Name Your Tune is an exciting new children's music compilation that is made-to-order and personalized for each child. Children will hear their name more than 80 times throughout 14 much-loved songs.
I'm hoping to make Rainy Day Moms a great resource for you, but being a busy mom myself, I could use a few volunteers to help gather and enter event information into the site. If you have an hour here or there and would like to contribute, please email tracey@rainydaymoms.com. I would love to hear from you!
Welcome to Rainy Day Moms, Dads & Caregivers
We all have those days where you just want to get out of the house, change things up a little or try something different. Welcome to Rainy Day Moms.com where you can find something to do with your infant, toddler, and preschooler. Check out our calendar for activities in and around Vancouver.
The site is currently being upgraded - the local business directory of child-related products, the parenting articles and blogs, and resource directories that were here previously are on the way.
Until then,
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of the new look and functionality. As I am enhancing the site, it's a great time for you to add input about what you would like to see here.
Business Spotlights
My kid could do that!Here’s a novel idea: a soft toy designed by your own child! Vancouver based Child’s Own Studio recognizes that children’s drawings can be the inspiration for truly fantastic soft toys. Beginning around the age of four or five, children create a vocabulary of images based on their understanding of the world around them. These wonderful drawings are simple, but full of self expression and are unique to each child. Child’s Own Studio will take your... + Read More
L'il Monkeys Personalized Baby GiftsThe perfect gift for the precious baby in your life- a blanket of his or her very own.
All blankets and letters are hand-cut, and the color, pattern and texture of the ribbons are always different, so each blanket is unique.
All blankets are made from the softest, anti-pill waffle fleece that is available. It can handle hundreds of washes and all of the love your baby can give it.
All blankets have different colored and textured ribbons around the edges. Babies love to look... + Read More
Redfish Kids ClothingRedfish Kids Clothing celebrates its first year on-line and is already one of the most popular local kids clothing lines in Vancouver. Redfish Kids Clothing was inspired by the street fashion in cities like Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo. This courageous vision brings together brave creativity and an eye for detail. Clean lines and simple designs keep kids free to be physical. We want total freedom, mobility and self-expression for these active developing bodies.
Designer Lorraine Kitsos knows... + Read More
The Rookie Mom’s Survival GuideBeing proud survivors of the first year of motherhood, we fully understand that having a baby can throw even the most professional, together, intelligent woman into physical and mental disarray. A new mom can feel cast adrift when she first encounters the sometimes lonely, confusing and overwhelming ‘Baby World’. Be reassured; you are not alone in this weird and wonderful new world - there are other battle scarred comrades out there. We’d like to invite all new moms (or old hands) to join... + Read More
UBC Sleep Study“Mothers’ Feelings about Being a Mother and Premature Infants’ Night Sleep Patterns”
Dear mothers,
Sleep constitutes one of the major activities of the brain during infancy and serves many functions, such as promoting metabolic function and cognition. Persistent disruptions, irregularities, or decreased quality of sleep have been associated with negative outcomes for infant and child development, such as attention deficit, impulsivity, poor memory, or poor child health-related... + Read More
Upcoming Special Events
21st Annual Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival on Granville Island
Thursday, Aug 21, 2008 - Sunday, Aug 24, 2008
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Festival
Part of the mandate of the Vancouver Wooden Boat Society is to encourage the advancement of public instruction on wooden boat building, encourage and facilitate interest in the heritage of wooden boats and to promote and organize educational programs regarding all aspects of wooden boats. As well, w... (more info)
Join Callie Camp, Fit 4 Two, and Kalpna Solanki, BoboBaby to discuss how to keep you and your family fit and healthy this school year. Kalpna, our food expert, will give you some great ways to save time, money and energy while still offering fresh, tasty, nutritional meals for your kids at school an... (more info)
Name Your Tune is an exciting new children's music compilation that is made-to-order and personalized for each child. Children will hear their name more than 80 times throughout 14 much-loved songs.
