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Birmingham Babypalooza & Expo

Saturday, September 13, 2008

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Brookwood Village

Free Admission

 

 

 

            

 

 

Alabama Baby Magazine's Babypalooza & Expo is a free event for new, expectant, and hopeful parents. It’s a day full of fun and information with more than 100 exhibitors highlighting everything from health and fitness to nursery design, infant and maternity fashion, mommy and me classes, baby photographers, and much more.

Stroller Strides Fitness Demonstration
Kick-start the day with a free Birmingham Stroller Strides exercise class. Starting at 10 a.m. we will attempt to have the biggest Stroller Strides class ever as moms gather with babies to walk, stretch, and train.
   
Citywide Baby Shower
Join other parents, grandparents, and friends to celebrate the newest addition to your family. Play Baby Bingo and trivia to win prizes and gifts. Collect baby bucks and bid on new and hot products in the Faux Auction.
 
   
Diaper Derby and Daddy Olympics
It’s baby against baby as they crawl to the finish line.  Open to babies between 6 and 12 months who are crawling but not yet walking.
 
   
Fashion Parades
Maternity and children’s fashion parades will take place throughout the day. Catch the models walking through the mall, posing, and handing out coupons and flyers!

 

   
  Shopping and More Shopping
Visit infant and maternity retailers at Colonial Brookwood Village like Motherhood Maternity, Strasburg Children, KB Toys, and Spots & Dots Toys. Plan your nursery with T.D’s Kids Furniture, Storkland, and Once Upon a Time. Or see what’s offered in the area’s wide selection of independent and specialty boutiques like Discovery Toys, Fireflies & Fairtytales, Red Wagon, and many others.
 
Plus 5 Expos in 1 Location
Health & Fitness Expo
See prenatal exercise demos, and learn about infant health, car seat safety, and much more. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama will present “Baby Yourself,” a prenatal wellness program which helps ensure expectant mothers and their babies receive the best possible health care during pregnancy.
   
Celebration Expo
Hosted by 103.7 The Q

Planning a baby shower, christening, or first birthday party? Visit the Celebration Expo to sample fruit, cakes, and chocolates, get decoration ideas, and talk to representatives from area party facilities. See new balloon designs like the Pacifier Arch from Bama Balloons. And don’t forget to step outside to experience the Kids Gym Flip & Fun party bus!
   
Natural Parenting Expo
Check out seminars and demos on cloth diapers, making your own baby food, and breastfeeding. Sample organic baby food from Happy Baby. See how easy cloth diapers have become. Learn about baby wearing as Magic City Slingers host the Baby Wearing Parade and Demonstration.
 
   
La Leche World Breastfeeding Week Celebration
La Leche League of Shelby County and Birmingham South will be co-hosting their World Breastfeeding Week Celebration. Featuring a silent auction, baby scales books, and pamphlets on breastfeeding, as well as La Leche League members on-hand to answer questions.
 
   
  Child Safety Expo
Birmingham Safe Kids, State Farm, and Children’s Health System will present car seat safety seminars. The Alabama Freemasons will provide Free Child ID Kits, which include space for photo, thumbprints, and hair for DNA.
 
   

Product Sampling

Sample Vitamin Water, new types of milk from Barber’s Dairy, Nutrabella Belly Bars, Preggie Pops, and more.

Over 100 Exhibitors in the Aisle of the Mall
A few of the 2008 Exhibitors who are already confirmed.
Abernathy Photographics
Align Your Spine Chiropractic
All Kids Children's Health Insurance
America's First Federal Credit Union
Bama Balloons
Barber's Dairy
Baptist Princeton Medical Center
Baptist Princeton Hoover
Blink Photography by B
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
Blue Moon Studios
Cahaba Cycles
Children's Health System
Cookies By Design
Crave Chocolatier
Edible Arrangements
Fireflies & Fairytales
Gymboree Play & Music
Infant Swimming Resource
Kid's Gym & Dance Center
Lamb's Ears
Legacy Community Federal Credit Union
Magic City Slingers
Preggie Prep Maternity T-shirts
Publix Supermarkets
Realty South
Red Wagon Children’s Clothes
Storkland Baby & Kid Furniture
Stroller Strides of Greater Birmingham
T.D.'s Kid & Baby Furniture
The Swanky Stork
Trinity Medical Center
UAB - Women's and Infants' Services
Vitamin Water

New Product Demonstrations and Faux Auction

Have you heard of these products and designers?

aden + anais, Baby Daze, Baby Kick, Baby K'Tan,  A La Bebe, BabyPlus, Boon, Braelyn Bounty Bug,  Buskins, DadGear, Fresh Baby, EllaRoo, HappyBaby, JazzyToes, Kaboost, Kushies, L'oved Baby, Musty, Naturalmat, Pediped, Protect a Bub, SwaddleDesigns, Sum-Bo-Shine, UpSpring Baby, Zoobies.

You will know them before you leave Babypalooza. From the east coast to the west coast companies are sending their products for you to see, feel, and touch. What’s more they want you to take them home!

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