Saltdean Bumps 2 Babies

23/03/2026

Wow. I am bowled over by the generosity of you all. Thank you SO much!
We have been able to pay all our outstanding bills and we hope that the new price of £3 per adult will be enough to pay our weekly rent of £24.
Do feel free to donate if you would still like to, so we can build a buffer for our rent in case we don't get the footfall we need.
Thank you so so much again ❤️ https://gofund.me/68c7e43ca

16/03/2026

Hello everyone,

We are in a bit of a conundrum: we do not get enough parents coming to the group, to be able to afford our weekly rent.
To be transparent: our rent is £24 and we spend a small amount of a money on tea/coffee/biscuits. We were charging £2 per adult and currently between 6-8 parents on average come per week.

We are sadly now behind on our rent payments. We always wanted to keep the group cheap and accessible, because as parents ourselves, we know how valuable and a lifeline this group can be, but we see no other option than to raise the price to £3 per adult now.

Additionally, lovely couple Joyce Miller-Mear and Emily Blue Miller-Mear have set up this go fund me page for us to raise funds to pay our arrears.

Please help spread the word of our lovely group to parents of under 5s and the go fund me if youre able to help 🙏🏻

Saltdean Bumps 2 Babies is a much needed support group for parents with babies and … Joyce Mear needs your support for Saltdean bumps 2 Babies - Saltdean Lido

02/02/2026

Hope to see you shortly!

10-12 Lido as usual 🥰

01/02/2026

Next week Emma is coming to us 👣👐

25/01/2026

Looking forward to seeing you all again tomorrow 😀

I am also sharing the below, because we will be welcoming Emma from Popolo Ceramico Brighton & Hove again on the 9th of February in case you missed her just before Christmas.
Get your baby's foot and hand prints on ceramic for Mother's Day or just because!

She will be back again before Easter too ❤️

See you tomorrow 10-12 at the Lido!

21/12/2025

Good morning everyone!

This is me ( Marjolijn) and my girls 8 years ago at the Saltdean Bumps 2 Babies Christmas party! In the same room in the Lido, albeit before the renovations 🙂🎄

Tomorrow is the last group of the year and our Christmas party!

So please do come with you bumps, babies, toddlers, preschoolers and older children( in Christmas attire of possible)! In our usual spot: the Club Room at the Saltdean Lido from 10-noon.
Breastfeeding support available as per usual.

Hope to see you there 🎄✨️🌟🧑‍🎄🎅

15/12/2025

Yes, we are here today and also next week!

Monday 22nd December is our last one of the year and we will be wearing Christmas jumpers, playing Christmas music and having christmassy cookies. Maybe even a disco light! Older siblings very welcome, we know schools will have broken up, so please don't think you cant come, everyone welcome ♥️🙏🏻

We hope to see you there are our usual time of 10am til noon in the Club Room at Saltdean Lido .

The week between Christmas and New Year (29th December) we will be closed, so our first session in 2026 will be 5th January.

For those who can't attend next week: we wish you a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

08/12/2025

We had a conversation today about baby/children sleep music and I promised to share the link of Sarah Ockwell Smith (gentle parenting expert/author) "Sleep Relaxation for Children" that we have used for the last 8 years. It works a treat getting my girls to relax and fall asleep to, along with a dark room, some red night lights.
We have echo dots in their bedroom and after purchasing the track (99p I think), I've created a playlist called "Sleep" and now we ask Alexa to play the playlist Sleep and it plays. It is similar to a guided Sleep meditation, but aimed at Children and it's really lovely. You can also set up a routine to play it every night at a certain time.

She also has baby sleep Relaxation, they are five (i believe) tracks of different relaxing sounds - no talking or singing.

Hope this helps!!

Check out Gentle Sleep Relaxation for Children by Sarah Ockwell-Smith on Amazon Music. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk.

23/11/2025

Good morning everyone! This is your reminder that we are in the Lido again tomorrow (Monday) morning in the Lido 10am-12 noon! We are joined by Emma from Popolo Ceramico Brighton & Hove and you can get hand and footprint gifts ready for Christmas 🎄 😀. Please know that we are not just for babies, any pre school age child is welcome (and during holidays, any age sibling is welcome to come along!) If you are not interested in prints: not to worry. We are still offering our usual chats, support, toys, tea, coffee and biscuits ❤️. Please come along! See you in the morning.

16/11/2025

Good evening lovely parents.

Luiza's daughter has got chickenpox, so she will not be able to run the group tomorrow. Both Josie and I (Marjolijn) are also unable to come due to work commitments,but Fiona is hoping to be able to move some work calls and come and set up and see you all!

However, she may be a bit late. So any regulars (and newbies), please feel free to turn up and if no-one is there yet, feel free to get the mats and toys etc out (in the cupboard by the door as you get in).

We are so sorry, Fiona will try her best to get there in time!

We would like to take this opportunity to ask if any parents would be interested in helping us with the group in any shape or form. Volunteers to help set up and tidy up would be wonderful, but also to help spread the word about the group to increase our footfall.

We currently do not get enough parents to cover the weekly rent, so we are looking for ideas to change this. More on that later.

Fiona hopes to see you tomorrow!

25/10/2025

We are OPEN this half term Monday.

Not only that, we also have Jane and Jesse Cat from Sing and Sign Lewes, Uckfield, Haywards Heath, Heathfield & Peacehaven paying us a visit!

Please come and bring older siblings who are most welcome!

Usual spot and usual time: 10am-noon at the Saltdean Lido.
Feeding support available by NHS breastfeeding peer supporters. £2 per adult, tea, coffee and biscuits included!

We hope to see you there ❤️🙏🏻

09/06/2025

After two weeks off for bank holiday and school inset day, we are back TODAY every Monday except bank holidays!

We can't wait to see you all again, see you between 10am and noon or another Monday very soon 😍

We have hot drinks, cold drinks and plenty biscuits, as well as toys for the bubbas.