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Paving The Path from diapers to diplomas and Parents’ Date Night A
kept in stitches for a newlywedCOMMON side styled parenting quiz, led by effect of event hosts Terri-Karelle Reid becoming a and comedian/ObGyn Dr Michael parent is that Mom and Abrahams. Dad can potentially Patrons received exciting grow apart. The B 3 prizes, topped by the evening’s Parents’ Date Night was grand prize of a getaway designed to help weekend for two courtesy of a parents (expectant, sponsor, Sandals Resorts. new, well-seasoned) to The speakers were Nicole reconnect in a fun and Campbell from AIM Educational non-traditional way. Services, author Melanie Parent’s Date Night, Schwapp, and NCB Insurance held last Friday, April 24, Regional Manager Antonnette was a fun cocktail Paving The Path speakers, (from left) author Melanie evening, where guests Schwapp, educator Nicole Campbell and NCB’s Cowan-Palmer. Paving The Path is the first in a participated in an Antonnette Cowan-Palmer, pose for a photo. series of like events organised engaging question-andby the parenting magazine, B 3. answer session with all three event speakers and were
Moms-to-be all in a row, dressed in drennLUNA Maternity at the B3 Parenting Expo in 2014.
The B3 MaterniTEA Party:
A big baby shower THE B 3 MaterniTea Party, scheduled for May 2 at the Talk of the Town, Jamaica Pegasus hotel, is a very big baby shower where expectant mothers will convene to enjoy games, great gifts, healthy and tasty food, along with information on what to expect in the months ahead. The event will be hosted by Dr Michael
Abrahams and Imani Duncan-Price. Guests can expect to learn about maintaining healthy pregnancies from a physical and psychological standpoint. B 3’s team ObGyn, Dr Thea Davis, will be on hand for the fifth year running to provide mommies-to-be with critical advice on what to expect during their pregnancies and beyond. There will be fitness demos, styling advice and much like a traditional baby shower, lots of gifts and giveaways. Each expectant mother at the MaterniTea Party will have the opportunity to win a complete nursery for her and her baby, sponsored by generous contributors including Kidz Komfort Furniture; an all-Jamaican furniture company specialising in children’s furniture, Spaces Jamaica, Therapedic Mattress, Josephs, Babybop Kids Store, Huggies, Johnson’s Baby, Smart Eggs, Gerber and NCB Insurance Company. Once again this year, the B 3 event is supported with giveaways from international brands Skip Hop, Pearhead, Ubbi and Three Lollies, popularly known in North America for nausea-relief products for pregnant women.
B3 hosts Parenting Expo on Sunday CELEBRATING ITS fifth year, the event, formerly known as A Big Baby Shower, is now rebranded as The B3 Parenting Expo (by B 3 C a r i b b e a n M a g a z i n e ). The event expands its reach to a wider cross section of parents, going beyond the bump and baby, and now includes all other aspects of parenting from birth to the pre-teen years. The event provides a single destination where new, expectant and experienced parents can receive product and service information and practical resources all
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