Clarksdale Baby University

04/12/2026

Are you pregnant or a soon-to-be dad? Are you seeking support and information about pregnancy, birth, infant care and safety, and parenting?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Clarksdale Baby University's First-time Parenting course is the place for you.

Join us beginning this Tuesday, April 14th at 5:30 pm at the Delta HUB. This 8-week course is held every Tuesday at 5:30 pm. It is led by a leader with over 25 years of experience in birth and parenting.

Come and let us support you on your parenting journey with care and evidence-based information and resources.

To register click the link below:
https://form.jotform.com/202172644982155.

11/12/2025

🎄✨ It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Join us downtown, on Delta Ave, on November 20 at 5:30 PM for our annual Christmas Tree Lighting!

Enjoy a festive evening filled with pictures with Santa 🎅, hot cocoa ☕, and Christmas music 🎶 as we kick off the holiday season together.

Bring your family, your friends, and your holiday spirit — you won’t want to miss this magical night! ❤️🎅🌟

11/11/2025

💗 Understanding Postpartum OCD: What Every Mom Should Know

Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is one of the least talked-about maternal mental health conditions — yet it affects many new moms. 💭

Mothers with postpartum OCD often experience unwanted, intrusive thoughts that feel scary or distressing — such as fears of harm coming to their baby, or worries about contamination, safety, or control. These thoughts are ego-dystonic, meaning they go against what the mother truly believes or wants.

💡 Here’s what’s important to know:
• Having these thoughts does not mean you’re a danger to your baby.
• These thoughts are symptoms, not reflections of who you are.
• Postpartum OCD is treatable with therapy, support, and sometimes medication.

If you or someone you love is struggling with upsetting thoughts after giving birth, please remember — you are not alone, and help is available. 💕

📞 Call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262)
Free • Confidential • 24/7 • English & Spanish

Let’s keep breaking the silence around maternal mental health.
You deserve peace, support, and healing. 🌼

11/04/2025

🌿 Every Birth Story Matters. Every Mama Deserves Support. 🌿

According to the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance (MMHLA):
➡️ 1 in 3 birthing people report feeling traumatized by their childbirth experience.
➡️ 1 in 5 report experiencing mistreatment during pregnancy or childbirth.

These numbers remind us that birth should be empowering—not traumatic. Access to compassionate, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive mental health care is essential for every mama.

We’re grateful for the incredible organizations leading the charge to expand awareness, access, and healing support for mamas and families. Here are a few national and local organizations making an impact:

✨ Black Mamas Matter Alliance – www.blackmamasmatter.org

✨ Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color – www.pmhapoc.org

✨ Shades of Blue Project – www.shadesofblueproject.org

✨ Postpartum Support International – www.postpartum.net

✨ Mom.ME. - https://www.momme.rocks/

💜 Need help or someone to talk to?
Call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline:
📞 1-833-TLC-MAMA
Free • Confidential • 24/7 • English & Spanish

Together, we can ensure every mother feels safe, supported, and seen. 💕

10/09/2025

We need you help to keep Clarksdale Baby University running and supporting families in Clarksdale and the surrounding area.

Since October 2014, when Spring opened Clarksdale Baby University under the leadership of Dr. Franziska Reff, we have worked to keep Baby University alive as an important program that our community needs and deserves.

Chelesa Presley is the incredible Director of Baby University, and for the last 7.5 years she has put in tremendous energy, creativity, heart, commitment, and hard work into making Baby U everything it can be, day after day.

This November 2025, Clarksdale Baby University is so excited to enter a new season, where it will no longer be part of Spring Initiative, but begin a new stage as part of the Diaper Bank of the Delta. It has been such an honor for Spring to be part of this work for the last decade and we are asking all of our supporters to show as much love as possible to Baby U on its new journey!!

With the many funding challenges around us, Baby U needs our help as a community! The Diaper Bank needs to raise $50,000 in matching funds to make Baby University possible in this next year. Please spread the word and pitch in any amount you can!!

Money can be sent to the Diaper Bank via the following ways:

*Paypal: paypal.me/DeltaDiapers

*Cash App: $DeltaDiapers

*Venmo:

*Mailing Address for checks:
P.O. Box 252, Clarksdale, MS 38614

10/02/2025

Learn more about Mississippi State University Extension's new team-based health and wellness program encouraging children and adults to increase physical activity and adopt healthier eating habits by committing to "Walk Mississippi" between October 11th and November 21st!

Learn more and share the flyer here: https://extension.msstate.edu/walk-mississippi-live-healthy/

10/02/2025

A huge shout-out and thank you to Geetha, a member of Education for All (Educationforall.org/ms), for sharing her time, talent, and crocheting material during September for three Zoom sessions to teach our mamas how to crochet a hat for their babies.

The mamas were excited to see the finished product and eager to make more.

10/01/2025

Summer Session Graduation 2025. The graduates.

09/30/2025

Summer Session Graduation 2025 was incredible!! We had a campfire-themed graduation. Families enjoyed campfire games, s'mores, roasting hot dogs, hot cocoa, and camp-style food.

The highlight of the evening was our guest speaker, author, and Clarksdale Baby University graduate, Cassandra Faye Wilson.

09/09/2025

Yesterday was Week 6 of Summer Session 2025!!

Our evening topic was discipline. We painted while discussing the different between discipline and punishment. We begin by talking about what discipline is and how it is a love language between parents and their children.

Our songs of the evening were the "Alphabet Song" and "Bingo"

Our storytime books were The Very Hungry Caterpillar written by Eric Carle and Chicken, Chicken, Duck!Writtenn and illustrated by Nadia Krilanovich

08/20/2025

Calling all pregnant and breastfeeding families.

It is Breastfeeding Awareness Month and we are celebrating our Mamas, Babies, Families, and their breastfeeding journey, the Saturday!

Everyone and anyone who is pregnant, breastfeeding, thinking about breastfeeding, and/or support breastfeeding.

This event includes a 2K walk followed by a brunch celebreting breastfeeding.



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