In this issue:
HAPPYBABY Parenting Workshop
Rippowam Cisqua Summer Camp

Feeding Your Baby (4 months - 1 year)

Are you about to start solid foods with your baby? Have you recently started solids but are filled with questions like:

• When can I introduce specific foods?
• Which foods pose the greatest choking hazards?
• What foods are most likely to cause an allergic reaction?

Or are you simply looking for new ideas for good and healthy foods to give your baby?

Gain answers to these questions and more at this informative Q&A session with Small Bites founder, Erin Patterson, a dynamic teacher with over ten years of healthcare training experience. Erin holds a public health master's degree in Community Health Education. She is the mother of a toddler who loves to eat and a newborn. www.smallbitesonline.com

"Feeding Your Baby" is sponsored by HAPPYBABY, a woman owned startup which makes certified organic fresh frozen baby meals that are as healthy and delicious as homemade. They are allergen free. Dr. Sears, noted pediatrician and author, advises HAPPYBABY on product development.
www.happybabyfood.com

Small Bites and HAPPYBABY believe that what baby eats today will shape a child's tastes for life. Every spoonful of nutritious and natural food parents provide means that through childhood and adolescence and beyond, wholesome food will taste and feel right.

When: January 20, 2007
Time: 1 to 2:30 pm. Babies are welcome.
Where: Full Circle Family Care, 1241 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY
RSVP: 914-421-1500 (dial 0 for reception)

Admission is FREE. Refreshments and HAPPYBABY will be served. Space is limited so RSVP soon.

HAPPYBABY believes every baby should be a happy baby. For every package you buy, we partner with Project Peanut Butter in Malawi to feed a child for a day.

Rippowam Cisqua School offers four diverse camps for children ages 3-14 on two campuses located in Bedford and Mount Kisco, New York.

The RCS Cisqua Camp, directed by Jennifer Ortiz and Cindy Berisic, is located in Mount Kisco, New York and features a six-week camp with weekly enrollments and various themes available for children ages 3-11. The themes are Animal Adventures, Carnival, Circus and Golf Camp.

In addition to Cisqua teachers, the following experts will be joining the individual sessions: animal authorities Chris Evers of Animal Embassy and Bill Robinson of Wildlife Lectures, Jerry Hornak the Magician, trained professionals from Cirque du Jour and PGA professionals from Total Golf Adventures.

The distinctive RCS Summer Arts Program, directed by Keith Robellard, is located in Bedford, New York and features a six-week camp with weekly enrollments and individual classes in a variety of subjects for children ages 9-14. This summer there will be instruction in Theater, Music, Fine Art, Photography, Video and Creative Writing.

The program is designed to allow students to express themselves and experiment with new ideas. Students learn new processes, improve skills, and work with new media and styles.

The RCS Sports Camp, directed by Thomas Morrissey, is located in Bedford, New York and features a two-week camp with weekly enrollments for children ages 8-14. The camps offered this summer are basketball and soccer.

The RCS Sports Camp offers an opportunity for young athletes to develop their abilities in a fun, skills-based environment. A 6 to 1 player to coach ratio gives children the opportunity to receive personal instruction in order to enhance skills and develop meaningful relationships with their coaches and peers.

The unique RCS Rippin' Trips, directed by Mike Topchik, features outdoor adventure trips as well as a design your own trip option for children ages 10 to 14. The offerings are: a spring break trip to Devil's Garden, New Mexico, paddling in Flagstaff & Bigelow Mountains in Maine, white water canoeing on the Delaware, canoeing in Friendship, Maine as well as sailing, canoeing, paint ball and camping during Adventure Week.

This outdoor adventure program enables campers to embark on a personal and group journey in which they learn to appreciate the natural world, develop new skills, enhance their personal relationships and cultivate new experiences.

Detailed information is available at www.rcsny.org. To request a brochure, please contact the Executive Director of RCS Summer Programs, Jennifer Ortiz at (914) 244-1226 or email: jennifer_ortiz@rcsny.org.