "baby food classes" for 4 years now. We have been friends since elementary school, so we thought it would be fun to do -- and it is!! So please join us!
My goal is to educate clients on simple and practical diet changes they can make to better their lives.
I believe in the power of good nutrition and an active family lifestyle for preventing and reversing many of our illnesses! I believe if we can start eating healthy at a young age, we will continue to do so and therefore have much longer and healthier life.
If you have questions, I work by appointment only. Click here to visit my website. Call or email me at 831-402-0182 or s.lebon@sbcglobal.net
Offered by Suzanne LeBon, Registered Dietitian, CLC
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Pacific Grove, CA
Monterey, CA, 93950
The Happiest Baby: 5 Simple Ways to Turn on the Calming Reflex in your Baby
Facilitated by Tricia Williams, Certified Happiest Baby on the Block Instructor, Childbirth Educator
Ideas and tools to help you calm your baby and gain confidence in your parenting abilities. Recommended during the second or third trimester, or come with your baby! Be ready for the 4th Trimester Theory.
Space is limited to 10 so please reserve online, call (831) 646-6623 to reserve with a credit card, or email Tricia.
Coming Soon
5:00-7:00pm
At the Baby Moon Office
529 Central Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
(831) 402-1666
Birth Story Circle
Our birth stories are among the most sacred we have and when we tell them to others who are unable hear them in that way, we dilute them and they become less powerful. A Birth Story Circle for anyone who wishes to tell their story and have it acknowledged as the sacred record that it is. You don't have to have just given birth either. The healing that can happen when you tell your birth story even 20 or 30 years later can be profoundly healing. And listening can be healing. Please feel free to participate a listener as well as a storyteller.
Coming Soon
6-9pm
Please bring a snack to share, your story, and your listening heart. The circle is free. Donations are accepted.
Facilitated by Kat Ogletree. For more information, please call her at (831) 540-9611
At the Baby Moon Office
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Pacific Grove, CA
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
Introduction to Infant Safety, Choking, and CPR for Parents
How to baby-proof your home and keep your child safe for the first year.
9:00am-Noon
Tuition is $40 for an individual or $60 per couple. Space is limited. You will receive an email confirmation shortly. Baby Moon must receive notice 24 hours before class if you are unable to attend in order to refund your deposit. You may also bring your deposit to the store.
Baby Moon
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
Taught by Tricia Williams, RN, IBCLC, Childbirth Educator and CPR Instructor
You can also call 402-1MOM to reserve your seat
Introduction to Baby Sign
Learn fun and helpful ways to communicate with your baby! Babies in arms are always welcome!
Coming Soon
10:00am-Noon
Space is limited. You will receive an email confirmation shortly. Baby Moon must receive notice 24 hours before class if you are unable to attend in order to refund your tuition. Tuition is $25.00 per couple. You may also bring your tuition to the store.
Baby Moon
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
Offered by Kat Ogletree
You can also call her at 540-9611 to reserve your seat
Introduction to Baby Massage
Come have fun with your baby learning massage, new ways to communicate, help you both relax and possibly get more sleep!
Saturday, February 11
10:00-Noon
Tuition is $25. Space is limited to ten participants. You will receive an email confirmation shortly. Baby Moon must receive notice 24 hours before class if you are unable to attend in order to refund your deposit. You may also bring your deposit to the store.
At the Baby Moon Office
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Pacific Grove, CA
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
Taught by Kat Ogletree
Belly Casting Workshop
Please call Kat Ogletree to arrange your personalized workshop.
By appointment at 540-9611
At the Baby Moon Office
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Pacific Grove, CA
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
Kim Biggio's Infant Sleep Workshop
Learn ways to calm and soothe your baby and help everyone get more sleep! Babies in arms are always welcome!
Waiting list forming: Please email to add your name to the list.
Tuition is $40 for an individual and $60 for a couple. Space is limited to ten participants. You will receive an email confirmation shortly. Baby Moon must receive notice 24 hours before class if you are unable to attend in order to refund your deposit. You may also bring your deposit to the store.
At the Baby Moon Office
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Pacific Grove, CA
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
Taught by Kim Biggio
Pumping and Storing Breast Milk
Helpful Information for Breastfeeding and the Working Mom
This class is for anyone wanting more information about Pumping and Bottle Feeding. Ideal information for the already Working and Pumping Moms.
By Appointment: Please call Baby Moon or stop by to add your name to the waiting list
Baby Moon
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
Taught by Tricia Williams, RN, IBCLC, Childbirth Educator and CPR Instructor
You can also call 402-1MOM to Reserve your Seat
Modern Diapers for Modern Moms and Dads
We are excited to present information on diapering options, including the pros and cons of different products, the logistics of using cloth diapers, diaper recycling, diaper exchanging, and more!
Coming Soon
3:00-4:30pm
You can enroll in Baby Moon classes online ! Space is limited. Your will receive an email confirmation shortly. Baby Moon must receive notice 24 hours before class if you are unable to attend in order to refund your deposit. Tuition is $5.00. You may also bring your deposit to the store.
At the Baby Moon Office
529 Central Avenue, Suite 4B
Pacific Grove, CA
Monterey, CA, 93950
(831) 402-1MOM
Taught by Chandra
Call Sonja at 402-1MOM to Reserve your Seat
Baby Moon Stories
Baby Moon is great. They have the cutest baby stuff for babies, and lots of great stuff for mamas. Sonja is awesome, if it wasn't for her I don't know what I would have done. She helped me so much with breastfeeding my twin boys. I loved the breastfeeding support group! Thank you so much!!
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Bryna S
What can I say about Baby Moon? We first found Sonja and Baby Moon through our amazing and wonderful pediatrician, and he sent us there to get the breastfeeding help we so desperately needed! We just didn't get a lot of help at the hospital, a lot of babies were born that weekend! We went to the free breastfeeding support group when our daughter was just 4 days old and what an awesome experience! We met new mommies who were friendly and supportive, but most of all Sonja gave us just what we needed, the confidence to know we were doing a good job, and the right techniques to make sure we could pursue a successful nursing relationship. What a bond breastfeeding is! We owe 2 years of lovely, successful nursing to Sonja, something we will always be grateful for. She was made for this field. She's compassionate, thoughtful, endlessly patient, and very warm and loving. It's such a HUGE difference from the cursory information you get online, in childbirth classes, or in videos, or even in the hospital. I'd recommend EVERY new mom attend breastfeeding support group at Baby Moon, and see Sonja if you feel at all like you'd like some more help and guidance! Monterey Peninsula is truly blessed to have such a resource at their doorstep!
Not only that, but I owe my career to Sonja, as well. Soon after we got started and established nursing, I began wondering why there weren't more people helping moms the way Sonja does. She took me under her wing, and was kind enough to teach me all she knew, while giving me a job that I could bring my baby to! When I began my own personal chafing business, Sonja gave me more support than I could ever have asked for!
Soon after that, I was privileged with being able to work with many of the moms and babies in the office, and Sonja even supported me in the pursuit of my Lactation Counselor Certification, which I now have, and is continuing to support me in my journey to become a lactation consultant. I couldn't ask for a better role model. She's just the greatest!
I've since moved from the Peninsula, but not a day goes by that I don't miss Baby Moon, and Sonja, who has become like family to me. I wish there were more than just 5 stars to give! Please stop by, even if it's juts for a cup of tea and a weight check, and you'll see what I mean. You'll soon become part of the Baby Moon family, too!
Bryna's Rating:
If you are pregnant or have a baby this is a place you must go to. Sonja is wonderful. she has helped me nurse my child and I would never have been able to do it without her help and encouragement. If I had any questions, I could always call and I would get a answer; plus, I could go there anytime for a weight check or to buy anything I needed for my baby and myself.
perrine's Rating:
I just wanted to tell you thank you soooo much for helping me with breastfeeding! You are wonderful! It is such a blessing to know someone so kind and knowledgeable as you to help. After having mastitis 3 times in three months, I knew something was wrong. After you telling me that I had too much milk, I then realized that seemed to be the problem. I did many of the things you suggested: soy lecithin, sage, peppermint, emptying out one side before offering the other, waiting longer between feedings, and lying down to feed because my let down is so forceful. All of these things have helped me so much. For the past week, I have not felt too full at all. She is emptying me out beautifully. Lisa is no longer as fussy, and she hasn’t spit up in a few days either! She’s getting used to the world, and I’m enjoying my “honeymoon with my new baby.”
Thanks for all of your advice! I wish everyone had you to talk to while they are breastfeeding. God bless you!
-From a thankful mom in Pacific Grove
My son Alexander just turned 8 months and I am still breastfeeding! What a joy!
What's the big deal one may ask...Well Alexander was born 3 weeks before his due date and he did not want to nurse much at the beginning. As a result, instead of gaining weight, he was losing weight. My doctor gave me Sonja’s phone number and I call her, crying, the very minute I walked out of the doctor’s office. I had seen her name several places but it had never crossed my mind that I would have problems with breastfeeding. It always looked like such an easy and peaceful process. To breastfeed was one of my deepest desires. Needless to say, I was one stressed out, sleep deprived and very very concerned mom...
Thanks to Sonja and Robin's expert and loving advice, I was able to master the art of breastfeeding in a couple of weeks and feed my baby what's best for him. Then when he was 6 weeks old I had to go back to work and most people were telling me to kiss breastfeeding good bye, or at least exclusive breastfeeding. Alexander is 8 months old and he is exclusively breast fed!!! Just this past Tuesday I went to our support group for working moms and was a little bit down because my milk had been low for a few weeks and I wasn't able to bring it up. I though it was time now to say good bye and buy some formula... However, Sonja had a suggestion to me and now my milk is up again and both my baby and I are a happy couple again! He has been experimenting with solids lately and thanks to what I learned at the Super Baby food class with Sonja and Suzi I've been feeding Alexander a balanced and home-made diet with very little effort.
Thank you again and again for your help and support - you are priceless!
-Dessislava Reynolds, CA
Sonja Massey was a caring and knowledgeable support for me and my baby. My daughter took to nursing quickly but the many different opinions and advice got confusing in those first weeks. Should she nurse 15 minutes or as long as she liked? Should she use a pacifier in the early days or not? Sonja listened and gave wonderful advice backed by research. Later, when I returned to work, Sonja supported my continued nursing. When my milk supply started to go down, she had lots of ideas to help me and my baby get through the first six months. She loves babies and is committed to healthy families. My daughter is now a strong, healthy two year old. We both appreciate all that Sonja did for us.
-Lenka Vodicka, Nevada City, CA (happens to be Sonja's niece, too)
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