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 »
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 Importance of Touch, Skin Contact & Baby Massage Our skin is a vital sensory organ. It is the first organ developed by a baby in the womb and it is made of the same embryonic tissue as our brains. The skin is as thirsty for sensory experience as the brain, yet the power of …
Vital touch-Why our babies need skin to skin contact Read More »
Babies Doing Yoga! What’s That all About? Baby yoga is not “yoga” in the traditional sense. Baby yoga is the use of various poses and positions to promote baby’s general health and wellbeing. The postures and positions used help to: ♡ Provide flexibility, beneficial stretching, improve muscle tone and co-ordination. ♡ Promote postural control and …
“When a baby is born, so is a mother” Becoming a parent is a wonderful experience but it is also a time of adjustment. You may find that you have less time to look after yourself and that you are having to meet new challenges every day. It will take time to adjust into your …
When a baby is born, so is a mother-Embracing new motherhood with self care Read More »