Looks like the Pump Station & Nurtury has a new mission: to get new moms in shape. The breastfeeding Mecca is rolling out in-store fitness classes . . . .

As far as we’re concerned, every neighborhood gets a little better once giggle hangs a shingle. So we expect Santa Monica moms to do a little happy dance on September 3rd, when Montana Avenue will officially become home to giggle’s fourteenth outpost.

Unfortunately for many of us, the preschool application process includes some time spent in waitlist purgatory. It’s a bummer, yes, but it’s not the end of the world according to Betsy Brown Braun, local preschool guru and author of Just Tell Me What to Say and You’re Not the Boss of Me! Here, she shares her thoughts on how to deal.

It’s World Breastfeeding Week, and while we’re not here to make any formula moms feel left out, we figured it was a good time to round up LA’s best offerings for nursing moms.