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Activities & Events & Places To Go

Hurdles Coach – Jun 27, 2025 – (0 responses)

Park for active baby and wheelchair user – Jun 13, 2025 – (12 responses, 1 pending)

Childcare & Preschool Advice

After-school program for Rosa Parks – Jul 7, 2025 – (2 responses, 1 pending)

Alameda Preschools? – Jul 6, 2025 – (6 responses)

Is $3,500/mo for a 4-infant daycare reasonable? – Jun 24, 2025 – (7 responses)

Daycares open to infants in Downtown, North or South Berkeley – Jun 21, 2025 – (4 responses)

Daycare with High Quality Air Filters? – Jun 18, 2025 – (5 responses)

Seeking a diverse preschool in the East Bay – Jun 18, 2025 – (6 responses)

Any recent feedback on Wildwood Children's School? – Jun 16, 2025 – (2 responses)

Preschool IEP & Franklin Preschool Questions – Jun 16, 2025 – (0 responses)

Duck’s Nest Telegraph – Jun 12, 2025 – (2 responses)

Experience w/ Grand Lake Montessori, TRIS, Rockridge Montessori? – Jun 11, 2025 – (6 responses)

Seeking Babysitter in Paris – Jun 10, 2025 – (2 responses)

Classes & Camps & Groups & Tutors

Seeking swim lessons for our 6-mo-old son in Berkeley – Jul 7, 2025 – (0 responses)

ISO mountain biking club for 10 yo (non-competitive) – Jul 1, 2025 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Piano for 7yo – Jun 24, 2025 – (0 responses)

Family guitar lessons? – Jun 14, 2025 – (1 response)

Dance Studio – Jun 12, 2025 – (4 responses)

Community & Housing & Work

Carpooling app? – Jul 9, 2025 – (0 responses)

Possibly Moving to Boston - Need Advice on Many Things – Jul 3, 2025 – (0 responses, 4 pending)

HouseCleaners - Pay & Recommendations – Jun 19, 2025 – (5 responses)

Haas MBA Dad Seeking Weekend Housing & Community in Berkeley! – Jun 12, 2025 – (0 responses)

Family & Relationships

Looking for a Good Family Therapist – Jul 11, 2025 – (0 responses)

Seeking Excellent Family Law Attorney for High-Conflict Situation – Jun 26, 2025 – (1 response, 1 pending)

support group for caregivers of aging parents – Jun 18, 2025 – (1 response)

French citizenship - what do I need to know? – Jun 9, 2025 – (2 responses)

Health & Wellness

Cost of Invisalign/Braces for teenage/tween boys – Jul 9, 2025 – (1 response, 4 pending)

Recommend a Pediatrician at Berkeley Pediatrics? – Jul 8, 2025 – (7 responses, 1 pending)

Support Groups for Postpartum Depression? – Jul 7, 2025 – (1 response)

Where to find help for our teen living with POTS – Jul 5, 2025 – (1 response, 1 pending)

RECOMMENDATION FOR MD OR CLINICIAN FOR EAR PIERCING – Jul 2, 2025 – (0 responses)

Acupuncture for kids – Jul 1, 2025 – (3 responses)

Compounding pharmacy recommendation? – Jun 29, 2025 – (7 responses)

Arthritis in Foot - Kaiser Won't Treat, Now What – Jun 28, 2025 – (5 responses)

Help! Perimenopause – Jun 22, 2025 – (2 responses)

ADHD-fluent couples therapist? – Jun 18, 2025 – (0 responses)

Vasectomy revision help/complications/doc needed – Jun 18, 2025 – (1 response)

Colonoscopy - GI practice with great nurses? – Jun 16, 2025 – (6 responses)

Aesthetic dermatology – Jun 13, 2025 – (1 response)

Looking for a Personal Trainer in or Near Berkeley – Jun 10, 2025 – (14 responses)

House & Garden

Highly Anxious Tenant advice? – Jul 10, 2025 – (0 responses)

Seeking electrician for a small project – Jul 3, 2025 – (4 responses)

Home exterior designer? – Jun 24, 2025 – (0 responses)

Berkeley Move – Jun 21, 2025 – (6 responses)

Roofers and Solar: Timberline, Planchon, Westco, Sierra... help? – Jun 19, 2025 – (3 responses)

Home Air Quality Testing for Asbestos – Jun 18, 2025 – (0 responses)

Sewer Lateral – Jun 14, 2025 – (2 responses)

Sidewalk Repair – Jun 11, 2025 – (0 responses)

Parenting Topics

Handling questions/observations about donor-conceived baby – Jul 9, 2025 – (0 responses)

Seeking supporting for parenting AuDHD – Jul 5, 2025 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Tricky kid with interesting "profile" – Jun 11, 2025 – (5 responses)

Pregnancy, Childbirth & Breastfeeding

Online PT videos for diastasis recti and pelvic floor issues? – Jun 27, 2025 – (16 responses)

Nervous about "Geriatric Pregnancy" C Section at Oakland Kaiser – Jun 13, 2025 – (28 responses)

Expedited CVS testing (Bay Area or elsewhere) – Jun 12, 2025 – (0 responses)

Products & Services

Home Audio – Jul 10, 2025 – (0 responses)

looking for targeted retirement advice – Jul 7, 2025 – (5 responses)

Kenya safari – Jul 4, 2025 – (3 responses)

Seeking dog sitting/boarding recommendations for reactive dog – Jun 23, 2025 – (2 responses)

rec for DJ for sweet 16? – Jun 12, 2025 – (4 responses)

family law attorney for possible divorce consultation – Jun 11, 2025 – (3 responses)

A helper for organizing my finances? – Jun 11, 2025 – (5 responses)

Kid's Animal Party Recs – Jun 9, 2025 – (8 responses)

Redyper-->Dyper Corporate Transition – Jun 9, 2025 – (16 responses)

School Advice

Piedmont high and private high schools – Jul 9, 2025 – (1 response, 3 pending)

LEARNS v Willard Clubhouse – Jul 7, 2025 – (2 responses)

Help! Trying to understand TK in Oakland & Berkeley – Jul 5, 2025 – (3 responses, 1 pending)

John Muir Elementary - TK? – Jul 4, 2025 – (3 responses)

BUSD Admissions with IEP, late letter – Jul 2, 2025 – (1 response)

Berkeley afterschool options (not LEARNS or City of Berkeley) – Jul 2, 2025 – (4 responses)

OSA waitlist for highschool – Jun 27, 2025 – (0 responses)

Affordable Spanish Immersion Preschool? – Jun 16, 2025 – (4 responses)

King waitlist – Jun 11, 2025 – (0 responses)

Moving to Berkeley – Seeking Insights on Local Public Schools – Jun 11, 2025 – (0 responses)

Teens & Preteens & Young Adults

affordable hair colorist for bleach + pigment – Jul 13, 2025 – (0 responses)

Eugene, OR & Seattle w/ teens – Jul 7, 2025 – (1 response, 2 pending)

Dilemma re: 2e 15 y.o. who still needs a “babysitter” – Jul 6, 2025 – (5 responses)

Looking to hire responsible older teen for project assistance – Jul 5, 2025 – (1 response)

Residential Care for Teen Mental Health – Jun 17, 2025 – (5 responses)

Seeking Teen & Family Therapist – Albany/Berkeley Area – Jun 17, 2025 – (3 responses)