From Pregnancy To Playground

Philips Avent is inviting us mom and expecting moms once again to another leg of From Pregnancy to Playground. Celebrate the stages of motherhood with your family this Saturday, October 6, 2012, at the Grand Atrium of Shangri-La Mall. The event will have three areas featuring the stages of motherhood: Baby Bump for pregnant moms, New Baby for moms with young children up to 18 months, and Growing Baby for mothers with toddlers.

Just like in the first leg in Trinoma, the Baby Bump area is where the exhibits will be held. A belly cast exhibit, the first in the Philippines, by birth artist Mimsy Sermonia-Jundis featuring mommy blogger Neva Santos of manilamommy.com, celebrity chef Barni Alejandro of The Sexy Chef, chess coach Chiara Datu, events planner Belle Camacho, birth photographer Polly Fong of Oh Happy Day Birth Photography, and Ayse Trifyllis, owner of Baby Bash. There's also the exhibit of Stanley Ong, renowned pregnancy portraitist where he captured each of the moms' unique experiences.

Here's Mimsy Jundis demonstrating how to do a cast

Neva of manilamommy.com

Sexy Chef Barni Alejandro beside her portrait

Expectant moms will have a chance to capture this most wonderful phase of their lives with pregnancy portraits by professional photographers, which Philips Avent will be offering for free during the event. If mom is not ready for her camera moment, then she can write a letter to her unborn baby at Mommy Mailbox in the comforts of a nursery room with soothing classical music. The letters will be published online in the Mommy Steps website.

The New Baby area will feature a breastfeeding lounge. Moms and their kids may also enjoy special bonding moments as they create wonderful bib art.

Lastly, there is the Growing Baby area which gives families a lot of opportunities for fun while being served fruit and vegetable smoothies from the juice bar. They can either make scrapbook pages or color Truman the rabbit. As a special treat, moms can get lovely makeovers from Goody's beauty experts.

There will also be a Mom's Best Choice Exhibit where Philips Avent products will be displayed throughout the day. Enjoy a 20% discount on regular items!

Making this event even more informative for moms are talks by childbirth educator Lin Fernando of Philippine Association for Childbirth Education, baby sign language instructor Jaymie Pizarro, breastfeeding consultant Dra. Pat Kho, and Philips Avent Brand Ambassador Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan.

I wish I could go to this one but unfortunately I can't because I'm out of the country but you can! So please do visit! This event promises to be a day filled with joy and learning as families celebrate the many facets of motherhood.

Below is the program details for that day!

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