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. …
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 …
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 …
Introducing our 2018 Bursary Winner – Katie Burridge Read More »
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 …
Discover the quickest & simplest way to soothe a fussy baby or a crying child Read More »
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 …
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 …
What you do creates an impact-You are a catalyst and change maker Read More »
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 …
The Practice Of Kangaroo Care/Skin To Skin Contact “When babies are held naked against their mother’s skin, it is the closest they can get to being back in the warmth and security of the womb. It is the only place in which newborns have survived for the last million years, and developed toward optimal health. It …