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Summer Camps! Parenting, Portland Style Life with Father Thrills & Spills What to Do, Where to Go Free MetroParent Serving Families in the Portland/Vancouver Area • June 2012 Parenting, Portland Style Life with Father All About Stay-at-Home Dads Thrills & Spills Our Top 10 Theme Parks Summer What to Do, Camps! Where to Go See pages 27 to 33 Our Incredible Family Calendar 2 June 2012 metro-parent.com Contents Features Parenting, Portland Style ............................................................................12 Recent Transplants Dish on Our Unique, Local Vibe Life With Father............................................................................................ 18 The Challenges and Joys of Being a Stay-at-Home Dad Thrills & Spills! .............................................................................................. 22 The Northwest’s Top 10 Water and Amusement Parks 6 12 Departments Parent Postings ............................................................................................. 6 Announcements, community events, fundraisers and other useful information Out & About ................................................................................................ 22 Water and Amusement Parks Family Fare ................................................................................................... 34 18 22 Sylvan Steakhouse Angels Among Us ...................................................................................... 36 June p:ear (Project: Education, Art, Recreation) Family Calendar Family Calendar ............................. 38 Advertising Sections In the Spotlight ............................... 38 Summer Camps ...................................................................................... 27 – 33 Family Favorite ............................... 41 Parties ...................................................................................................... 46 – 47 Exclusively on Metro-Parent.com: Stay informed and connected all month long! • Sign up for our e-newsletter • Follow “Metro_Parent” on TWITTER • Become a fan of “Metro Parent (Portland, OR)” on FACEBOOK. metro-parent.com June 2012 5 Parent Postings Dads need support, too! According to the US Census Bureau, there were 154,000 full-time stay-at-home dads There are so many great local groups for moms, but (SAHD) nationwide in 2010. Read more where can dads gather to talk about the trials and tribu- about life with a SAHD beginning on page 18. lations of fatherhood? In true Portland style, there are numerous options in the area. Here are a few possibili- ties for the big man in your little one’s life: Baby Dad’s Chat Time: A relaxed, facilitated meeting for dads, expecting dads, granddads, step dads, and maybe-someday-dads to discuss whatever’s on their minds. All male-identified people are welcome. Bring the baby if you like. Second Sunday of the month, 3 pm. FREE. Milagros Boutique, 5433 NE 30th Ave. For more info: Ron Lansing, 503-706-8124, ronaldlansing@ gmail.com. Impact Northwest’s Community Dads’ Group: An informal group for dads and kids 3 and under. Hang out, swap stories, eat pizza and play. English and Spanish speaking facilitators are present at every group. FREE. Every Tuesday, 6-7:30 pm, and every Friday, 10-11:30 am. (Fourth Friday of the month is a field trip!) Brentwood-Darlington Community Center, Outdoor Dads: Monthly hikes from April through November for dads 7211 SE 62nd Ave.; 503-988-6127 x243; impactnw.org. and kids 5 and under. (Moms and older kids are welcome.) FREE. Outings on the fourth Saturday of each month, 11 am. outdoordads.org. New Fathers’ Group. This group for fathers of children under 5 is facili- tated by Sam Stevens, LMFT. It’s limited to seven dads, so call for avail- Portland Dads at Home: Local stay-at-home dads connecting with each ability. $80/month. Every other Saturday, 4-5:30 pm. 516 SE Morrison, other for play dates, adventures, support and more. FREE. portlanddad. Ste. 310. 503-957-8797. samstevensmft.com/fatherhood.html. com. New Fathers’ Meetup/Workshop: Meet other new and soon-to-be dads The DADs Group (TDG). A social support group for dads – or men who in a casual environment where you can ask questions, get answers and want to become dads – who are gay, bisexual, transgendered or ques- enjoy a cup of coffee. Facilitated by Sam Stevens, LMFT. FREE. (Food and tioning. FREE. Fourth Thursday of every month, 7-9 pm. The Q Center, drink for sale.) First Sunday of every month, 12:30-2 pm. Cafe au Play, 4115 N Mississippi Ave. 503-310-4723 (Brett) or 503-697-7004 (Terry). 5633 SE Division St. 503-957-8797. samstevensmft.com/fatherhood. thedadsgroup.com. html. Binkies OK for breast- associated with decreased exclu- policy was implemented. After it feeding babes? sive breastfeeding and increased was implemented, that percentage supplemental formula feeds. decreased to 68 percent. While many hospitals are Numerous hospitals – includ- “We view this as an interesting removing pacifiers from their ing many run by OHSU, Legacy observation, but we do not claim newborn units to promote breast- and others – have been working a cause and effect relationship,” feeding, researchers at Oregon to implement The World Health says Laura Kair, MD, a resident Health & Science University Organization’s Baby-Friendly in pediatrics at OHSU. “Our goal (OHSU) Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Initiative to improve ex- in publicizing this data is to Hospital aren’t sure the practice clusive breastfeeding rates during stimulate dialogue and scien- will achieve the desired result. In birth hospitalization. (Learn more tific inquiry into the relationship fact, after analyzing feeding data at unicef.org/programme/breast- between pacifiers and breastfeed- on 2,249 infants born between feeding/baby.htm.) But OHSU ing. Our overall goal is to increase June 2010 and August 2011, researchers found about 79 per- breastfeeding rates, even in A new study released by OHSU’s OHSU pediatrician-scientists cent of the infants in Doerbecher’s Oregon which already boasts the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital calls found routine removal of pacifiers Mother-Baby unit were exclusively highest rate in the nation.” into question the conventional thinking during birth hospitalization was that newborn pacifier use interferes with breastfed before the no-pacifier exclusive breastfeeding. Parent Postings continues on page 8 6 June 2012 metro-parent.com metro-parent.com June 2012 7 Parent Postings Metro Parent Serving the Families of the Portland Metropolitan Area Metro Parent P.O. Box 13660 Portland, OR 97213-0660 Phone: 503-460-2774; Fax: 503-331-3445 Publisher Keith Goben, 206-729-2484 [email protected] Editor Marie Sherlock, 503-287-9371 [email protected] Managing Editor Emily Puro You don’t have to [email protected] travel far – or pack up the car with gear – to Calendar Editor participate in the Great Teresa Carson American Backyard [email protected] Campout June 23. Contributing Writers Pippa Arend, Madeline Cox Landis, PHOTO BY DR. ALEC COUROS, COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION Kate McMahon, Julia Silverman Advertising Account Executives Discover Oregon City’s outdoors – and show them nature Westside/National/Outside Metro Area is everywhere – by enjoying a fam- Debbie Dille, 503-997-4044 ‘hidden gems’ fax: 503-352-4373 ily campout in your own backyard. [email protected] In celebration of National Learn more or register at back- Preservation Month, the Clacka- yardcampout.org. Eastside/Vancouver/Washington mas County Historical Society and Ali King, 503-331-8184; 360-695-0455 fax: 503-331-3445 the City of Oregon City Historic [email protected] Review Board are sponsoring a Design & Production Susan Bard photo contest to highlight the Fun and fundraising at area’s historic buildings, landscapes LionHeart June 16 For distribution issues, and homes. Prizes will be awarded e-mail us at in youth (age 10 and under), teen Join the Children’s Heart Foun- [email protected] (11-18) and adult categories, and dation for LionHeart, a night of fun For calendar submissions, the winning photographs will be at the Portland Children’s Museum e-mail us at [email protected] displayed at the Museum of the Or- honoring the bravery of children Metro Parent is published monthly by egon Territory July 21-22. For more with congenital heart defects and Metro Parent Publishing, Inc. and is copy- information, visit clackamashistory. the families who love and support right 2012 Metro Parent Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole them. Proceeds support research org. Contest ends June 30. or in part without written permission is and help build awareness. $10/per- prohibited. Metro Parent is distributed free son, $20/family. June 16, 5:30- of charge throughout the Portland, Oregon 8:30 pm. Portland Children’s metropolitan area. Great American Backyard Museum, 4015 SW Canyon Rd. Metro Parent reserves the right to refuse 503-680-6193. advertising for any reason. Distribution Campout returns June 23 of this publication does not constitute an Not a big fan of camping? endorsement of the products or services advertised herein. Treat your kids to a night outside without the packing or the travel Pod + Kin open house Metro Parent does not discriminate on the by participating in the National basis of race, color, national origin, religion, June 18 sex or sexual orientation. Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Great American Backyard Campout on Mamalates founder Wendy Although every effort is taken to ensure June 23. Foster opened a new studio earlier the accuracy of
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