Park nearly anywhere on lower Solano Avenue (for FREE) and you’ll find a place to play, a place to eat, or a place to relax – even with kids in tow.
Babies
Favorite places to bring babies in the East Bay
Upcoming events for Babies and Parents in the East Bay
02/18/19 at 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Lunar New Year Celebration at Bay Area Discovery Museum
02/18/19 at 9:30 am - 10:30 am | FIT4MOM Stroller Strides, Family Class at Grove Park
02/18/19 at 10:00 am - 2:00 pm | AquaBaby Drop-in Swim at AquaTech
02/19/19 at 9:30 am - 10:30 am | Baby Boot Camp at Lake Temescal North Entrance
02/19/19 at 9:45 am - 10:45 am | Tot Splash at Richmond Swim Center
02/19/19 at 10:00 am - 2:00 pm | AquaRec Drop-in Swim at AquaTech
The Rec Room: A cafe with play area in South Berkeley
The Rec Room offers drop-in play for little ones and WIFI with coffee for adults. This winning combination of benefits is available 9 am to 2 pm, weekdays.
Sponsor Spotlight: East Bay Music Together
All five of our children had large doses of the Music Together program as babies and toddlers. We whole-heartedly endorse the classes, teachers, instruments, and soundtracks.
Get your kid a job: toy tester
Sign up for your baby or toddler to be a toy tester at the LeapFrog/VTech lab in Emeryville. We’ve done it and enjoyed it.
Things to do with kids in Walnut Creek
Find out what makes Walnut Creek worth the drive. Pretty parks, shareable sundaes and free trolley rides to name a few.
Little Imaginarium – an indoor play space in Vallejo
Little Imaginarium is a small, sweet, drop-in play space in downtown Vallejo. A perfect place for babies to preschoolers to use their imaginations.
5 cheap and fun summer family activities in Alameda
Things to do in Alameda with kids, from beach days to summer street festivals.
Reader tip: Infant CPR classes in Oakland
Infant/Child CPR classes (in English or Spanish) are taught monthly at the Summit Campus Health Education Center in Oakland for $35/person (some discounts apply) Learn lifesaving skills for choking, drowning, poisoning, suffocation and electric shock in babies and children. Offered monthly in Oakland, this two and a half hour class for parents, grandparents and babysitters {more}
Toy-lending and swapping will keep your collection fresh
Do you know about toy lending? Where to get toys for free in Oakland: 3 ways to borrow or swap games, puzzles, ride-on toys, and dolls.
The best places in Piedmont, CA to go with kids
How to have the most fun with kids in Piedmont (fully surrounded by Oakland) and the main commercial street nearby, Piedmont Avenue.
