The Nurturing Nest

A local gem! It’s been our go to place for over a year. We attended their Holiday Fair last weekend for our pictures with Santa and purchased some presents from local vendors. Throughout the last year we have enjoyed attending their FREE Breastfeeding circle, new baby circle, and toddler time in the playroom. We appreciate that they host the FREE meetups of the Reno Sparks Cloth diaper group and Reno chapter of Babywearing International. Their reasonably priced yoga with childcare, music classes, art classes, and many child product classes (some which are also FREE) are top notch. The boutique has hard to find products that are more natural.
They are located across from Fitness Connection on Longley Lane. 100% worth checking out!

Love love LOVE this place! We moved to the area from out of state shortly before I got pregnant, so I was really hoping to meet some other local pregnant women. I’ve been doing the prenatal yoga classes and they are amazing! Abby is a fabulous instructor, and all the women who work at the facility are really friendly and helpful. I felt welcome the second I walked in the door. I’ve also been taking their Lamaze birthing class which has been great. Rachel teaches with a perfect mix of «natural» but also giving us a lot of useful medical knowledge. I’ve been able to meet a lot of other great pregnant women throughout these experiences and I’m so grateful!

Great resource for all new mothers, soon to be mothers, and mothers in general. Their store front has a great selection of baby stuff that has been recommended from moms. The groups that meet are amazing! I love going to all the group sessions. Their classes are even great. I took a yoga class there and they encouraged bringing your babies too. (I want to say it’s only for some classes). Highly recommended!

The premier place for expecting Moms and post pregnancy support! I went here for their 2 year anniversary day where they had booths, a potluck, and open house. The gift shop area was full of cloth diapers, innovative baby toys, breastfeeding support items and other local baby goodies. The center offers support classes ranging from new parenting classes, babywearing, and grief support for miscarriages. The staff is friendly and helpful and approachable. My daughter loved the play room and it was nice to see some other Moms in the area.

Meredith was extremely helpful during my first lactation consultation. Both informative and hands on. Also enjoyed the one-​on-​one time. Felt like I was given the attention that was needed for me to fully grasp and use the new techniques taught. Thank you!

Just visiting the area, what an amazing resource to have and all under one roof! Thank you, so much for taking the time to give a tour and answer all my questions :)

I absolutely love this store. I wish that I found them sooner (i.e when I was actually pregnant). I’ve gone to them countless times now and every single time these ladies are always very helpful and interested in pointing you in the right direction of what you may need. I got my daughter oils for teething, calming and even a teething necklace. These women are knowledgeable, love what they do and it definitely shows. I will continue to go to this store for all of my baby needs.

The Nurturing Nest is one of the store fronts in a neighboring state that carry Tula carriers. I had been searching for a sold out print (Plum Posey) and called them to see if they had it in stock. I spoke to Laurie who informed me that they would be receiving a shipment and would call me to let me know what they received. She not only called me back and gave me the description of all the carriers she had (sadly, not the print I was looking for) but she also had a discontinued print (Dynasty) that just happened to be my alternative. I was so excited!
She took my order over the phone, sent me my receipt and shipping details through email and in two days, my beautiful Tula arrived! Laurie was very sweet and easy to work with. I most definitely will be referring this store for my other Cali moms that can’t find their Tulas locally. I’ll have to stop in the next time I’m in Reno!

FABULOUS! This is my favorite store EVER. They have a variety of quality merchandise, a plethora of educational classes on all things baby (many of which are free), and friendly, expert staff. Once I was the only one who showed up for a free babywearing class; Rachel spent an entire hour showing me the pros and cons of every carrier and how to use each one. I’ve attended several classes and groups here, and always come away feeling educated, supported, and «nurtured.»
At first glance, this boutique styled store might make a penny-​pincher like myself vow to leave the wallet in the purse… it’s easy to see the quality, and assume the prices probably match. BUT… and I’ll admit I’ve compared… IF you can find identical products elsewhere, they won’t be cheaper. It’s delightfully refreshing!
This store is an amazing resource. :)

I LOVE this place. I will say though the first time I ever walked in this place was for a babywearing class and the lady who was in charge of it was so rude! At the time I had a 5 month old and had no clue how to wrap or babywear. The lady acted like I should have known everything. It was an informative class, not a judgmental class. Anyhow. At the class I did see all these mommas cloth diapering. So I was intrigued. I researched… Everything and anything about cloth. The nurtering nest was so helpful with my cloth questions. I absolutely love the owner and the way her mindset is. She is in no way judgmental and she supports whatever you want for your baby. I haven’t tried any of their classes besides the babywearing one, which I won’t go to again, but the momma and baby yoga class looks fun so I will try that. I think the nurtering best is the perfect place to get goodies for your kiddo. :-)

We purchased a baby carrier from here the day after thanksgiving. My wife tried it on once we got home and realized she didn’t like it at all. It was out of the box for less than two minutes. When she went to return it the owner used some bullshit excuse that it could not be returned due to safety issues. Apparently by opening a box and trying on the item you compromise the safety of the merchandise and make it unfit to be used by anybody ever again. We just had a new baby and now we’re out $ 140+ and have to spend more to get one my wife does like and can use. BEWARE OF THIS PLACE. We will not shop here anymore because of how they treat new parents. Anything they sell can be purchased from Babies R Us or Amazon. Save yourself money and a headache spend your hard earned money anywhere but here.

Love this place so much. I first came here for a babywearing group (free first Tuesday and third sat every month), and was immediately greeted very politely. For a baby wearer this place is a dream! They have all minds of wraps, Tulas, etc. I believe you can even rent one. They have a wonderful selection of green items, even toys. I will be looking into their many other classes like yoga, breastfeeding and more. This place definitely caters to my «crunchy» or natural side.
Update: still loving this place! I went in for their yoga with baby class and their breastfeeding support class. I absolutely loved them both, and man did that yoga kick my butt! I also talked Rachel about a plethora of things. She was very sweet and had so much patience with all my many questions about tulas (I got to try one on!!;)) and cloth diapers. She was soooo helpful!

I love coming to the Nurturing Nest for prenatal yoga with Mandy Colbert! It is the highlight of my week. I have nothing but good things to say about this business. It’s such a welcoming environment for parents and parents to be. They offer a wide variety of classes, products, and services including a lending library. I appreciate that women and babies are welcome there and natural practices are promoted such as breastfeeding, baby-​wearing, natural birthing, etc.

I have not written a negative review on Unilocal before. .
I walked through the door of this facility and was greeted with «he’s too big for that, that sweatshirt is too thick, if you hit something he will be ejected, you could be rear ended. I was taken back to say the least from a facility called «The Nurturing Nest.» When I asked about the amber necklaces I came in for I could barely get any information on them from her. However, she did hand me a brochure on car seat classes and informed me she taught them.
I started thinking that having a child in a tshirt in February rather than a sweatshirt for a car seat was unreasonable so as I was leaving I said «Is he really that far from the limits of the seat?» «Well by law he’s fine but it doesn’t fit the «recommendations.»
A few minutes later I went back inside the store when my son woke up so that I could exchange for another necklace. I was greeted with, «I need to leave this minute.» When I put up one and took the other she laughed and started playing on her phone.
I went home and saw she made up a story on the Facebook page of this business about a woman coming in and wanting to know information about moving up from an infant car seat to a convertible. I knew she was referring to me because she quoted something she had said to me earlier. Wow… I’ll just let that sink in a minute…
I have triple checked my son and the car seat standards TO FIND HE IS WELL WITHIN THE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. I am always open to helpful advice on mothering but not abrasive, unwanted, advice from strangers that later ends up on Facebook. My biggest concern is that most new moms wouldn’t have any reason to question the plethora of misinformation being given. I had high hopes for this facility and was so excited to try out all there classes but not at the expense of being berated moments after walking through the door, filtering through misinformation and then reading about it on Facebook.
I messaged through Facebook to try and rectify the situation before posting on Unilocal and unfortunately I received an anonymous email from someone claiming «I’ll say what I want in my store take it or leave it.» Not at all what I would expect from a facility catering to women at a vulnerable stage in life.
Unilocal is about giving an honest summary of your experience and in this case I was given misinformation and treated with poor customer service. She is only human and this time she was wrong. The venomous follow up email was what made this more of a standard and less of just an off day.
Good luck to all the mamas. Believe in yourself and support each other!

The opening of The Nurturing Nest is an invaluable new resource to Reno families and moms-​to-​be! I take Mandy Colbert’s prenatal yoga class Wednesdays and Saturdays which are the perfect balance of mind and body training for birth. Their grand opening event this weekend has helped me connect to some amazing resources I would have never found otherwise. Nurturing Nest founders Tiffany and Rachel are kind, passionate and dedicated to helping support pre/​post natal needs of families in Reno and definitely visit their website for all of the resources they provide!