Winnipeg

General Information:

Destination Winnipeg:     Official site providing information about events, travel and links to local sites.

Travel Manitoba:              A site with the best places to go and the best things to see and do in Manitoba.

Things to do:

Please check out our comprehensive Winnipeg Childrens Activities Calendar for a list of everything there is to do with kids in Winnipeg.

Recommended Winnipeg Stores:

No Bake Shower Cake:    A local business owned and operated by Danielle for bridal shower and baby shower gifts and centerpieces. Milestone birthdays, Retirement, Holiday gifts and so much more.

A Child's Place:               A developmental store specializing in quality products for those all important early learning years. They have breast and bottle feeding items, infant stimulation toys, and educational toys. Started in 1990 in Winnipeg, A Child's Place is an excellent local store with something for every child.

Babies in Bloom:             A Parent N Tot Montessori play school for kids 0-3 years old which offers Parent N Tot classes mornings, afternoons, evenings and weekends featuring play school/Montessori, gymnastics, ballet, Musik, martial arts and yoga. Also provides baby showers and baby parties for 1st, 2nd & 3rd birthdays and Nannies in Bloom Training Workshops. Babies in Bloom caters to small class sizes, providing the optimal educational environment. Call 415-2756 or email babiesinbloom@shaw.ca for more information. Located in the Corydon Village Mall, 6-1700 Corydon. Visitors by appt only.

Lavish Lamb:                    Designer baby bedding and baby blankets made by a local Winnipeg mom. Excellent quality, very stylish.

Joel Ross Photography: Joel takes exceptional photos and has talent for capturing the joy and uniqueness of each family.

Strider Winnipeg:              Servicing Winnipeg and Northwestern Ontario, they provide balance bikes - an alternative to tricycles and training wheels. The Strider Pre-Bike is designed to make it easy for young kids to learn balance and coordination skills needed to get them ready for 'big kid' bikes. Located in Central Winnipeg, Jerrod and Vanessa are extremely friendly and helpful.

Other Baby Equipment Rental: (alphabetically)

Baby Gear to Share:     Baby equipment rentals in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Baby Rendezvous:        Baby equipment rentals in Mont-Tremblant and the Laurentian region north of Montreal

Play Lend Toys:             Toy and baby equipment rentals in Saskatoon.

The Tiny Tourist:           Baby equipment rentals in Kelowna, Big White Resort & the Okanagan

Wee Travel:                    Baby equipment rentals in Toronto, Vancouver & Victoria

Family Travel: (alphabetically)

Baby Equipment Rental:    A worldwide list of baby equipment rental companies

Ciao Bambino:                  Provides tips and advice around all things related to traveling with kids and is a guide to the best kid-friendly hotels.

Flight Centre:                   Angeline Boekweit is a local Winnipeg mom who has opened Winnipeg's only Flight Centre travel services office. Thinking of booking a trip? Angeline can help you save time and money. Call 204-417-4217

Have Baby Will Travel:      Your online destination for hotel reviews, trip reports, destination information, useful articles, travel tips and packing lists, all geared to those traveling with babies, toddlers, and small children. By parents for parents, Have Baby Will Travel wants to help you get away with your baby!

JetSetBabies:                  JetSetBabies ships everything from diapers to food and formula and many other baby and toddlerconsumables to your travel destination. Relax - we'll have it waiting for you when you get there!

Rent It Today.com:           Find anything you want to rent, anywhere you might need it.

The Travel Tot:                 Essential survival skills for travel with babies and toddlers

Information for Parents:

Safety:

Recall Status of Children's Products (Canada): Health Canada's recall site.

Recall Status of Children's Products (U.S.):      U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's recall site.

General:

SaveMoneyinWinnipeg:   a blog about the best deals, coupons and events in Manitoba.

Baby on the Way:          Canada's largest resource website for baby.

The New Parents Guide: Parenting information with answers to your new parenting questions.