Last April I had a Baby Boy born at 32 weeks.  Eight weeks early. Two months premature.  It was a shock and it still makes me cry.  During labour I prepared myself for the worst.  I saw my baby’s life before us and I realized then that it might not be as I had dreamed.  […]
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What happens when birth doesn’t go to plan? Healing from a difficult birth experience For all of us the transition to being a mum is a huge life event. For many women their birth experience happens just as they hoped and wished for, but for many women their birth experience is not at all what
Today I have launched the Blossom & Berry Nurture Manifesto. It embodies all of the ideas that led me to create Blossom & Berry and shapes all I do. Take a look and let us know what you think, if you are with us and how you can add to the impact we are
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Mothering in isolation-The search for a village, the “answer” and someone to hold us. I have recently been researching the types of post natal care and support new mothers receive around the world. What I discovered has both shocked and saddened me and led to feelings of frustration and activism. The changes in the family
Introducing our brand new bursary winner Katie. We have a free online baby massage teacher training bursary every six months to enable a student to learn with us where there might be barriers. So happy to have awarded the bursary to Katie. She said, “I have had a difficult time in my past due to
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Crying and fussing are just some of the ways that babies and children communicate. With their emotions still developing, their understanding of the world growing and expanding and having new experiences that are challenging and overwhelming, being able to self regulate is hard. Let’s face it a lot of adults have the same challenges but
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Today’s blog post is a guest blog from my teacher Charmine King. She has been dedicated to her study and created a successful business practice in under a year. This is her story; Hi, my name is Charmaine and I am mummy to 3 beautiful children, aged 23, 3 and 1. For 11 years I
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Dropping some truth bombs! Baby massage and sleep. I think it’s important to be honest about this. There is no research study that says that baby massage will get your baby to sleep.There are some studies on toddler sleep patterns being improved, but newborns are another thing. In fact small babies are designed to sleep
Baby Massage & Sleep-The miracle magic wand at bedtime? Read More »
LIFE IS ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND AN IMPACT When I started Blossom & Berry 15 years ago, I did it because I wanted to spend my life with my children as they were growing up and because I had a deep realisation that parents are children’s first teachers. I understood for the first time
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As part of World Prematurity Day we are looking at ways that skin to skin can help to support premature babies and newborns after birth. Much is written on Kangaroo Care but this article focuses on an adaption of that practice known as Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), which I believe is the most gentle way
Designed to nurture: The incredible power of a new mother’s body. Read More »
I am just back and adjusting from Malawi after visiting Blossom & Berry’s Mother and Baby Health Initiative which is run with Love Support Unite. Background: The challenge for mothers and babies in Malawi Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, with more than half of its population living on less than
Helping toddlers work through emotions with love Toddler tantrums are a rite of passage as your little one grows up. As his/her brain develops there are new emotions to process and toddlers need to work out where they fit into world. Frustration can cause toddlers to feel overwhelm and stress. Responding to your toddler with
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