Babies
Places to Go with Babies in the East Bay
Upcoming Events for Babies and Parents in the East Bay
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
10:00 am – 10:45 am: Itty Bitty Storytime @ Richmond Public Library11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Storytime and Garden Play @ Elmhurst Branch | Oakland Public Library
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Kwanzaa Storytime @ Newark Library
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: The Puppet Company: A Time to Be Jolly @ Castro Valley Library
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Family Storytime @ Kensington Library
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm: Wee Play: Drop-In Playtime @ Alameda Veterans Memorial Building10:30 am – 11:30 am: Tilden Tots @ Tilden Nature Center
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Holiday Puppet Show @ San Lorenzo Library
Thursday, December 18, 2025
10:00 am – 11:30 am: Play Cafe @ 81st Avenue Branch | Oakland Public Library10:30 am – 11:00 am: Mother Goose on the Loose @ Main | Alameda Free Library
Resources for Families with Babies
Our April Baby’s Day Out event at Brushstrokes (photos)
We hosted 40 babies at an art studio in Berkeley for a morning of crafts and conversation. See what happened!
New kids yoga studio in Elmwood: Yama Kids Yoga
This Elmwood yoga studio is just for kids.
Shop local: Goldenbug Shoes for kids on College Ave
Located on a kid-friendly block in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood, GoldenBug carries shoes for babies, toddlers, and big kids up to size 5 youth.
Birthday Party Place: Swim Party at AquaTech
An indoor pool party is one of the more unique children's birthday party ideas, and AquaTech Swim Center in Alameda is the perfect place to ...
Get Your Kid a Job: Baby Scientist
Seeking baby scientists: UC Berkeley and Mills College both have exciting research studying early childhood development and your child can participate!
Larson Family, kid-friendly Sonoma Winery
We’ve visited a handful of Napa/Sonoma wineries with kids in tow, and Larson Family is the one we keep coming back to. The dirt road driving ...
Parents’ guide to Piedmont parks
6 places to play in Piedmont
Introducing Megan Small Photography
Based in Alameda, and serving the whole Bay Area, Megan Small has a family photography and event planning business. We were introduced by a friend ...
A Parent’s Guide to South Berkeley: The Lorin District
The Lorin District is close enough to Ashby BART for train spotting, the library for storytime, and Grove Park for all kinds of recreation. The ...
Five steps to babyproof a dog
My friend Laurie in Oakland is working with dog trainer Michael Wombacher, author of Good Dog, Happy Baby, to improve her dog's behavior ...
