Fingers and Thumbs Massage

14/11/2025

Pushing to night wean too soon and get baby sleeping through the night early can lead to low milk supply even when it happens naturally.

It won't always be an issue but it can be, particularly if it happens with a very young baby.

Nursing at night helps protect a robust milk supply.

Night weaning is fine if your little one and you are both ready for it. You DO need your sleep and so does your child. If you want our checklist on night weaning readiness to safely night wean, let us know in the comments and we'll hook you up.

13/11/2025

**Our first competition!**

If you can answer five questions correctly you will be entered into a draw for a chance of winning £50 to spend at South Bookham SPACE. We have even given you an idea as to where the answers can be found.

What can £50 get you at SPACE I hear you ask? There are so many options you will be spoilt for choice! For example:
- just over 3 hours of hall hire for birthday parties ... or
- some baby massage classes (Fingers and Thumbs Massage) ... or
- some pilates classes (Pilates with Becca, Principle 6 Pilates, Pilates with Sasha, &Co) ... or
- some french classes (NB Tuition) ... or
- some yoga classes ( with Jo) ...or
- some dance classes (tap and musical theatre with JD's Dance, or ballroom with Dance SCool) ... or
- some keep fit sessions (PT with Saunders, Total Bootcamps Surrey, My Body Rocks Bookham) ... or
- some wellbeing sessions (TRE-Surrey)

All you have to do is answer five questions and submit your answers before 23:59 on Sunday 23rd November 2025, using the information on the sheet. One entry per FB account. All other information is on the sheet. The voucher lasts until 31st December 2026, so you have just over a year to redeem it. Good luck everyone!

05/11/2025

Breastfeeding should not hurt💜

Sometimes a little difference in how your baby is feeding can make a big difference to how comfortable it is for you and how easily your baby gets your milk.

An easy acronym for correct positioning is CHINS:

Close - Head free - In line - Nose-to-nipple - Sustainable

If you're struggling, it may help you to come along to one of our drop-in groups where a peer supporter can support you through a feed.

Find our local services on our website:
www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/drop-in-centres-map/

Our peer supporters at National Breastfeeding Helpline UK can also talk you through a feed over the phone or by message - available 24/7 💗

📞0300 100 0212
💬Send a DM

Find more information on positioning and attachment, here:
www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/breastfeeding-information/getting-started-with-breastfeeding/how-to-breastfeed/

[ID: Close. Pull baby in close to your body. No gaps. Head free. No hands on the head, supporting the neck. In line. Make sure baby's body is in a nice line, no twisting or arching. Nose-to-nipple. To ensure a deep latch. Sustainable. Are you and baby comfortable? Will this position be comfortable for the whole feed?]

20/10/2025

01/10/2025

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01/10/2025

Anterior placentas

The placenta is an incredible organ, belonging to both you and your baby. It's the only transient organ in the human body, meaning that it grows and stays temporarily, leaving once it's fulfilled its purpose. Connected to your baby by the umbilical cord, it releases hormones which help your baby to grow, while also supplying them with nutrients and oxygen. The placenta is also responsible for carrying waste products, such as carbon dioxide, back to your bloodstream to be disposed of.

The placenta develops wherever the fertilised egg embeds into your uterus. Your sonographer will check the position of your placenta during your 20-week scan, to ensure its position won't affect your pregnancy. An anterior placenta simply means your placenta is attached to the front wall of your uterus, between the baby and your tummy. It's a completely normal place for it to implant and develop. It isn't connected to having a low-lying placenta (called placenta previa) and it shouldn't cause you problems.

Although feeling movement can be trickier for anterior placenta mums, your baby should still develop regularity to their movement. If you feel as though your baby's movements have slowed down or stopped, it's important not to assume your placenta is the reason. Call your midwife or maternity unit straight away if you have any concerns.

01/10/2025

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Two aspects of disconnection are often obvious when working with clients’ scars – the emotional and the physical, and they are not separate.

Emotional disconnection from the physically affected part of our body can develop, leaving us unable to touch it, or to allow others to touch it; this can become a severe dislike or hatred of the area, our bodies and/or ourselves. If our self-love is based on our looks rather than on who we are as a person, it is possible for disfigurement to lead to severe psychological issues.

As a therapist assessing our client, we can often see that the affected limb or part of their body where the disconnect lies may look different – maybe denser or lighter – or that as they walk the body is not synchronised. It is not always just the scarred area that is involved.

Learn more about scars, how they affect us and how to help at a profound level by training in Sharon Wheeler's ScarWork with us here at Body in Harmony Training. Find details of our next ScarWork course on our website on this link: https://www.bodyinharmony.org.uk/event/scarwork-practice-and-consolidation-day-2

18/07/2025

Fantastic magazine in print and online, with loads of info for families on activities, events, education and community.

Welcome to Fingers & Thumbs Qualified Massage Therapist in Surrey Whether you are a busy professional, an expectant mother or simply looking to soothe away your aches and pains, Fingers and Thumbs offer a range of therapeutic massage treatments tailored to suit your individual needs and preferences....

18/07/2025

Welcome to Fingers & Thumbs Qualified Massage Therapist in Surrey Whether you are a busy professional, an expectant mother or simply looking to soothe away your aches and pains, Fingers and Thumbs offer a range of therapeutic massage treatments tailored to suit your individual needs and preferences....

18/07/2025

18/07/2025

🫶🏽 loved training with Body in Harmony Training and Sharon Wheeler

Here we see our Principal, Jan Trewartha, working with a client's scarring, following the tissue with light touch. But what does it feel like as a therapist to work with a client in such a delicate way? Jan says that this approach, done correctly, feels wonderful for client and therapist alike, and is key to helping the tissue to 'go home'.

As a therapist, just listen to it – does it want this direction, that direction? This pressure, that pressure? It's also vital to listen to the client - after all, it is their body and they're the only one who can feedback to you on how it all feels.

Allow the body to tell you what it needs rather than imposing your protocols on it, and you'll be facilitating the tissue to replay its old patterning and let it go; in this way tissue integration and harmony can be restored.

If you would like to learn more about ScarWork, we have a 4-day Sharon Wheeler ScarWork training course coming up on 14th - 17th September. For more information on the course, please visit: https://www.bodyinharmony.org.uk/event/sharon-wheelers-scarwork-4-day-3