Birmingham Babypalooza and Expo

Thank You Birmingham

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.

Special Attractions
	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 Presented by Babies R Us and Hosted by Magic 96, it's baby against baby as they crawl to the finish line! Derbies will take place at 11, 1, 2, and 3. Register at the booth downstairs.

	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!

	Make Your Own Baby Food Cooking Class Learn a few dynamite recipes for making HappyBaby baby food and using it in toddler and adult recipes like apple oat muffins, pear parfaits that the kids can make, etc. Attendees will be able to sample this delicious organic baby food.

	Shopping and More Shopping Visit infant and maternity retailers at Colonial Brookwood Village like Motherhood Maternity and Strasburg Children. Plan your nursery with T.D’s Kids Furniture, Once Upon a Time, and Storkland. Or see what’s offered in the area’s wide selection of independent and specialty boutiques like Fireflies & Fairtytales, Lamb's Ears, Red Wagon, and many others.

Plus 5 Expos in 1 Location
	Health & Fitness Expo Talk with local OB/GYN, fertility, and women's health experts. 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 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 gym 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.

	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, HappyBaby organic baby food, Nutrabella Belly Bars, Preggie Pops, and more.

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, Mutsy, 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! Click here to see all the hot products.