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Winter Carnival
False Creek Community Centre
February 25th, 10am-12pm
You won’t want to miss this carnival! It includes ice sculpturing, pretend ice fishing and a concert. You little ones will enjoy grooving to the beat of Bonkers, a Vancouver based children’s and families band whose interactive and energetic performances are based on themes of sustainability. Whether it is riding your bike, growing vegetables in your garden, planting trees in the park or taking simple steps to conserve energy at home, BONKERS! will sing about it, and make it accessible and fun for children.
For more information please call (604) 257-8195.

Infant Child C.P.R.
Dunbar Center
February 21st, 6pm-9pm
This class will provide you with the basic knowledge and skills that are necessary to respond to a variety of life threatening breathing and heart-related emergencies in infants and children. Certification: Canadian Red Cross- Infant Child CPR, duration 1 year. Please wear old, comfortable clothing with little or no make up.
For more info and to register please call (604) 222-6060.

Losing weight is a concern for many mothers after the birth of a baby. Mothers may ask if it is possible to lose weight and breastfeed. During pregnancy, women gain extra pounds to store energy for producing breast milk. For some women, breastfeeding makes it easier to lose weight, since additional calories are used. Mothers who do not breastfeed will need to rely totally on diet and exercise to burn additional calories. Read more

BellySong - Celebrating Bellies and Babes through Music, Song, and Dance
Pomegranate Community Midwives, 2647 E. Hastings
February 18th -  7pm
BellySong evenings with Dancing Star Birth share the ways in which music supports pregnancy, fetal development, birth, and motherhood through current research, cultural traditions, and experiencing song, rhythm, and movement together.  Come and learn, lose yourself in song, revel in the drumming of Navaro Franco, and enjoy the rhythm of motherhood, celebrating our bellies and babies.
For more info or to pre-register visit www.dancingstarbirth.ca/bellysong.html or call Sarah at 254-1100.