Little Dippers Ltd

Walking the Beautiful South Downs in aid of the Kit Tark Foundation
If you enjoy a lovely countryside walk please do sign up to this event in aid of the Kit Tark Foundation Charity set up by one of our mums to help prevent newborn baby deaths after the preventable death of her baby Kit who was born healthy but died at just 13 days old.
... This will be the second year they have organised a walk for Kit. Last year it was a great success, with over 100 walkers and raising an amazing £17,000!
The walk takes place on the beautiful South Downs on Sun 14 July and there are 3 walking options to choose from so there's something for everyone from serious ramblers to sunday afternoon strollers:
Tiger Mammoth, 26 miles for experienced walkers Tiger Medium, 13 miles for in-betweeners Tiger Mini, 6.5 miles for children and families
More details about the walk (and the charity) can be found at: www.kittarkafoundation.org/walk
And they have a FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/227607878 9306428/?ti=cl
Get those walking boots on and sign up today!
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Mental Health Awareness Week
More than one in ten women develop mental illness during pregnancy or within the first year of having a baby.
7 in 10 women play down the severity of their illness and hide the extent of their struggle. A number of these women may not even realise the full extent for themselves.
... There are things you can do to cope with anxiety and stress. Many women find that it helps to talk to someone they trust about what’s bothering them. Talking to people about how you feel can be a huge relief and help remind you that you’re not alone.
Some women use online pregnancy forums. You’ll probably find that other people are having similar experiences and you may get some good ideas about how to deal with any problems.
Support is available: It’s important to get support sooner rather than later. As well as talking to your midwife or your GP, there are many organisations out there who can help, such as PANDAS, Mind and APNI (Association for Postnatal Illness)
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Baby on the way?? Get your swimsuits on ladies because today's Sunday Swim with @brightonbub is for YOU!
Two years ago, when Alfie was still 6 months away from making his grand entrance, we had already begun discussing and looking into baby swim classes and waxing lyrical about his future career as an Olympian.
But now expectant mothers can start their Little Dippers journey FAR earlier, as Alfie's extraordinary instructor Sue is now running Aquanatal Yoga classes in the po...ol at Little Dippers Brighton!! Aquanatal Yoga is a gentle and effective form of exercise for pregnant women, allowing you to stretch without straining and overheating and to easily access deep relaxation. Yoga in the water facilitates relaxation and helps cultivate positive emotions ☺🧘‍♀️🏊‍♀️💗
See our website www.littledippers.co.uk or call us for more information on dates, times, and prices! .
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Learn how to have fun in the pool with your baby while learning key safety skills ready for the summer holidays.
Our June courses are now available to book online at www.littledippers.co.uk or call us on T: 01273 229 390
Don't forget you can always book a free trial to try it out first.

Looking forward to the @club hub activites awards tomorrow. Lauren Heston is a finalist in the lifetime achievement award for her huge contribution to the world of baby swimming.
Wish us luck !!

Love these comments from one of our customers who has found that lots of the things we teach in our classes can be transferred to helping in lots of different ways in your baby's development.
We are loving swimming and Katia is so fantastic with the babies, I feel like we have learnt so much from her about encouraging babies and reading their emotions. This is so useful to us generally, not just when swimming, for example, we use big smiles and praise when weaning and it’s really helped us. Obviously the swimming progress is great too, we are so pleased to be doing a class that Lily enjoys so much which is also teaching her life saving skills - I didn’t even think that would be possible with such a young baby!

Love that these guys went from thinking about joining a baby swim class in the morning, to having their free trial in the afternoon and are now booked to start their new course this Sunday.
We still have a few spaces remaining on our new term's courses, don't worry if you have missed the first class we can always book a make up.

Another lovely group of babies starting at our new warm water pool in Hassocks. Looking forward to meeting our new groups starting this Thursday too!

Love this pic of Bonnie proudly showing off her full certificate of stickers! Well done Bonnie!

Always sad to have to say goodbye to our lovely Stage 7 groups. We wish you all the very best with moving on to the little swim school.
New term with new foundation courses start next week!

New foundation courses starting in April, don't worry if you are going to miss a couple of dates, we offer 2 free make ups every term.
And we are offering a 20% discount in our lovely new pool in Hassocks.
Better get cracking to grab yourself a place!

Wishing all our fabulous Mums' a very Happy Mother's Day

If you live in Burgess Hill do pop along to the NCT Nearly New Sale at Burgess Hill Girls School this Sun 24 March 1100 - 1230pm. The first 150 customers will receive a free goody bag including a 20% discount from us (NCT members entry at 10:45 on production of membership card).

From bump, to belly to backfloating, our newest little dipper Oscar (great nephew of teacher Sue) highlighting his little dippers journey so far and he hasn't even started the classes yet!
Don't forget we are starting our new aqua natal yoga classes in April. Free trials available now.
Happy Friday everyone!

NEW AQUA NATAL YOGA CLASSES STARTING IN BRIGHTON IN APRIL.. Free trials available.
We have re-vamped our Loving Your Bump sessions into structured aqua natal yoga classes with exercises designed to take you from week 14 of your pregnancy through to birth.
... Come along to our lovely private warm water pool in the north laine, Brighton where we will create a beautifully relaxed environment for you to enjoy taking the weight off your feet with yoga moves to help alleviate those common aches and pains associated with pregnancy.
Aquanatal yoga is a very gentle yet effective form of exercise for pregnant women allowing them to stretch and exercise without over straining or overheating. The warm water provides a soothing environment facilitating relaxation and positivity.
The new term will start the week commencing 15 April with classes on a Tues and Thurs evening to run in 6 week terms.
You can either book online on www.littledippers.co.uk or call the office on T: 01273 229 390 to book a free trial or if you would like to chat about any further information.
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Happy International Women's Day to all our little dippers' mums raising strong daughters

WOW! Very excited that our very own baby swim pioneer Lauren Heston, Director and founder of Little Dippers has made it through to the finals of the Lifetime Achievement Award with Club Hub Acitivities. Winner to be announced in May! Keeping our fingers crossed!
Inspired when filming a tv advert for British Gas back in 1989 which featured a baby swimming underwater, a very controversial image at the time. After observing how naturally the baby adapted to the water she decided to investigate this phenomenon and created the now renowned little dippers baby swim programme teaching babies key life saving techniques and to love the water for over 25 years.

What better way to spend your lunch break than having a dip with your new baby!
It's always sad to say goodbye to our little dippers' having watched them grow and develop so much since joining us as little babies.
But lovely that these Dads' have been able to be a part of that journey by popping out in their lunch break to do their baby swim classes.
... We wish Frank and Henry (and their Dad's) all the very best with wherever they move onto next.
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