Latino Nursery Art

Latin Baby is proud to announce that it is now carrying original nursery art paintings by self-taught artist, Lilia Estrada. Her beautiful paintings are created with acrylics on acid-free, heavy, cold press paper and measure 11" x 15". They are unframed to allow you the freedom to choose one that complements your nursery decor.

Lilia Estrada was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Mother of three sons, Lilia found her style as a painter in 2003, while working on a colored pencil drawing of her youngest son Anthony and his cat Velcro. Lilia has participated in many art exhibits throughout Dallas including the Dallas Museum of Art. Her work has been featured in magazines, including the cover of the nationally known magazine, Latina. Lilias' native style is a reflection of her love of folk art.

For more information, visit the Latin Baby website.

Text4Baby Gives Pregnant and New Mothers Helpful Reminders

Mamis-to-be are getting some extra help with text4baby, a free mobile information service for pregnant and new moms. This educational program sends moms who sign up for their program, free weekly text messages that give helpful reminders and tips for your pregnancy and caring for your baby through his or her first year.

So far 135,000 women have signed up for this service, which celebrates its first anniversary this month. Managed by The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Baby Coalition, text4baby has received support from hundreds of partners in both the private and public sector. The goal of the program is to provide women with resources and the information they need to deliver and raise healthy babies.

The program is available in English and Spanish. All you have to do to sign up is send the text message BABY for English, or BEBE for Spanish to 511411. Afterwards, you will be prompted to enter some information, like your baby's birthdate, so that your weekly messages will be customized to be relevant to your stage of pregnancy or baby's age.

For more information about text4baby, you can visit their website at www.text4baby.org. The New York Times also ran a great in-depth article about the program, which I encourage you to read.

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