Baby Story Time/ Hora de cuentos para bebés
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Baby Story Time/ Hora de cuentos para bebés is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Gage Park, Chicago. Bring the kids along.
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Things to do in Chicago with a baby
92 dated listings for babies in Chicago in the next 60 days — babytime, rhyme time and new-parent programs, pulled from the town's real event feed and sorted by age, not by who paid to be first.
Baby life in Chicago — the short version
If you're raising a baby in Chicago, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Dec 3, Chicago's feed lists 92 dated listings for this age — 20 different programs, covering babytime, rhyme time and new-parent programs. Most of it runs at Sulzer Regional (17) and Gage Park (9).
Everything here is a real listing from Chicago's own event feed, checked against each program's age range — a program whose ages overlap 0–1 shows up here even if it also fits the age next door.
Coming up for babies in Chicago
Dated listings in the next 60 days, soonest first. A weekly program shows a few of its sessions here — the rhythm section below has the full pattern.
Baby and Toddler Story Time
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Baby and Toddler Story Time at Jefferson Park, Chicago on Wednesday, Oct 7. Bring the kids along.
Mother Goose on the Loose Story Time with Ms. My
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Wednesday, Oct 7: Mother Goose on the Loose Story Time with Ms. My at Uptown, Chicago. Good one for the kids.
One Story Time, One Chicago for Babies
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Lincoln Park, Chicago hosts One Story Time, One Chicago for Babies on Wednesday, Oct 7. Good one for the kids.
Baby Bookworms
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On the calendar for Thursday, Oct 8: Baby Bookworms at Sulzer Regional, Chicago. Good one for the kids.
Baby Lap-Sit Story Time
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Mark Thursday, Oct 8: Baby Lap-Sit Story Time at Little Italy, Chicago. Family-friendly.
Baby Time
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Merlo, Chicago hosts Baby Time on Thursday, Oct 8. Family-friendly.
Read and Sign Baby Story Time
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Thursday, Oct 8: Read and Sign Baby Story Time at West Loop, Chicago. Family-friendly.
Baby Music with Miss Ruby
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Monday, Oct 12: Baby Music with Miss Ruby at Edgewater, Chicago. Family-friendly.
Baby Bookworms
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Baby Bookworms is on Tuesday, Oct 13 at Sulzer Regional, Chicago. Good one for the kids.
The regular rhythm
These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Chicago parents actually plan around.
Tuesdays — Baby Time at Blackstone · 6 sessions in the feed, next Oct 27, then Nov 3.
Wednesdays — Baby Story Time/ Hora de cuentos para bebés at Gage Park · 11 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.
Wednesdays — Baby and Toddler Story Time at Jefferson Park · 9 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.
Wednesdays — Mother Goose at Play: Toddler and Preschool Story and Play Time at Scottsdale · 9 sessions in the feed, next Oct 21, then Oct 28.
Thursdays — Baby Bookworms at Sulzer Regional · 23 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 13.
Thursdays — Read and Sign Baby Story Time at West Loop · 10 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Thursdays — Baby Time at Merlo · 9 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Thursdays — Baby and Toddler Story Time at Near North · 8 sessions in the feed, next Oct 15, then Nov 5.
Good to know
By the numbers for this age in Chicago: 92 dated listings in the next 60 days; 81 of the 92 listings with a start time begin before noon — this age runs on mornings; the busiest single venue is Sulzer Regional with 17 of them.
On cost: none of these listings carries a free tag in Chicago's feed, so treat prices as check-the-listing — libraries and rec centres often run these at no cost, but the feed doesn't say so and we won't guess.
Rainy-day fallback: most of this age's listings in Chicago run indoors at Harold Washington Library Center — warm, dry, and built for short attention spans.
Keep exploring
Your next stage: kids grow out of this age band fast — the toddler page for Chicago picks up where this one leaves off.
Common questions
What's on in Chicago for babies right now?
The feed lists 92 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Dec 3 — the Coming up section is pulled straight from it.
Are these drop-in, or do I need to register?
It varies by program, and the page only says which is which where a listing's own words say so — the Good to know section names the drop-in and registration listings it found. When it doesn't say, the listing link is the place to check.
What's free for babies in Chicago?
None of the current listings carries a free tag in the feed, so check each listing for its price — we don't mark anything free that the source doesn't.