Mini First Aid Belfast

15/12/2025

When breastfeeding is painful, it can feel not only physically sore, but emotionally harrowing too. Not all new mums find breastfeeding easy or that it comes naturally; it can take time and practice.

The most common cause of ni**le pain is poor positioning or a poor latch, but ongoing pain may also be a sign of something else, like thrush, tongue-tie or a bacterial infection, so please seek help from your midwife or GP if you are struggling.

Swipe through for NHS guidance on treating ni**le pain during breastfeeding and reach out for breastfeeding support if you are finding it tough - your health visitor should be able to point you to local support groups, and the NCT offers free drop-in sessions across the UK, see their website for information.

10/12/2025

07/12/2025

Mayfield womens group will be hosting a Seniors night Tuesday 9th December
Food and music and a bit of Craic
If you would like to attend or know someone that would, send me a message
Funded by
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough
Seniors is over 55s but we wont be too strict
Im away to invite myself !!!

05/12/2025

🎅 🎄 ENJOY 20% OFF DEC BOOKINGS 🎅 🎄
Use code “XMAS20”

👶 Learn how to save a life 💚
CPR, choking, head bumps, bleeds, burns, febrile seizures and more

⛑️ Baby & Child First Aid

📅 Sat 6th Dec Broughshane
Sun 7th Dec Mallusk
Sat 13th Dec Lisburn
Sun 14th Dec Belfast

⏰ 10–12noon

Perfect for parents, grandparents & carers!
👶 Babies welcome
👉 Book now:

Covering Belfast, North Belfast, East Belfast, South Belfast, West Belfast, Antrim, Ballyclare, Ballymena, Broughshane, Bangor, Donaghadee, Carrickfergus, Dunmurry, Glengormley, Larne, Lisburn, Magherafelt, Maghera, Newtownabbey, Newtownards and Templepatrick. Mini First Aid offers a range of classe...

05/12/2025

🏆 Winner! A Gold Award for our Baby & Child First Aid Classes!

We're delighted to have won a gold Mother & Baby Award in the Pregnancy Products category for our flagship class - Baby & Child First Aid for Parents & Carers 🎉

It's the first time our classes have been included in this award category which makes it extra special to have taken the top prize. Thank you, , for recognising our 'unique and crucial product, which could potentially save a life' - it was noted that 'parents were comforted by the expertise and knowledge' imparted in our classes.

That's what it's all about for us, giving expectant and new parents and carers the knowledge, skills and confidence to deal with first aid accidents and emergencies.

If you would like to learn more about our award-winning two-hour baby & child first aid classes, please check out our website, where you can also find a class in your local area.

🔗 Belfast.minifirstaid.co.uk
📍 Belfast, Lisburn, Ballymena, Magherafelt, Mallusk & private classes available for your group or from your own home
💷 £25 per person

03/12/2025

💚20% OFF DECEMBER BOOKINGS💚
💚with code ‘XMAS20’ 💚

⛑️ Mini First Aid are delighted to be baTinyToes Sensorye this Saturday 6th December 10-12noon at TinyToes Sensory

Learn CPR, choking, managing burns, bleeds & breaks, meningitis, sepsis awareness and more

Relaxed, friendly, award winning training

Babies welcome

Book now https://belfast.minifirstaid.co.uk/classes/open/22814

02/12/2025

29/11/2025

💚 Join us for our last Baby & Child First Aid class of 2025 in Mid Ulster at The Mummy Physios Moneymore - Sunday 30th November

If you’ve been meaning to learn Baby & Child First Aid - take this as your sign! ⛑️

Classes are small, relaxed and friendly!

Learn CPR, choking, burns, bleeds, febrile seizures, meningitis awareness and more

Dragons den winners and providers of First Aid for over 10years!

Book here
https://belfast.minifirstaid.co.uk/classes/open/22811
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29/11/2025

Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK without a Mother and Baby Unit (MBU), a specialist inpatient mental health treatment centre where mothers can be admitted with their babies for care and treatment. Instead, mothers who develop postpartum psychosis (PP) are admitted to general acute psychiatric wards for non-specialist treatment, separating them from babies.

APP has been campaigning for more Mother and Baby Units in the UK for more than 10 years. Our research shows that women who receive care for postpartum psychosis in MBUs feel more satisfied with the care they receive, feel safer, feel more confident in the knowledge of the staff, recover more quickly and feel more confident with their baby when they go home.

This update is from APP’s Northern Ireland campaigner, Liz Morrison…

Thank you so much to everyone who’s helped raise awareness of the urgent need for an MBU in Northern Ireland (NI). We made a big stride forward when the issue was debated in the Northern Ireland Assembly in October.

The debate saw strong cross-party support and powerful testimony from both MLAs and the Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt, who said:

A Mother and Baby Unit is not overdue or long overdue: it is long, long overdue.

Talking about his own family’s experience of severe postnatal mental illness, the Minister said he wants to go ahead with an MBU in Belfast but didn’t go as far as guaranteeing funding.

MLAs from all parties urged the Minister to find the funds for an MBU. Most urged that in the meantime a temporary ward is opened, and that women be given the option to travel to England, Scotland or Wales for treatment with their babies if that’s what they want. APP had briefed the MLAs to ask for this. We’re really pleased that they set out our asks clearly and even praised APP for our ‘tireless campaigning.’

That campaigning is thanks in huge part to the members of APP’s Northern Ireland peer support group who have spoken out in the media and met with politicians. The debate in the Assembly came about as a direct result of our peer support volunteer, Teresa, joining other APP reps to meet with Sinn Féin MLAs. Órlaithí Flynn MLA was moved by her story and worked to bring the debate forward. We can’t say a big enough thank you to everyone who has shared their story with journalists, health officials and politicians.

We’re not quite there yet - we’re still waiting for the business case from the Belfast Trust (which has been chosen as the site of a new MBU). APP has been arguing strongly that we can’t wait another five years for an MBU - we want a safe temporary MBU, as well as the option for women to travel with their baby to Scotland, England or Wales for treatment if that’s what they want. We know that’s not appropriate for most families, but some have told us they would like that option. Orlaithi and other MLAs called on the Minister to make this happen.

During the debate, the Health Minister said that an interim ward isn’t possible, but afterwards APP wrote to him to argue that it is needed, and he has since asked the Department of Health to look at this again.

You can read the text of the full debate here: https://ow.ly/7rTz50XyWXu (page 15 onwards) and watch it here: https://ow.ly/ahI550XyWXv (it starts at 11.30).

Meanwhile, APP has been working with an international journalist who visited Belfast in September to talk to women who have been admitted to general psychiatric wards while experiencing PP about their experiences as part of a Europe-wide investigation into the need for MBUs. Reports have been placed in a number of media outlets, including the Northern Ireland publication The Detail. Thanks to Stephanie and other mums who shared their experiences.

If you or anyone you know has been affected by postpartum psychosis, now or many years ago, and would like support or to join our Lived Experience community, including our NI group, email ellie@app-network.org for more information.

25/11/2025

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20/11/2025

How to ensure your baby is safe in their car seat this winter👇🏻

🚗 Do not strap your child in while they are wearing a bulky coat or sleepsuit - the material of the coat and any air trapped in it will mean that the straps are not tight enough against the baby’s body to stop them being shifted around in an accident.

🚗 Do the “pinch test” - pull the harness straps to a snug tightness which means if you try to pinch the harness horizontally you cannot pinch the material together.

🚗 Make sure the car seat harness straps are not twisted, this may distribute the weight incorrectly and cause injury.

🚗 If your child is in a rear-facing car seat, the harness straps should be in the slots at or below your child’s shoulders.

🚗 If your child is in a forward-facing car seat, the harness straps should be in the slots at or above your child’s shoulders.

For lots more advice about the law around car seats and what type of seat is right for your child’s age/weight, please take a listen to episode 24 ofthe Family Health Podcast episode in which we chat with an expert from Graco UK about car seat safety 🎧 We’ll link to this in the comments.

13/11/2025

🟢 Childhood diabetes 🟢

It's World Diabetes Day on 14th November, so this week we're talking about diabetes in children - what it is, the signs to look out for, and what to do if you’re worried. With expert advice from a paediatric diabetes nurse and Diabetes UK, it’s a must-read for any parent or carer. We explain the simple 4Ts - toilet, thirsty, tired, thinner - to help you spot the early symptoms. Diabetes can be serious, but knowing the signs means you can get help fast. Read the blog or listen to the podcast episode to learn more and feel confident in what to do.

https://www.minifirstaid.co.uk/blog/understanding-childhood-diabetes-what-every-parent-needs-to-know