CINCYNANNYPALOOZA 2010 - The Recap!

Whew! After months of planning, CincyNanny had a fantastic event...
CINCYNANNYPALOOZA!




Nannypalooza is a national nanny conference usually held each year in the fall, by the National Association of Nanny Care (NANC). They goal is to bring nannies together, provide education and resources in a professional, yet fun atmosphere. This year, Nannypalooza traveled to 18 cities around the country, including Cincinnati for Nannypalooza - Nannies Across America!

On Saturday, September 18, 2010, twenty-five of our local nannies and childcare providers gathered for a one-day conference and recognition dinner in honor of National Nanny Recognition Week (NNRW). We offered three workshops in total: two in child development and one in professional development. We awarded door prizes, had a raffle to benefit Alyson Myatt (the nanny injured saving her charge in a fire), and gave out goodie bags for all in attendance. Nannies shared dinner and gathered resources. The goal of our event was to bring together nannies in community and honor each for the important role they play in the lives of children.

Rebecca welcomed everyone at the registration table. She passed on a folder with notes and resources along with a goody bag of donated items and literature, valued over the $25 ticket price! 

What's in the goodie bag? 
(For links, please see the donor list at the end of this post)

• Literature from many local and national resources: INA, NANC, Regarding Nannies, GTM, Cincinnati Family Enrichment Center, Cincinnati Family, Cincinnati Parent, Carseat Identification, 4C for Children Quaterly classes. 
• From 4 Nanny Taxes: a kids crayon and Interview tips
• From NannyIsland: Gummy snack with postcard
• From Regarding Nannies: Info. card with post-it notes
• Gift cards and Coupons: $5 to Starbucks from GTM, Free Chick-fila Sandwich, 20% at Tanya's Wellness (hair and spa), seven $1 off at Caribou Coffee in Anderson, Free Admission to the SwinGallery (local dance venue), Free Sunny Delight
• From Kroger: 2 reuseable grocery bags and an insulated grocery bag
• From Mike's Hard LemonadeJello mold & CD, 
• From CincyNanny: Water bottle, Nanny connect cards

One of our conference sponsors was Books By Tara. Tara not only donated books and finances, but she and her mother joined us that day to share her books with us! BooksByTara are designed with an easy, flexible format to entice children’s interest and participation on every page. Intriguing photos of familiar scenes provide oodles of opportunities for looking; pointing; vocalizing sounds, words, phrases, and sentences; answering questions; and beginning in-depth discussions. Playful themes make learning easy and fun. You can now get her books at Joseph Beth in Hyde Park! 

We had a travel theme with our tagline "the professional nanny conference travels to Cincinnati". The hope was to communicate that this is a getaway even though it is in our city. We also included the conversation about traveling in the future to other cities for more opportunities, opening up the "nanny world" to all of our nannies! 


Above is our table centerpiece... a re-make of a piece of luggage out of a photo storage box. On the outside stickers including one of the Nannypalooza - Nannies Across America logo. On the inside small envelopes with ice breaker questions for the nannies at the table. 




At right you will see Amanda, who organized the all the wonderful food for our snacks, not to mention all the food for our recognition dinner...FREE! It was gorgeous and delicious. The nannies enjoyed snacking on the healthy fruit, Big Apple Bagels, and snacks both sweet and salty! 


Below is our first workshop: Positive Discipline with Kerry Kane Miller from 4C for Children. Kerry was a very dynamic and inclusive speaker and specifically spoke about "Behavior Modification" and looking for those "Teachable Moments". She spent time listening to our #1 frustration at our job and offered some solutions. Nannies were encouraged to share one thing they learned with the group, and that was really special to hear tangible steps to end a frustration. 

Here are her Top 10 Teachable Tools: 
1. Encourage positive behavior more than negative.
2. Give children as many choices as possible.
3. Use play to encourage children to express their feelings.
4. Use reflective listening.
5. Communicate your expectations daily. 
6. Be consistent - be consistent - be consistent. 
7. Teach the child to problem-solve. 
8. Teach them that feelings are alright but behaviors many or may not be: The 3 rules of anger are: (1) You can't hurt yourself, (2) You can't hurt others, and (3) You can;t hurt your environment.
9. Teach them what they CAN do.
10. When needed use logical consequences.

At left, Greta with Kerry Kane Miller.

Our second workshop: Professional Communications was taught by Greta Schraer, the 2010 INA Nanny of the Year. Heard of her? It was pretty ironic that months ago I had planned to talk about Your Resume, Interview & Work Agreement - the 3 things that I see nannies struggling with in our city. I say it is ironic because weeks before conference I got to go through each of these again in my personal career. I shared a lot of resources with nannies, you can find most of them here: CincyNanny Resources.  Some keys points were: (1) How to write a mission statement and use that in your professional communication with families. (2) Difference in a corporate and nanny resumes and possible elements to include. (3) The Interview Process (4) Your Work Agreement and "Sticky Situations" and (5) How to stay connected to the National and Local nanny worlds. 

Our third and final workshop was taught by Jelecia Hoskins, on "Pre-Reading Success". She not only reminded us the importance of literacy at young age, but challenged us to be diligent offering regular times set aside throughout the day. We discussed what we are already doing with children, sharing ideas and challenging each other. Then she built upon those.  In the picture below, nannies were waling around the room, marking which literary terminology they recognized; some were words we had not heard since we were in school and others were brand new. Mrs. Hoskins took us through the terms and applied them to the different ages of children we are working with including: Site Words - Invented Spelling - Phonemic awareness - Environmental Print - Developmental Spelling - Alphabetic Knowledge - Literacy - Blending - Phonics - Syllables - Phonemes and Segmentations. We left with new but practical ideas! 

After the 3 workshops it was time for our National Nanny Recognition Dinner. As nannies sat down with their food, we began announcing the raffle winners. We had 9 raffle packages donated: 3 Massage Packages, a Hair Cut and Style Package, Books By Tara Package, Craft Package, Wine and Picnic Package, Kids Fun and Games Package, and Starbucks Coffee Package.  Below see Trisha, who organized, collected and packaged all of our wonderful raffle gifts and door prizes! 

Here are some of the winners! (Sorry about my camera issues)

Nanny Kristina took home the Craft Package! 

Nanny Kathy got the Massage from Tanya's Wellness! 

Nanny Molly was overjoyed with her BodyWorx Massage! 

Nanny Kim received the Kids Fun & Games Package

Nanny Melanie was excited about her Haircut & Style from Tanya's Wellness and Vera Bradley bag! 

After dinner each nanny was honored. We shared their best moment/accomplishment from the rpveious year, and what an amazing, sweet time that was. Each nanny received a gift and all opened together. Inside was a frame, holding a spot for a picture. On Fri., Oct. 8th, nannies will be given a free sitting with Varney Photography. All picture will be posted online for purchase, and to insert in the frame. One both the frame border and the cake was the line...

To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world. 

I cannot express my thanks enough to Hyde Park Noodles, our other Large Sponsor! They donated all of our meals! That is right... ALL! Manager, Will Morrow, sat down to speak with us about our event and said that he saw our passion for what we were doing. He is single father, who strives to make his restaurant a welcoming family atmosphere and he could get on board with the calling of nannies. He is a new friend, and honorable leader in our community. Please, please, stop in and introduce yourself to him as a fellow CincyNanny. Thank him for all he gave to honor our local nannies! 

Here are most of our attendees, a few had to leave early. First our professional picture, then they humored me with our silly picture... LOVE! 

The event was wonderful, thanks to our fabulous committee who spent months planning, calling, and requesting donated items. I am thankful that I got to know these girls even better. They are exemplary nannies who gave so much to see our local nannies benefit! Thank you to Rebecca, Amanda, and Trisha! You were a great team!!

Big thank you to NANC, Nannypa-SUE-za, and Nanny Barbie for the fun and support! 

This conference would not have been possible with out the generosity of so many people, associations, and businesses! Please continue to support them!

4C For Children 

Big Apple Bagels - Anderson

Books By Tara, Tara McClintick 

Cakes by Georgine 

Caribou Coffee - Anderson

Chick-fil-a - Eastgate

Cincinnati Family Enrichment Center 

City Barbeque- Hyde Park Plaza

Crossroads Church 

Flower Basket - Ludlow, KY

Full Spectrum Health Center

GTM Payroll Services – Nanny Taxes, Payroll, Health Ins.

Half Price Books - Florence

Homework Solutions
International Nanny Association

Jr. League of Cincinnati 

Kroger - Madeira

Kroger - Hyde Park Plaza

Michelle LaRowe 

Mike’s Hard Lemonade

Nanny Island 

Nanny Transitions, Glenda Propst 

National Association of Nanny Care 

Noodles & Co. – Hyde Park, Manager Will Morrow

Regarding Nannies – Glenda Propst, Alice Shaffer, & Kellie Geres 

Skyline Chili – Covington

Spotted Goose - Oakley

Sunny Delight

Starbucks Coffee - Hyde Park

SwinGallery Dance Venue  - Covington, KY

Tanya’s Image & Wellness – Hyde Park

Varney Photography 

Beth Barnes

Pete & Clarissa Clark

Kenn Day

Peggy Knueven

JoAnn Miller

Patricia Sheerin

Dan & Jessica Shelly

  

Planning Committee:

Trisha Knueven, Rebecca Ledger, Amanda Pond, & Greta Schraer

Volunteers:

Judy Hershey & Molly Ramsey

Roundtable Notes - The Importance of Nutrition

CincyNanny Roundtable Notes
The Importance of Nutrition

By: Lindsey Kanis

9.28.2010

I found that most of the information regarding the actual food consumption and choices for kids was often (and best) displayed in chart form so I have included several diagrams for discussion also.

www.mypyramid.gov

The Chart- “GO-SLOW-WHOA” www.kidshealth.org

Food Group	GO	SLOW	WHOA
	(Almost Anytime)	(Sometimes)	(Once in a While)
Vegetables	Almost all fresh, frozen, and canned vegetables without added fat (such as butter) or sauces	All vegetables in added fat and sauces	Any vegetable fried in oil, such as French fries or hash browns
		Oven-baked fries
		Avocados
Fruits	All fresh and frozen fruits	100% fruit juice	Fruits canned in heavy syrup
	Canned fruits packed in juice	Fruits canned in light syrup
		Dried fruits
Breads and Cereals	Whole-grain breads, pitas, and tortillas	White bread and pasta that's not whole grain	Doughnuts, muffins, croissants, and sweet rolls
	Whole-grain pasta, brown rice	Taco shells	Sweetened breakfast cereals
	Hot and cold unsweetened whole-grain breakfast cereals	French toast, waffles, and pancakes	Crackers that have hydrogenated oils (trans fats)
		Biscuits
		Granola
Milk and Milk Products	Skim and 1% milk	2% milk	Whole milk
	Fat-free and low-fat yogurt	Processed cheese spreads	Full-fat cheese
	Part-skim, reduced-fat, and fat-free cheese		Cream cheese
	Low-fat and fat-free cottage cheese		Yogurt made from whole milk
Meats and Other Sources of Protein	Beef and pork that has been trimmed of its fat	Lean ground beef	Beef and pork that hasn't been trimmed of its fat
	Extra-lean ground beef	Broiled hamburgers	Fried hamburgers
	Chicken and turkey without skin	Chicken and turkey with the skin	Fried chicken
	Tuna canned in water	Tuna canned in oil	Bacon
	Fish and shellfish that's been baked, broiled, steamed, or grilled	Ham	Fried fish and shellfish
	Beans, split peas and lentils	Low-fat hot dogs	Chicken nuggets
	Tofu	Canadian bacon	Hot dogs
	Egg whites and substitutes	Peanut butter	Lunch meats
			Pepperoni
		Nuts	Sausage
		Whole eggs cooked without added fat	Ribs
			Whole eggs cooked with added fat
Sweets and Snacks*		Ice milk bars	Cookies, cakes, and pies
		Frozen fruit-juice bars	Cheesecake
		Low-fat frozen yogurt	Ice cream
		Low-fat ice cream	Chocolate candy
		Fig bars	Chips
		Ginger snaps	Buttered microwave popcorn
		Baked chips
		Low-fat microwave popcorn
		Pretzels
Butter, Ketchup, and Other Stuff That Goes on Food	Ketchup	Vegetable oil**	Butter
	Mustard	Olive oil	Stick margarine
	Fat-free creamy salad dressing	Oil-based salad dressing	Lard
	Fat-free mayonnaise	Low-fat creamy salad dressing	Salt pork
	Fat-free sour cream	Low-fat mayonnaise	Gravy
	Vinegar	Low-fat sour cream	Regular creamy salad dressing
		Soft margarine	Mayonnaise
			Tartar sauce
			Sour cream
			Cheese sauce
			Cream sauce
			Cream cheese dips
Drinks	Water	2% milk	Whole milk
	Fat-free and 1% milk	100% fruit juice	Regular soda
	Diet soda	Sports drinks	Sweetened iced teas and lemonade
	Diet and unsweetened iced teas and lemonade		Fruit drinks with less than 100% fruit juice

CincyNanny Roundtable 9-28-10

I found that most of the information regarding the actual food consumption and choices for kids was often (and best) displayed in chart form so I have included several diagrams for discussion also.

Good nutrition and a balanced diet is necessary in order for children to grow and develop properly. Studies show that children with a health eating regimen not only makes the child physically healthier, but also improves emotional stability and school performance and boosts the immune system (Child Development Info). Much of childhood nutrition is building healthy habits and providing healthy options.

Breakfast- This is truly the most important meal of the day. Not only should every kid eat breakfast, but they should make it a nutritious one. Eating empty calories (ie- a doughnut) provides a rush of energy for the body, but results in a  quick “crash” early in the day. It’s hard to cook a full meal at breakfast- it also happens to be the busiest time of the day in most houses. Try boosting the nutritional value of cereal by adding nuts, granola or fruit. Have yogurts (probiotics!), string cheese, oranges and hard boiled eggs on hand for quick grab and go breakfast options. It’s also easy to toss a frozen smoothie together in the morning with frozen fruits, yogurt and fresh juice.

Lunch- So you work hard on packing a brown bag lunch and what do kids do? Trade or trash your masterpiece! Make lunch fun for young kids by using cookie cutters for sandwiches and fun containers for fruits and veggies. Give kids options when you are choosing their meal. Veggies can be dipped in hummus, peanut butter and salad dressings (in moderation). Remember to avoid sodas- try a true fruit juice, boxed milk or water. And its okay to through in an Oreo or fruit snack or dessert. Your kid will appreciate it.

Snacks- Having dried fruits, popcorn, trail mix and easy to prep snacks like cheese and crackers in the pantry instead of gummy bears, cookies and Poptarts is less expensive and more fulfilling. If you don’t have the junk then kids have no other options besides healthy.

Dinner- Make it a family affair.... between soccer, tennis and boy scouts. Turn off the TV!Eating together is a great way to observe (and moderate) what children are eating. Allow them to fill their own plate and give options. Try having one new food at a table full of familiar choices and ask everyone to try it together. Families to eat together consume more grains and greens and less likely to snack on junk foods. Kids who eat regular family meals several times a week are less likely to smoke, use drugs or drink (Kids Health).

Healthy habits:

- Don’t reward (or punish) with food

- Avoid battles over food - forcing kids to clear their plates teaches kids to override             feelings of fullness

-  Lead by example - monkey see, monkey do!

-  Involve kids in planning, shopping for and preparing meals

-  Allow kids to occasionally invite a friend to dinner

-  Make meal time your conversation time

-  Make it a calm, inviting time (avoid confrontations, stressful topics, lectures)

-  Maintain a regular schedule for meals and snacks - kids thrive on routine

-  Reduce sodium intake by using fresh ingredients not from cans or jars

-  know what you are eating/serving - read labels. health isn’t all about low fat or low calorie.

-  Avoid words like “hydrogenated,” “corn syrup/sugar,” and “monosodiumgludinate”

- Avoid sugary drinks. Choose milk, water and natural juices.

- Check out the new and improved food pyramid at http://www.mypyramid.gov

http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/

http://www.kidshealth.com/

http://www.mypyramid.gov

Other good reads:

http://www.doitdelicious.com/

http://www.discoveryhealth.com