Urban Mamas

Starting August 2012, a nominal fee will be charged for listings and posts to the Childcare and Schools Forums, due to increasing demand, multiple posts, and administrative costs.  The fee to post to the Childcare Forum will be $10.  The fee to post to the Schools Forum will be $30. 

Once you enter your post (directions below), posts will be approved upon receipt of payment via Paypal.  Please allow up to 3 business days for posts to be approved and published.  We cannot allow for published posts to appear for any extended duration.  If you wish for your post to appear at the top position, please re-submit post and payment for review and publishing.

Posting to Forums

Childcare $10.00 USD Schools $30.00 USD Camps/Classes $30.00 USD

Title of Post to be published:

Wanna post a childcare related question?  Or maybe you have an opening at your childcare facility or preschool? Or maybe you want to rave about your fabulous nanny?  Or perhaps you're looking to sell / purchase, or pass along goods and services to fellow urbanMamas?  Or do you want to connect with other parents from a school or camp you're considering for your child?  Here's a way to allow the urbanMamas community at large to post on the childcare and exchange forum.

1. Go to Typepad and login as "pdxmamas@gmail.com", with "pdxmamas" as your password. Please DO NOT change the user info otherwise it will lock all users out of the system.
2. Select the appropriate forum: uM Camps, uM Childcare (including preschools), uM Schools (grade school info only), or uM Exchange.
   • uM Camps: Share info about summer camps, day camps for spring break or school inservice days.  Please categorize as you see fit - sports, crafts, theater, general, outdoor, academic.
   • uM Childcare:  This is the place to post for nannies, nanny-share opportunities, preschool openings, daycare centers.  Please categorize - by location (SE, SW, NE, N, NW, Tigard, Beaverton, etc), program focus, length of program (PT, FT, etc).  See more guildines in Childcare Forum Posts - Tips & Tricks.
   • uM Schools:  This is the place to post for grade schools.  Preschool openings should be posted in the "uM Childcare" section.  Please categorize - by the name of the school.
   • uM Exchange:  Here is the place for job ops, volunteer opportunities, surveys seeking parent opinion, items for sale, small business promotion, parenting classes.  Please categorize.
3. Click on "Begin a New Post".  Create a title, select the appropriate categories for the question, and create your post.  Please remember include at least a first name an email address if you want to be contacted!
4. If you're adding a grade school, please add the name, location and website for the school so others have a point of reference.
5. If you're adding a camp, please add the name, location, website and a brief description of the program.  Also, please indicate the age-group served (preK, elem, middle, or high school) and whether it's a partial or full day.
6. Once you've formatted, spelled-checked, added the appropriate links, hit the Save button and it will go to us for review and moderation. 

We will only post questions that are relevant and appropriate.  Posts will appear on our Childcare Forum, Exchange Forum, Schools Forum, or Camps Forum as soon as we can get to it.  We may also spread out posts if there are too many in a day.  Happy posting!