Looking for a maternity belly casting in Curacao? Bethyamin van Nieuwenhuizen put her art/creativity to work. The design will be inspired by your home/baby bedroom motive and color of preference. Include the taking of the cast at your own venue, it takes around 30 minutes. Bethyamin delivers around 3 weeks later completely prepare (special surface) and painted.

More pictures of maternity belly casting by Bethyamin van Nieuwenhuizen

Price ANG 175,-

If photographs are required, Bethyamin work together with Carlo. He offers 12 pictures for ANG 125,- in a CD.

Contact information:
Bethyamin van Nieuwenhuizen
the.makeup.artist.beth@gmail.com
Mobile +5999 665 81 22

Besides the belly casting, Bethyamin offers to repair any old belly casting and decorate it accordingly to your wishes.

Price ANG 95,-

If photography is required, Bethyamin work together with Carlo. He offers 12 pictures for ANG 125,- in a CD.

Contact information:
Bethyamin van Nieuwenhuizen
the.makeup.artist.beth@gmail.com
Mobile +5999 665 81 22

The Baby Signs course for Parents consists of three sessions during which you will learn approximately 100 signs from the Dutch Sign Language (Nederlandse Gebarentaal). The first session takes two hours, where you will be taught the basics of the Baby Sign program and fifty signs. The book “Babygebaren, de eerste woordjes” is included in this session. After this, there are two follow-up sessions of 1,5 hour each where parents can ask further questions, meet other Baby Sign parents to share their experiences with and learn more signs.

Please note that the course can be given in Dutch, English or Papiamentu, but that the book is in Dutch. The signs used in the course are from Dutch Sign Language, but the course can also be offered with signs from American Sign Language or Indian Sign Language instead. Ideally, the course is given to the baby’s mother and father. But if one of parents cannot make it, another adult who is also closely involved in the upbringing of the child is welcome to participate. So basically two adults and your baby, if possible, are expected to come to the course. You are welcome to bring your baby, though preferably only if he or she isn’t too mobile yet. The presence of your baby is not required to take the course.

Babyware course
A unique way to learn Baby Signs without leaving the comfort of your own home! Just as it is possible to attend a “Tupperware” party you can also enjoy a “Babyware-workshop”. If you know of 5 or more families, not including yourself, who are interested in doing a Babygebaren course then we can come to your house and give you all the information you need!

The program consists of two sessions. The first one focuses on introducing Baby Signs and how to implement and use it. The course content is explained and any preliminary questions you have are answered. The follow up session, which takes place four to six weeks later, focuses on your experiences so far and what the next step is with Baby Signs. You will learn more signs and any further questions you may have will be answered.

If you organise a Babyware-Workshop you will receive a 50% discount.

Baby Signs Music and Story Time
Baby Signs Music and Story Time is a place where your child can learn sign language in a playful manner through music and stories. Our culture and history is filled with amazing little anecdotes and tunes, straight from the minds of many great artists and storytellers. Each time is different as we explore these sounds and sights, created for us by musicians, writers, poets or even by our own parents and grandparents!

This class is for children from ages six months to four years and each child should be accompanied by an adult. If you have a story or song that you would like to share with this group, feel free to email Shyama Daryanani at info@ssdaryanani.com

More information on Baby Signs, Baby Signs Curacao and Baby Signs activities

For questions about fees, location and time, send an email to info@ssdaryanani.com

Pregnant and looking for a way to prepare yourself for to the physical demands of labor, birth, and motherhood? Doing prenatal yoga can be a wonderful way to put time aside for yourself and your baby. It is a complete way to ensure a fit pregnancy and to develop a new, positive and wholesome approach to life to benefit you and your little one. Smooth pregnancy and a natural childbirth are just some of the benefits of yoga.
Kirtana 1.6.8 Yoga Center offers a pregnancy class at 10:45 am on Saturdays.
More information about pregancy yoga class Kirtana 1.6.8 Yoga Center

Kirtana 1.6.8 also started new classes:
• Postnatal yoga
For moms, who can come with their baby, do their own exercises to get back into shape and bring the baby at the same time! (Great on saving money on babysitters!)
At 9:30 am on Mondays.
Signing up required.
More information about postnatal yoga at Kirtana 1.6.8 Yoga Center

• Mom & Me
Parents do the exercises with their little one (crawlers or walkers). It is a nice way to introduce them to classes plus be active.
At 9:30 am and 5:15 pm on Wednesdays
Signing up required.

• Baby massage
Baby yoga and massage has become more widely known over the years in many countries. Learn how to massage your baby – from 0 to 5 months – as well help them with exercises that can help their joints, blood circulation, sleep better as well as digestion.
Signing up required.
More information about Baby massage at Kirtana 1.6.8 Yoga Center

For more information, please visit the website of Kirtana 1.6.8 Yoga Center at Curacao
call 512 8489 / 461 8489
or e-mail: kirtana168@gmail.com

Breastfeeding saves lifes
• Lack of breastfeeding is a risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
• Human milk protects premature infants from life threatening gastrointestonal disease.
• Beastfed children have lower risk of dying before their first birthday.

Breastfed infants are healthier
• Formula fed infants have twic the risk of having ear infections in the first year than infants who are exclusively breastfed for at least 4 months.
• Breastfeeding reduces the incidence, and lessens the severity of a large number of infections, including pneumonia and meningitis in infants.
• Breastfeeding protects infants against a variety of illnesses, such as diarhea and infant botulism.
• Breastfed babies have less chance of allergies, asthma and eczema .
• Evidence suggests that breastfeeding for at least two months protects susceptible children Type I insuline dependent diabetes mellit us (DDM).
• Breastfeeding may reduce the risk for subsequent inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and childhood cancers.

Breastfeeding helps mothers recover from childbirth
• Breastfeeding helps the uterus to shrink to its pre-pregnancy state and reduces the amount of blood lost after delivery.
• Mothers who breastfeed for at least 3 months may lose more weight than mothers who do not breastfeed.
Breastfeeding mothers usually resume their menstrual cycles 20 to 30
weeks later than mothers who do not breastfeed.

Breastfeeding keeps women healthier throughout their lives
• Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months can help in child spacing among women who do not use contraceptives (The Lactation Amenorrhea Method).
• Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
• Breastfeeding may reduce the risk of osteoporosis.

Breastfeeding is economical
• The cost of infant formula has increased 150 percent since the
1980’s.
• Breastfeeding reduces health care costs.
• The formula costs over $1000 (ANG. 1800) per year!

Breastfeeding is environmentally sound
• Unlike infant formula, breastfeeding requires no fossil
fuels for its manufacture or preparation.
• Breastfeeding reduces pollutants created as by-products during the
manufacture of plastics for bottles and metal for cans to contain infant
formula.
• Breastfeeding reduces the burden on our landfills, as there are no cans
to throw away.

Source | Heather de Paulo, MS.
RD registered dietritian CPR First Aid Instructor
Californian Health Department about breastfeeding

Quite often many moms, especially first time moms, feel overwhelmed by the sudden change with your little one. As a mum your child tends to become a number one priority. Finding ones own time can become quite a challenge. This class allows you to learn even just a few exercises, that you could integrate with your little one as “play time” and still reaps the benefits for a mom as well.
These classes are designed to be not only beneficial with babies as moms learn how to develop skills in massaging their babies, it also provides yoga poses that may benefit the baby in relieving colic or even digestion issues. Many times during the massage or these few yoga poses geared for little ones, babies tend to become hungry and even sleepy!
For moms, this provides an opportunity to do a class and yet if their little one requires their attention at anytime they can stop and attend to their little one without fear of judgement or embarrassment.. As any new mum knows, babies are unpredictable creatures and each class is always very different to the next. Many have been able to start as close as a few weeks after labour, provided doctor consent has been given.
In fact, meeting with other mums also provides a great opportunity to compare notes about motherhood and different feelings which may arise during the postnatal period. Such as what difficulties they may have, tips on how to handle routines and receive support for any difficulties It gives a ground to bring a nice grounding where mothers, learn to share and accept feelings which may be perceived as being negative by society in general.

Post partum depression
Baby and I yoga classes, also provides a platform for the much unspoken about post partum depression. The rate of post partum depression can be as high as 1 in every 5 women within four to 6 weeks after childbirth and 7 percent of new mothers as well suffer severe depression.
Yoga brings about hormonal balance and stabilizes the endocrine system and can alleviate depression and post partum blues. The practice of relaxation techniques based in yoga (or any type of relaxation techniques that deliver what they promise) balances cortical activities and the nervous and endocrine systems, thus reducing the body`s predisposition to react to stress. Therefore the practice is always concluded with plenty of time for relaxation – most new mums appreciate the chance for a little rest! Followed by some time for mums to just relax and chat with other moms!
A once a week ‘Baby yoga & me’ class in conjunction with a once a week parenting circle, such as “Babes & Beyond” is usually a recipe for a much happier mum and relaxed baby.

Article provided by: KIRTANA168
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