Baby Massage Central London

15/09/2024

On my bike yesterday to Homerton hosp. Visted a newborn and mother as a Birth Companion. Then bumped into a midwife who trained at herts uni 13 yrs ago when i was a lecturer. What a great day

23/06/2024

End of our longest day party. Amazing full moon

24/09/2021

“I know it’s not funny but we joke about how they should hand out citalopram when you qualify.”

19/06/2021

Contact me for classes. Due to social distancing- its tricky to keep babies warm in my normal venue. My compromise- meet in regent park cafe, chat as a group and do the class on line at home. Hoping this works for all.

23/05/2021

Don't be fooled into thinking that you can teach your baby to self-soothe by leaving them to cry, not picking them up or avoiding feeding or cuddling to sleep.

Leaving them to cry and avoiding contact at sleep time teaches them one thing only - that they can't rely on you to help them when they need you. Self soothing is a complex and mature skill that develops as the baby's brain and physical capabilities grow. This process can't be sped up by any form of sleep-training, ever.

When it 'works' it doesn't mean the baby is sleeping-through it just means they are quiet when they wake. Research shows they wake just as much as they did before the training.

The best way to enable your baby to self Soothe as quickly as possible is to nurture them and meet their needs now. Nurturance grows brains and is the foundation of true emotional regulation. 💕
If you’d like to learn ways to improve your baby’s sleep without sleep training (or the mistaken pursuit of teaching them to ‘self soothe’ ) check out the new updated edition of my ‘The Gentle Sleep Book’:

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21/05/2021

These are some talismans in the science museum on fertility and birth

18/05/2021

09/05/2021

When a mother picks up her infant, she will predominately cradle the baby on her left-hand side. This behavior, known as the left-cradling bias, has been k

07/05/2021

Free Class in June on line. Book now by text

21/01/2021

Encouragement is everything. Tell them they're doing the right thing. Tell them it's OK 👣

27/11/2020

We are looking for some free or very cheap storage space in Haringey so that we can buy in bulk for our baby boxes. It must be safe and dry and at least 125 foot sq. if anyone knows of anywhere please get in touch with karen@pramdepot.com ❤️❤️❤️ places can you share far and wide ###