New Moms
Welcome to motherhood! It’s a joyful, challenging, sleep-deprived time, and NPN is here to help you through it.
NPN's New Moms Group gives you the opportunity to meet with moms who have babies around the same age. Check our calendar to sign up for the next one! We encourage you to attend as often as your schedule allows.
New moms can also watch videos on topics such as infant sleep and postpartum depression, and seek advice and support on our member discussion forum. Trying to find a nanny? Our Childcare Classifieds can connect you with a parent-recommended caregiver or a nanny share family.
New! Check out our All About Baby directory to find a Chicago pediatrician, lactation consultants and childcare options.
Discussions
The NPN team is pleased to introduce Sarah Davis, founder and CEO of Olive You Nanny as a resident expert at NPN. You've watched her in NPN's live sessions, read her articles, and seen her recommended on the forum. Now is your chance to ask her everything you wanted to know about the process of hiri...
Please join your fellow NPN members for coffee tomorrow morning at Floriole Cafe and Bakery in Lincoln Park from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM. Children are welcome. Grab a cup of coffee and chat with NPN's business members and parent members. Meet parents who work in your industry and learn about...
Please consider NPN in your Giving Tuesday donations and throughout this holiday season. The funds that we raise in November and December are critical to our operations next year. We’ve put a fun twist on our end-of-year fundraising campaign. This year, for every $40 you donate, you will...
An additional November session of The Chicago New Moms Group has been added to the schedule starting Tuesday, November 14th at 3pm. Groups take place in person at Merry Music Makers located at 3759 N. Ravenswood, Chicago. Register here today! The Chicago New Moms Group is a 6 week prof...
Registration for Marsha's Music Winter 2024 Semester is open! Marsha's Music Mixed Age and Babies Classes (0-5 years) 10 weeks: January 6 - March 16 (No classes Saturday, 1/13) Bells Collection Tuition: $285 Marsha's Music Rhythm Kids Classes (4-8 years) 7 weeks: January 10 - February ...
More Articles related to this topic
If you'd asked me where I'd be in 2023 as a teenager - there's no way I'd ever guess I'd spend my weekends couch surfing with my kids while watching Disney movies that I've seen a thousand times...and enjoying it. My social life as a teen/early adult was that of scene from a pop-themed movie. N...
It was an early Sunday morning in March 2012. I did not get much sleep the night before, because I was 4 months pregnant with our second child, and our first child, Luke, had just received a diagnosis of autism and epilepsy. To say that I was stressed would be an understatement. Related: Your ...
Like many milestones in motherhood, I turned to social media and my friends who were moms to set my expectations for returning to work after maternity leave with my first daughter. The narrative was this: You will dread the end of maternity leave and curse the swift passage of time. You will feel yo...
A nanny share seems like the best of both worlds: Your little one gets daily socialization with another child like they would in daycare, but you still get the benefits of having a dedicated caregiver while (importantly) splitting the cost with another family. All of that is pretty much true. B...
Children are wired for language from birth, and can pick up skills without any formal lessons. Even still, parents play a big role helping their children develop the expert language and literacy skills they need to thrive socially and in school. To learn more about these skills and how parents can n...
