SacMomsClub.com

I love the idea of having a central location for activities with children of all ages (and broken down by age).  It's hard to find places to go in Sacramento!  Especially indoor spots that are FREE or low-cost.  And the calendar idea is great.  I have to look in several places to learn everything going on.  The library, parks and rec, open spaces parks, and individual mom's groups.  Then I have to check out the bookstores to find out their events.  Can we have a central location so I can plan to enrich my children's lives?

I do foster care, so a section for us would be great!

I work with children with special needs and am disabled myself, so those special interests would be nice to see addressed.

Also, a section for what SAHM's offer who also work from home.  I do scrapbooking and cardmaking, but would love to also support the Pampered Chef and other gals out there working to stay at home.  We have many of the same challenges balancing family and work from home, so it would be nice to connect.  Even childcare share for our parties.

A childcare trade site would be wonderful too.

I'm single, so a single moms section would rock!

I find Sacramento to be more limited than San Jose was in terms of places to go with young children.  So all of these ideas would really improve my qualilty of life.  : )  And that of my children!

tammyjl@comcast.net

Hi, I am just moving from Washington DC where we had the most amazing online networking for mom's --- www.dcurbanmom.com.  I used that resource endlessly. I don't yet find a replacement with Sactomoms maybe talking to these people will instill some of the dc urban mom magic.

 

I would like to hear more about teens and there schools.Some events that are happening such as what is being done about saftey on campuses. As well as Im or chat room.

 

Ok this one just occured to me and I am not picking on anyone because I don't read names and log ID's but I am turned off to see business ads in personal blogs.

It is fine in the message board section because I can choose what I look at but when I click to see recent blogs and I have to wade past....another rep....touting whatever.......it would be nice if they were seperated out for those of us who come to connect and not shop.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

I think it might be useful to add a "Grandma's" feature to this page.  We have a lot to offer in the way of life stories and balance.  And younger mothers could come to us for help and advice...it would be a shame to waste all that experience.

Moms come in all ages. 

• I don't know if it's just me but I'm having difficulty with the wait time to navigate from one link to the next.  It takes about a minute to navigate to each link and therefore I don't explore the site because it takes too long.
• I would love to see a place for users to review  (a la Yelp) kid-centric places in Sac. - from preschools, public schools, etc. to kid-friendly restaurants to kids' entertainment.  It would be nice to have the review indicate whether the place is appropriate for infants, babies, toddlers, or older kids. 
• A general printable calendar with upcoming festivals, museum events, etc. appropriate for children
• An organized resource for information on kid-centric classes, such as Painting Picassos, Busy Bees Studio, Kindermusik, BabySigns, Tricks Gymnastics, etc.  Parents could rate the classes and let the public know if they are worth the money and time.
• I'm an elementary teacher and I would love to see a section of fun literacy and pre-math games for parents to engage in with their children.  Also, tips on things to look for in your child's education experience and ideas for how to support your child's academics.  A list of recommended books by age for children to encourage literacy.  These tips/games could be linked to local museums (At the Railroad Museum, have your child count the number of trains he/she sees). 
• A section on cooking/nutrition with your child:  both to encourage nutrition and to create a stronger bond between parent and child.  To start, there could be breastfeeding resources and information, bottlefeeding/formula info, baby food info (how to make it, progression chart, etc.), reviews of restaurants with great kid meals, quick and easy parent-made meals that incorporate the child's help, ideas on how to incorporate more veggies into kids' meals, etc.  Perhaps an exercise component too?  Yoga for kids, Stroller Strides, etc. 
• An organized resource of local neighborhood parents' groups - links to Greenhaven Moms' Group, Wilhaggin Moms' Group, Meetup Moms, Moms of Multiples, etc. 

Kudos on the graphic design of the site and the general overarching idea of focusing on Sacramento area moms.   I'm looking forward to seeing the evolution of the site. 

I would love more information on daycare/ preschools as well as activities for babies w/disablities or special needs...;-)