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Inside our 13th Annual Baby Guide: contests, features and cool finds for expectant and new moms & dads

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t’s here: We’re thrilled to present the 13th annual WestCoast Baby Guide, full of valuable local information homegrown in the Lower Mainland.

This year we’re back with a renewed energy! We have a new logo and look and a new website too. We’ve got expanded distribution so we can reach all the new and expecting parents, and all new editorial features to entertain and inform you.

This Baby Guide is full of relevant, timely, local articles that are meaningful and positive. We had so much great information and fun to share that we’re filling up our website too. If you don’t see what you’re looking for in the resource pages here, go to www.baby-guide.ca and check out the hundreds of baby friendly listings that are there for you.

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Cover Model Sophia is an adventurous and chatty one year old. Sophie enjoys swimming, playing with her cousins and helping Daddy work on his motorcycle.

As usual, the Baby Guide has amazing prizes to be won. Just enter at www.baby-guide.ca and you could win in our spectacular Baby Guide giveaways.

Looking for a deal? Check out the discount and special offer coupons at the back of the Guide to save big!

A big thank you to the advertisers who support the Baby Guide each year. We ask you to look at their ads and support them in return so we can continue to provide you with this free publication and great information.

We wish you all the best as you enter into babyhood… whether for the first time or the third.

Slow it down, and enjoy every moment.

Photographed by Eclipse Photography www.eclipsephotography.ca

www.baby-guide.ca Managing Editor, Andrea Vance editor@westcoastfamilies.com Editor, Stephanie MacDonald stephanie@westcoastfamilies.com Contributing Editor , Jodi Iverson jodi@westcoastfamilies.com Art Director & Layout, Krysta Furioso studio@westcoastfamilies.com Administration, Jennifer Bruyns admin@westcoastfamilies.com Accounts Receivable & Payable, Jennifer Brule finance@westcoastfamilies.com Advertising, sales@westcoastfamilies.com

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Cool Finds Fun and practical, everything you need (or want!) for baby

Free Your Baby The Car Seat is Best Reserved for the Car

Pediatric Head Shape Management

Coupons!

Special Offers for Our Readers

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Contests Enter to win some great prizes for you, your home and of course BABY Help You Can Bank On BC Women’s Hospital Breast Milk Bank Saves Babies’ Lives

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cool finds Cleansing Cuteness We are perfectly aware that you, as a new parent, are 100 percent convinced that your baby is the cutest baby on the planet and could not get any cuter. No one is about to dispute the first assertion, but picture your little one splashing away in a Blooming Bath baby tub. How adorable would that be? These soft tubs protect little noggins while providing comfort to even the most water-adverse infant. You get to swoon at Captain Cute-tastic and he gets to stop smelling like a stinky baby. Everyone wins!

Baby’s World in Coquitlam or www.bloomingbath.com

The Good Kind of Sticky Bellies “My baby already has a sticky belly,” you say. Fortunately, we are not talking about whatever stuff your kid has been rolling around in; these Sticky Bellies Stickers stick right on your little one to indicate how many months old they were at the time you took their photo. Available in colours and patterns for both boys and girls, they also have a weeks option to stick on your baby bump to chart your progress.

$15 on www.stickybellies.com

A Face Book for Baby Some friends and relatives you only see a couple of times a year, and if it wasn’t for Facebook, even you would forget what they look like. Children have an even harder time, so help them remember Grandpa and Great Auntie Edna between visits with Pinhole Press’ Book of Names and Faces. Simply send in your photos with captions and you can send baby off to sleep at night with a book that puts names to all those familiar faces (even if they secretly think all old people look alike, they’ll learn recognize the ones they know).

From $85 on www.pinholepress.com

Down with the Hospital Gown As life-changing, powerful, and incredible the experience of giving birth is, if you’re in a hospital while you’re doing it, chances are, you are experiencing this epic event wearing a hideously unflattering green smock with your butt sticking out of it. You don’t stand for this kind of fashion faux pas in normal life, why now? Dressed to Deliver makes birthing gowns that not only look like attractive dresses, but are equipped with discreet snaps and closures for the labour room and nursing. Perfect for all those inevitable newborn photos, and so pretty and comfortable you’ll want to keep it around even after the big event.

$80 on www.dressedtodeliver.com

Dri-Pad Despite what horrors may be lurking inside your baby’s diaper, keep the environment of your changing table and crib as attractive as possibly with Driline Baby’s Dri-Pads. In fun and colourful patterns, and with a fully washable and durable construction, you can face every diaper change with confidence, at least in your eye for quality design in your changing accessories.

Hip Baby www.hipbaby.ca and Active Baby www.activebaby.ca

Monkey Mat It can be difficult to enjoy your sandwich in the park while you’re watching your baby pass up her Cheerios for the far more interesting month-old chewing gum and grass-clipping entrée. Blankets are bulky and inconvenient, but with a lightweight Monkey Mat, you can just pull it out of its pouch and you have a clean surface to lunch on in no time. Monkey Mats are so portable you can keep one in the stroller, one in the car, and be able to put your kids down anywhere. Hotel lobby floor? No problem. The airport floor? Not so scary anymore!

$40 at www.monkeymat.com

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Bobee Diaper Dispenser

Ubbi Diaper Pail

You have to avoid dropping baby on her head, dodge Jr.’s vertical pee-pee stream, deal with flailing limbs and dirty wipes… sometimes changing a baby takes serious skills. Make it as easy as possible by having everything at your fingertips with Bobee’s Diaper Dispenser. It hangs right on your wall and gives you easy access to wipes and diapers right where you need them, and comes with different colours of decals to fit in with the décor of any nursery room.

The international treaty that prohibits humans polluting up outer space with our garbage really should have made an exception for dirty diapers. Since rockets are out of the question, the next best option is the Ubbi Diaper Pail.

Made of steel, in a charming array of colours, the Ubbi doesn’t smell, has durable rubber seals that don’t leak, and uses regular kitchen garbage bags, which saves you money in the long run. It will look and smell good on the outside, no matter what is polluting up the inside, and space stays clean another day.

$50 at www.onsgear.com

$80 at www.snugglebugz.ca

Bright Starts Playard Sometimes there’s just stuff you have to do without a baby on your hip. Deboning a mackerel, doing taxes, deep frying, weed whacking; all require you to put baby down for a little bit, preferably in a safe place where he or she can’t hurt themselves or destroy the house. When Baby has to go to baby jail, make sure it’s a really nice place, like the Bright Starts Ingenuity EasyWash Playard. Comfy and safe, and featuring colourful themes like “Sunny Safari,”“Blossomy Blooms” and more, your baby might just not want to leave.

$190 at www.babyonboard.ca

Sole Delight Soothing Foot Scrub Jealous of your baby’s soft and adorable little feet; those chubby little morsels that just invite you to kiss them all day long? All Things Jill’s Sole Delight Smoothing Foot Scrub doesn’t promise to make your tired tootsies into baby feet (that would look weird), but it will buff away those tough layers of outer skin to reveal fresh, invigorated new feet that may not inspire kisses, but appreciative glances are much less awkward, anyways.

$15 at www.betterbabybums.ca

Your Baby: Cute from Top to Bottom Nothing ruins your suave look more than seeing a diaper hanging out of the bottom of it, right Baby?” Coordinate your baby’s bottom with his or her top with gDiapers hip and happening top and bottom sets. gDiapers make convenient, earth-friendly cloth diapers and diaper covers that do what they need to do and still look great, especially when paired with a matching top for an oh-so-sophisticated look. You wouldn’t let your underwear hang out (hopefully), why let baby’s?

From $50 for the set on www.gdiapers.ca

Harlow’s Perch PJ Pants Rule the Pool Your baby may be the epitome of haute couture glamour in her high-fashion swimsuit, gaining the admiration and adulation of all those around her, but… whoops! One little accident, and everyone screams and clears the pool in five seconds flat, leaving you two alone in disgrace. Avoid this shameful scenario without losing your style: put your chic baby into Bummi’s Swimmi swim diaper.

Groovy patterns, made in Canada, and easy to clean, and quick-drying; you and your baby will have the confidence to work that kiddie pool just like a catwalk.

$15 at www.bumbini.ca

Does my kid have a foxy bottom?

This is the wrong-sounding question you may inadvertently ask yourself when trying to choose between Harlow’s Perch’s adorable PJ pants. You may decide he’s more of a froggie bottom, or a lion-y bottom or even a bunny bottom, and that’s just fine because Harlow’s Perch has you covered. With seven animals to choose from – even an owl – these quality cottonblend PJs are almost too cute to cover up with blankets, and at only $12, you can be a different animal every day of the week.

$12 at www.raspberrykids.com baby guide

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contests!

Win a Busy Bump Maternity Package

WIN this complete newborn diaper package from gDiapers gDiapers takes diapering to a new height of hip with their adorable little gPants that team up with their biodegradable, disposable gRefills for a baby & earthloving diaper. The gBaby bundle includes 12 tiny gPants (newborn to 10lbs), 6 Small little gPants (8-14lbs) and 2 packs of gRefills. The winner also receives a pack of super-sort gCloth reusable inserts and 2 packs of gWipes.

Value: $200

Deadline to enter: March 31,2013 Enter at www.baby-guide.ca

WIN a baby planning package & gift basket from Busy Bump Maternity Services! Who doesn’t need help in knowing what to buy ready for baby?

Stephanie, a professional baby planner, owns Busy Bump Maternity Services, and is giving away one of her Baby Gear 101 packages. She’ll help research products, make recommendations for what you need, shop (online or in person) and set-up your gift registry.

And she’s giving away a basket of feel-good goodies to go with it too!

Total value $275.00

Deadline to enter: March 31,2013 Enter at www.baby-guide.ca www.busybump.com

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InBed Organics Pillow

Skiphop Diaper Indigo Dot Tote Bag

WIN! A Certified Organic Shredded Latex Pillow! What do put your head on each night? Pure latex rubber is a naturally hypo-allergenic pillow. Latex is resistant to mold, fungus, mildew, bacteria, and dust mites.

Naturally conforming to relieve pressure points and provide support. As well it is 100% renewable and 100% biodegradable. Total retail value $120.00.

Win this STUDIO diaper tote, a bag that is stylish enough to pair with a little black dress, but practical enough to keep you and baby stocked for a long day at the playground. Two insulated side pockets hold baby’s bottles, food and sippy cups, while 12 more pockets keep your phone, wallet, keys and other personal items dry, secure and within quick reach.

Total value $90.00

Deadline to enter: March 31,2013 Enter at www.baby-guide.ca

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Snuggle Bugz Britax Stroller Win this Britax B-Agile Stroller and Travel System! The B-AGILE is compatible with other major manufacturer’s infant car seats when used with the BRITAX infant car seat adapter (sold separately). The padded, supportive seat features a 5-point harness system with head pad that is adjustable. With a weight capacity of 55 pounds and an infinite recline, the B-AGILE is suitable from birth. The extra-large canopy with a mesh ventilation window allows you to see your child and, and your child to see you. The comfort-ride suspension ensures a smooth ride, and the swivel front wheel improves maneuverability. Total value $269.99

Deadline to enter: March 31,2013 Enter at www.baby-guide.ca www.snugglebugz.ca

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Win Custom Artwork from DreamWallDesigns Win a beautiful wooden “P.L.A.Y.” letter set, custom painted to your own colour scheme, along with a custom matching coat hook and growth chart. Childhood is full of imagination, wonder and excitement. Your child’s bedroom should be a safe haven that inspires fun, friendship and fantasy... a personal space that is uniquely their own. Let DreamWallDesigns beautify your child’s surroundings, for a look that expresses their special personality. Value $120.00.

Deadline to enter: March 31,2013 Enter at www.baby-guide.ca www.dreamwalldesigns.ca.com

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Free Your Baby!

The Car Seat is Best Reserved for the Car

By Cora Boecker from Langley Child Development Centre

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o give your baby the best possible experience to learn, grow, develop, and relate to others, you may wish to ask yourself some simple questions:

across the province are noting an increase in the number of infants seen with flattening on the side or back of their heads as a result of lying in one position for too long.

• Would you rather enjoy the company of others while sitting across from them; or sitting on the floor looking up at them?

• Would you rather nap while lying down; or in a sitting position?

• Would you rather be as close as possible to your loved one; or separated at a distance?

While the International Chiropractors Association supports the correct use of child passenger safety seats, they also emphasize that “these seats are not designed ergonomically for long term use inside the vehicle or for support while outside the vehicle and recommends not using these for such purposes.”

If your baby could talk, their answers would be the same as yours.

Busy schedules combined with modern innovations have resulted in a generation of babies spending a significant amount of their first six months of life in car seats. The invention of car seat bases made it more convenient to remove the car seat from the car than to remove the baby from the car seat.

Most strollers are now sold as “travel systems” accommodating the use of the infant car seat with one easy “click” rather than having to undo and redo buckles. Car seats are often seen in shopping carts despite the statement from American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that “parents and caregivers should never place an infant carrier on top of the shopping cart” as they are not designed to safely transport them.

But modern conveniences come with a price. Frequent and extended use of car seats (as well as infant swings and bouncy seats) can contribute to delays in gross motor development (rolling, creeping, crawling) and have been cited as a contributing cause of the rise in positional plagiocephaly, also known as “flat head syndrome.”

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CHHD) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggests that infants “should spend minimal time in car seats (when not a passenger in a vehicle) to prevent positional plagiocephaly from occurring.” Cranial distortion resulting from time in ‘baby equipment’ has been shown to be more severe than in children who develop plagiocephaly from lying on their backs on a mattress.

Since the “Back to Sleep” campaign was implemented by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1992, it has become even more important to balance the time a baby spends on their back (when asleep), with time in prone (on their tummy), and being held upright when awake. Remember: “back to sleep, tummy for play”.

Infant Development Programmes, Pediatrician offices, and hospital clinics

Dr. Parm Rai of Rai Chiropractic in Langley reports that extended use of the car seat is a concern for a number of reasons; including misalignment of the upper cervicals (neck) caused by the child’s head being rotated for extended periods of time in the same position, pressure on lower back/sacrum from being in a forced flexed position, head flattening, as well as sensory deprivation from a lack of movement, eye contact, touch and verbal interaction. Additionally, the use of car seats outside of cars can have a negative impact on the parents’ back health as they carry up to 30 pounds of seat and baby. This is especially true for mothers who still have instability throughout their joints related to pregnancy.

What can you do instead? Leave the car seat in the car and take your baby out. If using a stroller with a bassinet attachment, lay your baby down so they can stretch out and sleep or use one that reclines to support your baby in a sitting position, giving them a greater view of their surrounding world than the car seat allows. When possible, hold your baby or carry them in a sling or soft baby carrier (babywearing).

Think of the very different experience that two babies will have while going for a “walk” with their parents – one from their car seat stroller system and one being carried in a soft baby carrier or sling. Babywearing is the earliest and most basic “travel system” around, and has many well researched benefits for both the parent and baby. Babies who are carried cry less, have better digestion, sleep better and have more secure attachments with their caregiver.

The increased proximity to people allows a baby to develop socially as they study facial expressions, learn language faster and become more familiar with body language. Their internal systems are more organized as the rhythm of the caregiver’s heartbeat has a balancing and soothing effect on them.

Babywearing positively impacts a baby’s gross motor development as the movement of the parent helps to establish balance and muscle tone. Babies who are carried have all of their basic needs met as their caregiver can be seen, heard, smelled and touched. Baby wearing has also been shown to have a positive effect on mothers whose oxytocin levels increase through physical contact with the infant, leading to a greater bond, easier breastfeeding and lowering the incidence of postpartum depression.

Langley Pediatrician, Dr. Glen Ward, agrees with encouraging parents to limit the use of car seats as baby carriers. Holding and carrying children allows the infant to be involved in interactions with parents and others around them which helps promote optimal child health and development.

“Using a sling is like having an extra set of hands. It allows me to bond with my baby while I walk, talk, laugh, work and play. The benefits of the touch, warmth, and movement my baby experiences while in the sling far outweigh the convenience that a stroller or plastic carrier provides” says Dorothy Huston, Mother and Infant Development Consultant.

Remember how your baby would answer the questions above if given the chance. Give your babies the same opportunities for interaction with others that you would want for yourself.

The infant period is a short period of time but such an important one for development– you can make the difference by leaving the car seat in the car!

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Help You Can Bank On BC Women’s Hospital Breast Milk Bank Saves Babies’ Lives

By Stephanie MacDonald

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reast is Best.” Whether nursing is the joyous and ecstatic bonding experience pictured on the Le Leche League pamphlet, or frustrating, or practically impossible, in Canada we’ve all learned the benefits of breastfeeding. For most of us it’s also cheaper than formula, and you never have to worry about getting to the park and discovering you’ve left your breasts at home on the kitchen counter.

of the hospital, as well as to babies outside the hospital provided they have a prescription from a doctor or midwife. Moms from all walks of life, from all over the mainland energetically sing the praises of this little institution, which has saved and enhanced the lives of so many babies for the last 30 years. In 2011 the bank had over 2,000 recipients, processed over 60,000 ounces and received milk from 140 donors.

The World Health Organization, The American and Canadian Pediatric Associations all strongly recommend breastfeeding if you can possibly do it.

But some important new research is in and it’s clear: for premature infants in the neonatal ICU, the use of donated human breast milk actually saves babies’ lives. Apart from the known benefits to the immune system, brain development and reduction of allergies, human milk is now proven to prevent a deadly infection called necrotizing entercolitis – one of the most common causes of death in preemies. But what if your baby is born so early that your milk hasn’t come in? What if you had a breast reduction or other condition that severely limits your ability to produce milk for your baby?

This program has been so successful that it has become the basis for many studies and a model for two more milk banks that have recently opened in Calgary and in Toronto, and many more across the United States.

Well if you live in Vancouver, you’re lucky. Though there were once over 23 milk banks across the country, due to the tainted blood epidemic, by 1980 there was only one in Canada – the BC Women’s Milk Bank in Vancouver. This milk bank provides pasteurized breast milk to babies in the neonatal care ward

But obviously the milk has to come from somewhere. How is the bank funded?

Who donates? And how? How can new mothers who want to donate get involved? WCF asked these questions to Frances Jones, Coordinator for the BC Women’s Milk Bank and Lactation Programs.

WestCoast Families: The Canadian Pediatric Society firmly stated their position that not only was donated breast milk the “best option for the treatment of neonates,” but the effect of reducing gastro-intestinal complications would more than offset the costs of the milk bank operations. Has this had any positive effect on your government funding? Has the publicity raised the number of new mothers donating milk?

Frances Jones: Whereas it is wonderful that the CPS has developed a positive statement in support of milk banking, I think there are a number of factors that have increased awareness of donor milk banking. The internet and greater access for both consumers and medical professionals to a wide range of information has helped raise the profile of donor milk banking. As information spreads, the number of donors calling us increases.

The Milk Bank is funded through the BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre operating budget, as well as through the generosity of donors to the BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre Foundation.

WCF: What are the most common barriers to mothers who would like to donate, and is anything being done to address them?

FJ: All donors must complete a screening process similar to blood screening.

We follow the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) Guidelines. The most common reasons we are unable to accept donors is due to regular medication use and travel in Britain and Europe during certain times. We are currently redeveloping our website in order to make it easier for donors and others to access current information. We also request that donors be able to donate a minimum of three litres of milk, due to the cost of the screening process.

WCF: Hypothetically, of course, if donations for the neonatal patients exceeded the requirements, would you be able to expand the facility? For example can you foresee a time when would milk ever be made available (perhaps for an affordable cost) for adoptive parents, or perhaps gay male parents of newborns?

FJ: Our pasteurized milk is dispensed on physician order on medical priority.

We have provided milk in the past to both adoptive and same sex parents in times of plenty. We recognize the cost of donor milk is expensive but we currently charge a partial cost recovery fee for processing of milk in order to enable us to keep supplying milk. This fee is not charged to children who are patients in BC Women’s and BC Children’s Hospitals.

For more information about the Milk Bank, please call 604-875-2282 for donor information, 604-875-2424 ext. 7634 for recipient information, or visit http://www. bcwomens.ca/Services/PregnancyBirthNewborns/HospitalCare/Breastfeeding.htm

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Pediatric Head Shape Management

By Laura Patrick and Jason Goodnough

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id you know that as many as one in every 60 infants may develop deformational plagiocephaly – also known as “flat-head syndrome”?

What is Deformational Plagiocephaly (DP)?

Plagiocephaly is derived from the Greek words meaning “Oblique Head”. This term is generally used to describe three types of positional head shape asymmetries that persist past the age of six weeks. These asymmetries are caused by prolonged external pressure to the infant head.

and tracking problems. There is also some concern that there may be an increased risk of ear infections. At the jaw level there is concern about long-term joint movement problems and jaw asymmetry that could lead to chewing challenges.

Some practitioners have also expressed concern about the difficulty of fitting protective headgear such as bicycle and hockey helmets with these asymmetries. Unfortunately, the literature is very unclear in this area so these concerns are mostly anecdotal and unsubstantiated. More research is definitely needed.

There are also much more subtle ways DP can occur. If babies spend prolonged periods of time with the back of their head pressed against surfaces such as strollers, swings and car seats then they also may be at increased risk of developing DP. In 1994 Pediatricians initiated a very successful program. In an effort to reduce the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) a program called “Back to Sleep” was developed and promoted to new parents. Since it’s initiation this program has reduced SIDS deaths by more than 50% when compared to 1988 levels. “Back to Sleep” and the newest version “Safe Sleep” remains the safest way for babies to sleep to this day. However, inadvertently these programs, though much safer for our children, have increased the rate of head shape deformity substantially. A 1996 study found an increase in DP from one in 300 in 1974 to one in 60 in 1996 as a result.

With the positive results of these programs babies will continue to sleep on their backs. Our concern now is whether there are any resulting medical issues for a baby with head shape asymmetry?

Concerns about DP Aside from cosmetic concerns, certain long-term heath risks are thought to be increased with significant head shape asymmetry. The primary areas for concern are with respect to the eyes, ears and jaw development. If the cranial bones are misshapen, then the orientation of the eyes may be affected, leading to visual disturbances

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Babies 0-5 months: • Focus on education and awareness • Monitoring of head shape • Counter positioning • Positions for sleep and play - tummy time Babies over 5months:

Parents do need to know that DP is expected to improve with age, even without intervention.

• Moderate to severe DP are referred to an orthotist for consultation re. need for headband (cranial remodeling orthosis)

How is DP Treated?

• Continues intervention for strength and positions in sleep and play

What causes DP? The infant skull is very malleable, so anytime an external force acts on the head for a prolonged time it will alter its shape. Situations where babies may be less mobile and remain in one position for extended periods have been shown to contribute to head shape asymmetries. These situations may include multiple or premature births.

the family on counter positioning, strengthening and stretching exercises that should be performed daily.

Early intervention is key. If asymmetries remains after six weeks of age talk to your family doctor regarding a referral to a head shape management program. It’s best to initiate treatment by two months of age.

What happens then?

Physiotherapy Mild head shape concerns should be monitored every two to three weeks by a physiotherapist with experience treating DP. Physiotherapists address restrictions in the baby’s ability to move their head around as well as provide advice on positions for sleep, play and carrying positions. Physiotherapists also screen for more serious skull problems and baseline cranial measurements are taken so that progress can be accurately tracked. Depending on the age and severity of the head shape asymmetry, the physiotherapist will recommend and educate

Tummy Time You’ve heard it a thousand times – tummy time is so important! Not only for maintaining head shape but also for building a strong foundation for their motor milestones.

If your baby does not tolerate tummy time on the floor, it’s ok to do a modified version to help build their strength. Try having your baby lie on your chest, over your thighs or in a “football hold” Get down on the floor with your baby and keep them entertained during their hard work.

Babies love faces and bright and musical toys.

Gradually build up the amount of time your baby spends in tummy time and work it into a routine – after a diaper change, upon waking up from a nap.

• Close monitoring in conjunction with orthotist Cranial Remodeling Orthosis (CRO) or Orthotic Helmets Treatment with an Orthotic Helmet may be discussed with the family if significant DP persists into the fourth month of age despite parent and physiotherapist’s best efforts.

CRO’s are a very low risk treatment option that is best initiated between the ages of four and six months. They have been shown to be effective in reducing head shape asymmetry in children as young as three months and as old as 18 months.

Each helmet must be custom designed by a Certified Orthotist and followed-up diligently for the entire course of treatment to ensure optimal effectiveness. CRO’s are typically worn 23 hours a day for three to five months. Luckily, this occurs at a time when babies are very accepting of the treatment. CRO’s work by providing gentle contact on the high points of the head while providing space for the flattened skull regions to expand into, as the head grows normally during this time.

CRO treatment is a big commitment for parents as it will require many visits to the Orthotist. Your Doctor or Therapist can recommend an Orthotist who is experienced in treating DP in your nearest community.

For more information contact Kids Physio, Synergy Orthopedic Group. www.synergyortho.ca

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604.736.8020 | www.hipbaby.com Isola Bella Design Vancouver 604.266.8808 | www.isolabella.ca Jack and Lola North Vancouver and online www.jackandlola.com Just Kids Clothes Online 604.649.3779 | www.justkidsclothes.com Kai Kids Online www.kaikids.com Kidazzles White Rock 604.531.7931 Kidlet Innovations Online 778.788-0680 | www.kidlet.ca Kohlr Baby Designs Online 778.688.6381 | www.coolerbaby.com

Bigfoot8 Kids Store Port Coquitlam 604.464.6388 | www.bigfoot8.ca

Little Critters Outfitters Abbotsford & Cloverdale www.littlecrittersoutfitters.com

Boomers & Echoes Kids & Maternity North Vancouver 604.984.6163 | www.boomersandechoes.com

Little Earth Children’s Store Vancouver 778.737.7004 | www.littleearthvancouver.com

Buttercups (consignment and new) Ladner www.buttercups.ca

Little Treasures Children’s Boutique Granville Island 604.677.3792

Buckets of Fun (consignment) Surrey 604.542.8697 | www.bucketsoffun.ca

Lusso Baby North Vancouver 778.340.0648 | www.lussobaby.ca

Vancouver Aquarium www.visitvanaqua.org

Bumbini Cloth Diaper Company Offering a fantastic selection of modern cloth diapers and accessories. Vancouver and online 604.838.0788 | www.bumbini.ca

MacGillycuddy’s for Little People (consignment) Vancouver 604.263.5313

YMCA Multiple locations www.vanymca.org

Cotton ‘n’ Crayon Surrey 604.535.0466 | www.cottonncrayon.ca

Milk Factory Designs Online 604.899.1180 | www.milkfactory.com

Crawlies Online 705.427.0696 | www.crawlies.ca

Mountain Baby Online 888.990.2292 | www.mountainbaby.com

Dandelion Kids Vancouver & Port Moody www.dandelionkids.ca

My Little Green Online 855.545.7467 | www.mylittlegreenshop.com

For Kids Only (Consignment) New Westminster 604.937.3755

Pebble Vancouver 604.568.6923 | www.pebblebaby.com

Goober Baby Multiple locations & Online 604.837.9775 | www.gooberbaby.com

Peekaboo Beans online 604.279.2326 | www.peekaboobeans.com

Maplewood Farm North Vancouver 604.929.5610 | www.maplewoodfarm.bc.ca Science World www.scienceworld.bc.ca The Little Gym Langley 604.539.2543 | www.thelittlegym.com/langleybc Watermania Richmond 604.448.5353 | www.richmond.ca/aquatics

BABY CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES Active Baby One stop baby gear store in North Vancouver 604.986.8977 | www.activebaby.ca Baby Green Spout www.babygreenspout.com Babes on 4th Vancouver 604.739.9870

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Redfish Kids Clothing Vancouver and West Vancouver www.redfishkidsclothing.com Robeez Footwear Online 800.929.2649 | www.robeez.com Room for 2 Maternity & Baby Vancouver 604.255.0508 | www.roomfor2.ca Saf & Benjamin Vancouver 778.328.8194 | www.safandbenjamin.com Sparkle & Junebug Vancouver 604.568.5434 Snuggle Bugz Over 10,000 mom-approved baby products; everything for baby! Online.

877.768.4284 | www.snugglebugz.ca Stonz Wear Baby Booties Online 604.568.6364 | www.stonzwear.ca Wee Ones Reruns Quality kids consignment since 1995. Vancouver 604.708.0956 | www.weeonesvancouver.com Zoolu Organics Eco-chic, stylish and sustainable clothing for kids. Vancouver.

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BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT BC Women’s Hospital Breastfeeding Clinic 604.875.2424 | www.bcwomens.ca Crescent Moon Childbirth 604.535.1175 | www.crescentmoonchildbirth.org La Leche League Multiple locations 800.665.4324 | www.lllc.ca Medela Canada 800.435.8316 | www.medela.ca Newborn Hotline 604.737.3737 Pacific Spirit Health Centre West Vancouver 604.261.6366 Vancouver Breastfeeding Clinic 604.738.1912 | www.breastfeedingclinic.com

DIAPER SUPPLIES & SERVICES Babykins Richmond 604.275.2255 | www.babykins.com Bouncing Babies 604.992.9270 | www.bouncingbabies.ca

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Annual Resource Listings Bumbini Cloth Diaper Company Offering a fantastic selection of modern cloth diapers and accessories. Vancouver and online 604.838.0788 | www.bumbini.ca Diapers Naturally Cotton Diapers Service Burnaby 604.682.8860 | www.diapersnaturally.ca

South Community Birth Program 604.321.2201 | www.scbp.ca

BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre 604.875.2330

Village Health Clinic 604.575.7275 | villagehealthclinic.ca

Bonn Chiropractic Vancouver 604.688.5437 | www.bonnchiropractic.com

EDUCATION

Ecobotts Eco-disposable Diapers 778.340.1779 | www.ecobotts.ca

CEFA: Core Education & Fine Arts 604.913.7713 | www.cefa.ca

Eco Bumz 866.376.8081 | www.ecobumz.com

Children’s Kingdom Montessori 604.872.8898

gDiapers 866.553.5874 | www.gdiapers.com

Collingwood School www.collingwood.org

Happy Nappy Diaper Service 604.539.8322 | www.happynappy.ca

Council of Parent Participation Preschools in BC 604.435.4430 | www.cpppreschools.bc.ca

Wee Care 888.722.2229 www.weecarediapercompany.com

DOULAS & MIDWIVES Bloom Family Wellness 604.988.1411 | www.bloomwellness.com The Birth Place Maple Ridge 604.466.5811 | www.thebirthplace.ca

Highlands Preschool www.highlandspreschool.ca Mimic Baby Sign Language 604.687.0425 x. 1 | www.mimicbaby.com Music For Young Children Maple Ridge 604.463.2151 Oxford Learning www.oxfordlearning.com

Birthing Buddies 604.928.2334 | www.birthingbuddies.com

Private School Expo www.ourkids.net

Crescent Moon Childbirth Surrey, Langley & White Rock 604.612.6906 | www.crescentmoonchildbirth.org

Reach For The Stars Montessori 604.688. 7827 | www.montessoristar.com

Dancing Star Birth 604.254.1100 | www.dancingstarbirth.ca DEME Pre & Postnatal Delta 604.339.6621 | www.demepreandpostnatal.com Doula Services Association of BC 604.515.5588 | www.bcdoulas.org Family Midwifery Care 604.515.1505 Family Practice Maternity Service BC Women’s Hospital 604.875.3436

Vancouver Bilingual School 604.261.1221 | www.vancouverbilingual.com Vancouver Waldorf School North Vancouver 604.985.7435 | www.vws.ca Wee Hands 866.746.7446 | www.weehands.com York House School Vancouver 604.730.2419 | www.yorkhouse.ca

FITNESS, HEALTH & WELLNESS

Gloria Lemay 604.737.7063 | www.glorialemay.com

3D Baby Vision-Fetal Imaging 877.675.2229 | www.3dbaby.ca

Midwifery Associates 604.450.1126 | www.midwiferyassociates.ca Midwifery Care North Shore 604.984.6960 | www.midwiferycare.ca

Aarm Dental 6 downtown Vancouver locations, Whistler, and Squamish 604.683.5530 | www.aarm-dental.com

The Midwifery Group 604.877.7766 | www.midwiferygroup.ca

Access Natural Healing Vancouver 604.568.4663 | www.accessnaturalhealing.com

Midwives Association of BC 604.736.5976 | www.bcmidwives.com

Corinne Eisler Registered dietician & paediatric nutrition specialist 604.738.4344 Cross Roads Clinic Vancouver 604.568.7115 | www.crossroadsclinics.com Dial-A-Dietician 811| www.dialadietitian.org Dr. Gerry Pochynok Pacific Paediatric Dental Centre North Vancouver 604.983.2253 Dr. Pollock Infant Circumcision/Vasectomy New Westminster & Vancouver 604.717.6200 | www.pollockclinics.com Dr. Sabrina Chen-See, Family Wellness Chiropractor Vancouver 604.566.9088 | www.drchensee.com DEME Pre & Postnatal Delta 604.339.6621 | www.demepreandpostnatal.com Family Passages Vancouver 604.266.6470 | www.familypassages.ca Fit for Two Multiple locations 604.602.1546 | www.fit4two.ca Healthcord Cord blood banking. Vancouver 604.714.6361 | www.healthcord.com Helen Sands, Sleep Consultant 604.803.0068 | www.helensands.com Integrative Healing Arts Vancouver 604.738.1012 | www.integrative.ca Jump Gymnastics Classes, camp, birthdays and date night for an active start. Vancouver.

604.568.9690 | www.jumpgymnastics.ca Just4Kids Paediatric Dentistry 604.575.7785 | www.j4kdentistry.com Kids Physio www.kidsphysio.ca Lice 911 www.lice911.ca Logan Creek Counselling www.logancreek.ca

Newbirth Mothercare 778.834.2057 | www.newbirthmothercare.com

Arbutus Acupuncture & Massage Therapy Clinic Vancouver 604.264.9921 | www.healthtoday.ca

Pacific Midwifery 604.874.7999 | www.pacificmidwifery.ca

BC Association of Optometrists 604.737.9907 | www.absee.ca

PDG Pediatric Dental Group 604.263.2422 | www.pdgdental.com

Ridge Meadows Midwifery Practice 604.466.5541

BC Children’s Hospital 604.875.2345 | www.bcchildrens.ca

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Pacific Life Chiropractic 604.850.0551 | www.pacificlifechiropractic.com

Rich/Follows Vasectomy Clinic No-scalpel/no-needle vasectomy clinic www.nsv.ca Runners and Booties Fitness Multiple locations 778.285.6265 www.runnersandbootiesfitness.com St John Ambulance 604.321.2652 | www.sja.ca Tania Zulkoskey Counselling 604.771.8647 | www.tzcounselling.ca TOPS: Take Off Pounds Sensibly Multiple locations 800.932.8677| www.tops.org Tot 2 Teen Dental Care 604.218.9401 | www.tot2teendental.com Van Yoga Programs Vancouver 604.646.0134 | www.vanyoga.com

FURNITURE & HOME DÉCOR Baby’s World 9000 square feet, over 6000 quality products: The Lower Mainland’s Baby Superstore.

Coquitlam 604.515.0888 | www.babysworld.ca BippityBoppity Boo Children’s Rooms 604.468.1755 Cribs & Carriages North Vancouver 604.988.2742 | www.cribsandcarriages.com Crocodile Unique Baby Store Surrey & Vancouver www.crocodilebaby.com Dream Designs Vancouver 604.254.5012 | www.dreamdesigns.ca Fu-Shun Baby Online 604.535.0092 | www.fu-shundesigns.com IKEA Coquitlam, Richmond www.ikea.ca Jack and Lola North Vancouver and online www.jackandlola.com Lusso Baby North Vancouver 886.740.9830| www.lussobaby.ca Mitani Designs www.mitanidesigns.cm Molly’s Furniture Salad Vancouver 604.732.7712 | www.furnituresalad.ca Nestings Kids Vancouver 604.734.5437 | www.nestingkidsvancouver.com O’Baby Organics Online 778.316.5782 | www.obabyorganics.ca

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Annual Resource Listings Off to Bed Fort Langley 604.513.1151 | www.offtobed.ca

The Maternity Shop Online 888.860.1211 | www.thematernityshop.com

One Tiny Suitcase Baby Equipment Rentals 877.663.8469 | www.onetinysuitcase.ca

Tiny Town Children’s & Women’s Consignment Surrey 604.597.0040

Organic O’Canada Online 604.630.2337 | www.organicocanada.com

NANNIES & CHILD CARE RESOURCES

TJ’s The Kiddies Store Multiple locations & Online 800.755.4857 | www.tjskids.com

Ace Personnel Complete personalized home care services; nannies, mother-helpers, caregivers, cooks 604.321.2778 | www.acepersonnel.ca

Wallnuts Design www.wallnutsartdesign.com

Almost As Good As Mum Nanny Agency 604.542.0548 | www.almostasgoodasmum.com

Wee Travel Baby rental gear 604.222.4722 | www.weetravel.ca

Canzac Nannies & Babysitters 604.985.3654 | canzacnannies.com

MATERNITY NEW & CONSIGNMENT Baby Planet Boutique Online 888.823.6129 | babyplanetboutique.com Bellies in Bloom Catering exclusively to expectant moms… before and after the big event! Victoria & Online 250.479.0803 www.belliesinbloommaternity.com Blissfulbabes Nursing Wear www.blissfulbabes.com Boomers & Echoes North Vancouver 604.984.6163 | www.boomersandechoes.com Bravado Designs Online 800.590.7802 | www.bravadodesigns.com Corsierre 3-in-1 Nursing Bra Upgrade Online 877.612.5477 | www.corsierre.com Flirty Maternity Maple Ridge 604.657.7333 | www.flirtymaternity.com Forever Yours Lingerie 604.532.1933 | www.foreveryourslingerie.ca Hazel & Co./Jools Vancouver jools.ca | www.hazelhipmoms.com Little Earth Vancouver 778.737.7004 | www.littleearthvancouver.com Mooternity Nursing Fashions Online 778.838.1707 | www.mooternity.com Nummies Nursing Bras www.nummies.ca Room for 2 Maternity & Baby Vancouver 604.255.0508 | www.roomfor2.ca The Classic Closet Consignment Boutique Surrey 778-395-8290 www.classicclosetconsignment.com

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PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO Bopomo Pictures 604.678.1411 | www.bopomo.ca Dylan Doubt Photography www.dylandoubt.ca Eclipse Photography 604.984.7427 | www.eclipsephotography.ca Life Story Videos 604.805.7999 | www.lifestoryvideos.ca Revival Arts Studio Abbotsford www.rastudio.ca

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Care Solutions 877.925.8474 | www.absolutecarenanny.com

Active Baby One stop baby gear store in North Vancouver 604.986.8977 | www.activebaby.ca

Child Care Options Resource & Referral Program 604.572.8032 | www.childcareoptions.ca

Baby Green Sprout www.babygreensprout.com

Child Care Resource and Referral Your community’s best source of child care information and services 888.338.6622 | www.ccrr.bc.ca First Steps Child Care Options 604.876.5520 | www.childcareoptions.ca International Nannies 604.609.9925 | www.internationalnannies.com Langley Child Care Resource & Referral Program 604.534.7921 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Child Care Resource & Referral 604.467.6911 Moppet Minders Child & Home Care Services 604.942.8167 Nanny Finders Directory 888.628.1622 | www.nannyfindersbc.com Nannies on Call 877.214.2828 | www.nanniesoncall.com North Shore Childcare Resource & Referral Program 604.985.7138 | www.nscr.bc.ca Not Just Nannies 604.723.5683 | www.notjustnannies.net OptiMum Childcare & Nannies 604.671.4965 | www.opti-mum.com Richmond Child Care Resource & Referral Service 604.279.7020 | www.volunteerrichmond.ca Susan’s Nannies 604.779.8579 | www.susansnannies.com Vancouver Child Care Resource & Referral 604.376.6447 | www.wstcoast.org YMCA Childcare Resource & Referral 604.931.3400 | www.vanymca.org

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604.273.0884 | www.babyonboard.ca Baby Planet Boutique Online 888.823.6129 | www.babyplanetboutique.com Bamboletta Dolls Online www.bamboletta.com Bamboobino Online 604.551.3882 | www.bamboobino.com Better Baby Bums Eco Friendly and organic products for the whole family. Burnaby and Online 604.430.3672 | www.betterbabybums.com Bug in a Rug Online 519.856.1373 | www.buginarug.info Camelot Kids Granville Island 800.746.2230 | www.camelotkids.com Cards By Kids Online 604.987.4187 | www.cardsbykids.ca Childish Notions Online 877.968.4667| www.childishnotions.com The Fort Toy Box Fort Langley 604.882.8697 | www.forttoybox.com Happy Baby Daily Needs Canadian baby online store: Mommy’s healthy choice. Online 604.714.0387 | www.happybabydailyneeds.com Hip Baby Sustainability, value, function, and a whole lot of style. Vancouver and online.

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Knotty Toys Granville Island 604.683.7854 | www.knottytoys.com Just Imagine Fun Clothing Vancouver 604.222.3523 | www.dressups.com Kaboodles Toy Store Kitsilano & Granville Island www.kaboodlestoystore.com Kidsbooks Multiple locations www.kidsbooks.bc.ca My Little Mousie Premium German baby and toddler toys for the most important person in your life. Online.

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Lower Mainland. www.newmom.ca Peapod Creations Multiple locations & Online www.peapodcreations.ca Pedagogy Toys New Westminster 604.522.1003| www.pedagogytoys.com Sage Creek Naturals Online 877.513.2183 | www.sagecreeknaturals.com Terra Kids Toys 604.598.8697 | www.terrakidstoys.com Toy Traders Langley 604.532.9516 The Toybox Vancouver 604.738.4322 The Village Toy Shop Port Moody 604.949.0444 | www.villagetoyshop.ca

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