Mother Hive

🎄So on the 23rd day of the advent Mummas brings to you some places for you to go to for some extra support.
🎄Christmas isn’t always a happy time for everyone and it can really heighten the sense of needing support more than any other time of the year. Make sure you put yourself and your family first. Your health and your mind matter.
You are not alone. There is support out there that you can turn to. There is nothing wrong with asking for help. It’s ok to not be ok.
... The following organisations are open all year and can help you.
www.samaritans.org www.pandasfoundation.org.uk www.mind.org.uk http://apni.org
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🎄So day 21 of the Mummas advent is all about posture in pregnancy.
🎄Brought to you by the lovely Pilates by Georgia.
🎄enjoy Mummas.

🎄Day 20 of the Mummas calendar and today is the lovely Lindsay offering advice on having a baby around Christmas time.
🎄My second daughter was born just before Christmas and it was actually a lovely time and the hospital was full of Christmas cheer.
🎄enjoy Mummas

🎄So on day 20 of our Mummas advent calendar we have “what’s in the box” brought to you by the lovely Helen from Mummas and Beans Haslemere.
🎄We do “what’s in the box” in our baby sensory and yoga classes and is a definite favourite with little ones.

🎄On day 18 of our Mummas Calendar we have some first aid advice on head injuries.
🎄If you are looking for a first aid class on Epsom the lovely Claire at Daisy First Aid Epsom, Ewell, Kingston and Surrounds can help you.

🎄 So day 17 of the mummas advent calendar and this time it’s my turn 🙈 and its all about advice on helping with digestive discomfort in pregnancy.
🎄The move in the video is from our ultimate birthing class and is a great move to help with easing the symptoms of indigestion.
🎄This is just one of many moves we learn in ultimate birthing so enjoy Mummas.

🎄 Todays advent is brought to you by Claire and is all about windy drops.
🎄Windy drops is how we start all our baby classes (except newborn) and is a great crowd pleaser and also helps with any trapped wind ( as witnessed in a few of my massage classes 😂)
🎄enjoy Mummas.

🎄So today’s advent is brought to you by the lovely Steph at Mummas & Beans - Horsham, Cranleigh and villages and is all about the Mummas hangover bag...
🎄I would say this is an essential thing to have over the Christmas period and is a fab idea.
🎄enjoy Mummas.

🎄 Day 14 of the Mummas advent is brought to you by Katie at Mummas & Beans Farnham and is all about helping your baby with trapped wind and constipation.
🎄The yoga moves that are taught in this video are great and are often the most popular yoga moves we teach because they help babies so much and mums can see a real difference when using them.
🎄Enjoy Mummas

🎄 Day 13 of our Mummas Advent calendar and today is all about teething!!
🎄Teething can be horrible for our little ones and make them really uncomfortable. So we have put together a few tips to help. In our baby massage classes we teach mums all about how massage and reflexology can help with teething.
🎄I hope it helps mummas.

🎄So day 12 of the Mummas advent is a video brought to you by Sam at Mummas & Beans - Guildford and is all about heartburn.
🎄Heartburn can be really uncomfortable, I remember suffering from it in both my pregnancies. This video is fab and shows you a movement from our Ultimate Birthing class to help relieve the symptoms and can be done anywhere.
🎄Enjoy Mummas.

🎄 So today on day 11 of our Mummas advent we have a video by the lovely Steph at Mummas & Beans - Horsham, Cranleigh and villages.
🎄This time of year can feel like a constant battle against all the colds and bugs that go around and when you have a small baby it is even harder.
🎄 So steph has some tips on how baby Massage can help relieve some of the symptoms for your baby.
... 🎄These are some of the moves we learn in our baby massage course as well as many more. If you would like to join us next term please feel free to message me.
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🎄Advent day 10 is all about the men in our lives.
Thank you to Sam at Mummas & Beans- Canterbury for this post and for making sure I never looked at a Malteser again in the same way 😂.
Enjoy mummas and pass it on to the man in your life.
... I T’S T I M E T O T A L K A B O U T 🍆🍆🍆 !!!
You know, it’s not all about Mummas pelvic floors… its about the Dad’s too.
For ages I’ve been telling Dads that they should be exercising their pelvic floors, you got it…….that same muscle you use to hold in wind on date night!
You should be able to flick a Malteser with an erect 🍆 without moving your hips… if you don’t want maltesers everywhere, or don’t think this is sustainable as a daily event…...then just hold the muscle for three seconds, then relax for three seconds, do this a few times. You should try to ‘do your pelvic floors’ or ‘Kegels’ as the American’s call them a couple of times a day, as they get stronger, you should then try whilst sitting and walking.
Why? If you don’t use it, you loose it. Poor tone can lead to incontinence later in life and exercising your pelvic floor can improve things in the bedroom department, for both men and women.
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🎄 So in the 9th day of the advent it's all about us Mummas. Having a newborn, toddler, child is exhausting and as mums we can often feel forgotten about.
🎄 So take a look at some ideas for us mums, I really like the idea of the last one, just giving us mums some time to ourselves..even an hour of doing nothing just relaxing can do wonders for you 👍
Enjoy Mummas

🎄On the 8th day of the advent Mummas has put together a few ideas for your hospital bag.
It was one of those questions that kept popping up in my ultimate birthing classes. So if you need some ideas have a look👇

🎄On the 6th day of Christmas Mummas gave to you...some advice on first aid and burns.
🎄The lovely Claire who runs Mummas & Beans Winchester and Daisy first aid in Winchester has put this advice together for you. First aid is extremely important and at this time of year we can get quite distracted on other things meaning accidents can happen. So take a look Mummas 👇
If are looking for a first aid class in Epsom Daisy First Aid Epsom, Ewell, Kingston and Surrounds is fab.

🎄So the 5th day of our advent calendar (better late than never) is a blog written by Nicky all about overstimulation for babies at Christmas.
🎄when I had my first daughter I was super keen to keep her awake as much as I could so that she would sleep at night, unsurprisingly she never did. It's not something I ever really considered overstimulation but this blog is fab and makes so much sense. Enjoy🎄

So on the 4th day of the advent I'm goIng to share a charity which I feel is important at the this time of year. Surrey Sands are volunteers who provide support to bereaved families And healthcare professionals. This charity is holding a carol service called Lights of Love for all on Friday 7th December at Christ Church in Epsom at 19.30.
This service will be to remember all those babies and loved ones who are no longer with us. Christmas can be an extremely difficult time for many, however there is support out there.