Nurture Babies Cheshire

10/12/2025

🎄✨ Join Us for a Magical Family Christmas Morning! ✨🎄

Saturday 20th December | 10:15 – 11:30am
Winnington Community Building

Two of our most loved Christmas sessions are coming together for one beautiful festive celebration — perfect for babies, toddlers and their families!

Bring your little one for a heart-melting morning filled with:
✨ Christmas sensory exploration
🎶 Festive songs & music
📖 Cosy Christmas stories
🎨 Handmade keepsake craft
☕ Refreshments for grown-ups
🎅 Gorgeous photo opportunities
💛 Calm, connection & Christmas magic

Whether this is baby’s first Christmas or they’re a busy 1–2 year old explorer, this session is designed to help you slow down, make memories, and enjoy Christmas together.

Family Ticket: £17.50
(For your little one + 2 adults. Siblings welcome.)

❤️ A cosy, relaxed festive space to bond, play and soak up the joy.

✨ Book now — spaces are booking up www.nurturebabieschehsire.uk or message to book.

10/12/2025

🎄10th December – Christmas Songs & Action Rhymes

It’s time for festive music! 🎶

Sing a gentle Christmas rhyme — When Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney, Jingle Bells, Twinkle Twinkle (Christmas Edition) — and add little actions.

Music supports:
✨ speech development
✨ emotional connection
✨ rhythm + memory
✨ bonding
✨ early brain growth

Your voice doesn’t need to be perfect.
To your baby…
you sound like comfort, safety and home.

09/12/2025

🌿 What We Cover in 4 Weeks

A gentle, nurturing journey following the International Association of Infant Massage (IAIM) programme

Week 1 is all about helping baby (and you!) feel settled, grounded and confident.

What we learn:

✨ Strokes for legs and feet — the area babies typically accept touch most easily
✨ Gentle holds and positioning for comfort
✨ How to begin and end a massage session
✨ Recognising your baby’s cues: “I’m ready,” “I need a break,” “I’m not quite sure yet”
✨ How to build massage into your daily routine

🌟 WEEK 2 — Tummy Massage for Colic & Wind Relief + Arms

This week is all about soothing discomfort and giving you tools to help baby feel settled.

What we learn:

✨ The full IAIM colic & digestive routine

Reduce trapped wind

Support constipation

Ease colic-style discomfort
✨ Tummy strokes that support natural digestion
✨ Arm and hand massage techniques
✨ How touch supports bonding and trust

💛 WEEK 3 — Chest & Back + Responding to Your Baby’s Needs

This week helps babies expand, relax and feel deeply secure.

What we learn:

✨ Gentle, heart-opening chest strokes
✨ Soothing upper-body routines that support breathing and relaxation
✨ Back massage techniques that babies absolutely love
✨ How to adapt the sequence if baby is wriggly, tired or overstimulated
✨ How massage supports sleep and regulation

🌸 WEEK 4 — Full Body Routine + Gentle Movements + IAIM Theory Integration

Everything comes together in this final week.

What we learn:

✨ The full IAIM head-to-toe massage sequence
✨ Gentle movements and stretches to support flexibility and body awareness
✨ How to create your own massage routine at home
✨ The role of oxytocin (the bonding hormone)
✨ Massage as communication — not just touch
✨ The importance of respectful, responsive interactions

Bookings being taken at www.nurturebabieschehsire.uk or message baby massage

09/12/2025

🎄9th December – Winter Window Watching

Today’s calm invitation is simple, soothing and ideal for tired babies…
Winter Window Watching ❄️👀

Sit together by a window and notice:
🌨 snow or rain
🌬 leaves moving
🕊 birds flying past
✨ Christmas lights twinkling

These slow, gentle visuals help babies regulate, especially if they’re overstimulated.

And for you?
It’s a moment of stillness in a busy season.
A chance to breathe.

09/12/2025

08/12/2025

🎄8th December – Mummy Mindfulness Moment

Today’s focus is you, lovely mama.

Hold baby close — chest to chest, cheek to cheek, or snuggled into your arms — and take three slow breaths together…

Inhale calm.
Exhale tension.
Inhale grounding.
Exhale “I’ve got this.”

Your nervous system supports theirs.
When you slow down, baby feels safe.

You don’t need a quiet house, a tidy room, or anything fancy.
Just this moment.
Just you two.

08/12/2025

“The Calm Before Christmas”

If you’re craving a little calm before Christmas, this is for you.
Our Christmas Holiday Club (22nd Dec) gives your child a magical festive day while you finish Christmas prep in peace.

Cosy, nurturing, creative and fun — perfect for 4–11 yr olds.
Early drop-off from 7.30am. Lunch included.
A home-from-home where children feel safe, settled and celebrated. ✨

🎄 Crafts
🍪 Baking
🎲 Christmas games
💛 Led by a highly qualified Early Years Specialist

Book today — these spaces will go fast!
www.nurturebabiescheshire.uk

07/12/2025

🎄 7th December – Red & Green Sensory Exploration

Today’s festive activity is all about colours — the gentle, cosy colours of Christmas ❤️💚

Gather a few safe household items in these colours (cups, scarves, ribbons, lids, fabric squares) and let baby explore.

Colour exploration helps:
✨ visual development
✨ early categorising skills
✨ curiosity
✨ gentle sensory processing

Place objects on the floor or in a small basket and let baby move, touch, mouth (if safe), reach and explore.
Remember — simple always wins.

Save this idea for later this week 💛

06/12/2025

🎄 DAY 6 – Christmas Storytime Snuggles

Today is for slowing down with the softest, cosiest activity of all…
Christmas Storytime Snuggles 📚✨

Pop baby on your lap or chest, open a favourite festive book, and read slowly.
Your voice is baby’s favourite sound — soothing, familiar, grounding.

Storytime helps:
✨ bonding
✨ language development
✨ emotional regulation
✨ early literacy

Whether you read The Christmas Pine, The Snowman or a simple board book, it’s the connection that matters most.

What’s your favourite Christmas story to read with your little one?

06/12/2025

🌙 2 Days to Go — “Your Calm Space Awaits”

Just 2 days to go until our Cosy Nights session — your weekly moment to pause, connect, and just be.

No rush. No pressure.
Just gentle sensory play, warm lighting, storytime and community.

Your calm space awaits… 🕯️

📅 Mondays 1–2:15pm
💷 £48 for 6 weeks

05/12/2025

Jingle Bell Shakers

Today’s festive play idea is so simple and SO joyful… homemade jingle shakers! 🔔✨

This little activity is perfect for babies and toddlers because sound play helps them learn:
✨ cause and effect
✨ rhythm and timing
✨ hand–eye coordination
✨ early musical awareness
✨ joyful movement and sensory curiosity

How to make your shaker:
• Grab an empty bottle or tub (make sure it closes tightly)
• Fill it with rice, lentils, pasta shapes or chickpeas
• Add a dash of festive magic — a ribbon around the top or a tiny sticker
• Shake, tap, roll… and let baby explore the sound

Keep it slow, calm and pressure-free. You don’t need perfect props or a spotless house — your baby learns best simply by exploring with you nearby, smiling and responding.

If you make a shaker today, I’d love to see!
Tag me in your festive sound play 🎶💚