JouJou Des Moines

Calling all Speech Therapy families! If your family has used speech therapy for any of your kiddos, or if you are thinking it may be time to seek out some speech therapy, this Metro Meetup is for you!

We will have Sarah Ruth, a JouJou parent, and Speech and Language Pathologist at JouJou starting at 10:30am this Tuesday! She is the speech pathology director at Iowa ENT Center in West Des Moines, working closely with our Ear Nose and Throat physicians to assess and treat patients with upper airway, voice, swallowing, craniofacial, and speech needs.

Come ask Sarah any of your questions, as she loves teaching others about the field of speech pathology.

If you are coming specifically for Meetup, let us know, and you will get a $3 discount on admission!

Pride Month is almost here and we are excited to host Central Iowa Rainbow Families (and other families celebrating Pride) for a free playdate on Sunday, June 7. Remember to pack snacks to elongate your fun that day.

We will also be open to the public on Sunday, so our Sunday families can finally get back to playing after our May Sunday hiatus!

We loved seeing all the family makeups on our last round of Metro Meetups come through our doors, and we are so excited to connect people based on familial experiences for this round of our meetups.

NICU families can come in Tuesday, TOMORROW, May 26, to connect with other NICU families, *and* get $3 off your first kiddo!

All families are welcome at JouJou Tuesday, we are just providing a special opportunity for NICU families.

We are hosting some of our favorite local resources, Brittney, Laura and Annie!

Brittney works at in their Center for Advocacy & Outreach, there she focuses on childbirth and postpartum education, where she regularly connects parents with support groups and resources for their mental health.

Laura Camerona is an author over at .worth.repeating, where she writes books to equip parents to make the hard conversations a little easier.

Annie Reise is a Child Life Specialist at Blank Children’s working in the NICU.

Memorial Day Weekend is upon us! As a reminder, we are closed this Sunday and next Sunday, but we will be open for Memorial Day!

Spend Memorial Day Morning with us before you head out to your cookout or the pool!

For those of you who have already bought our Summer Pass, you can start your membership on Monday! Summer Passes can be purchased at https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLQHHXDJX3G3D/checkout/DHR5QJ5PJFWNPJUPOC7REOHD
See you then!

It’s Summer Pass Season!

Summer is right around the corner, and if you are Farmers Almanac people like us, you might’ve heard that it’s going to be a hot one 🥵🥵

This year we are opening up our Summer Pass to everyone, with TEACHERS getting a 15% discount!

The details
🌞 $175-can be purchased in store or email
🏝️ Unlimited play for the whole family Memorial Day through Labor Day (16 weeks this year!)
🌻 We will have our Big Kid Kits out for summer, filled with great craftivities for the 5-9 crowd
🍓 Teachers, email us a picture of your ID, and we will send you a discount code!
🧃 Head to https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLQHHXDJX3G3D/checkout/DHR5QJ5PJFWNPJUPOC7REOHD to purchase your pass

With a JouJou Summer Pass and a Pool Pass in hand, summer is starting to heat up!

As part of JouJou’s birthday celebration, we also want to treat ✨you✨to a birthday gift!!

If you book a birthday with us (your birthday needs to occur before May 2027) We are giving y’all 10% off any party package. This discount will run through June, and does not apply to any of our birthday add ons from or , just the package itself!

Parties can be booked by going to the Celebrate Page on our website joujoudsm.com.

Amanda here on Mothers Day 🖤 Earlier this week was Maternal Mental Health Day, and last week we listened to Taylor Wolfe share her journey into motherhood and the fragile moments that exist between the day-to-day.

To get ready for Taylor’s chat, we asked you all to share “advice” about being in a “busy season” - and there was a theme:

- “tell other moms you see how hard they’re working”
- “let them know that every phase doesn’t have to be a favorite, and that’s ok”
- “don’t be afraid to share that you struggled too”
- “do a little thing - hold open a door.”

Taking care of each other - other moms - in our most vulnerable moments, was some of the most beautiful advice we received.

So thank you to all our Mothers today, who see each other in moments where we maybe don’t see ourselves as clearly.

The weather is beautiful and our Wednesday Summer Hours are back!

Thru the summer, we close at 4:00pm on Wednesdays. All of our other hours remain unchanged.

With JouJou being closed Sundays in May, all of our Jamming with JouJou performances will be on Wednesday!

Join us as we welcome back Jillian Royale Wells to JouJou. Jillian is a teacher in a childcare classroom, and her performance will certainly reflect her love for young kids.

Tickets always include play, and they can be purchased at our link in bio!

As both a birthday present, Mother’s Day present and as a way to encourage rest for ourselves before summer begins, we continue our tradition of closing for the Sundays in May.

We remain open on Saturdays, so come see us then! For you Sunday visitors, see you in June!