The Mother_Tree

12/07/2025

🌟 NEW TERM OF YOUNG BABY COURSES STARTING THIS SEPTEMBER! 🌟

Looking for a special class for you and your baby? 💛 Our Young Baby Courses are perfect for little ones from birth to 6 months, helping them gently explore the world through music, sensory play, and calming activities.

🎶 Why you’ll love our classes:
✔️ Build a special bond through music & sensory fun
✔️ Boost your baby’s brain development from day one
✔️ Support early communication & listening skills
✔️ Meet other local parents and build your support network
✔️ Relax and enjoy quality time with your baby
✔️ Join our WhatsApp group to share advice, arrange meet-ups and make lasting friendships 🤝💬

📅 Courses start w/c 8th September:
➡️ Oxton: Mondays 11.15am
➡️ Nantwich: Tuesdays 12.00pm
➡️ Sandbach: Tuesdays 11.45am
➡️ Alsager: Wednesdays 11.45am

💛 Book your space now and be part of something special!
👉 www.rhythmtime.net

We can't wait to meet you and your little one! 🥰🎵

12/07/2025

Bookings are open for our FREE Breastfeeding Workshops!

🌻Are you expecting? This is great for if you are between 33-36 weeks to help you prepare (but you can join at any stage that suits you)
🌻Your support network are welcome you join too
🌻We are also here to discuss any queries you have regarding feeding and how this would work for you.

We have the following dates available:
🌸Wednesday 16th July - ZOOM 7.30pm-9.30pm
🌸 Monday 4th August - ZOOM 7.30-9.30pm

To book please click the link - https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/infant-feeding-antenatal-workshops-4304253, scan the QR code on the photo or email stoke@breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk

12/07/2025

☀️ Where to find your Sling Library next week☀️
🌞MONDAY I’m in Congleton alongside Cherubs breastfeeding support group, 10-11.30am followed by my postponed FINAL session at before they close for renovations 🧸
🌞SUNDAY is my first event at alongside the lovely stay and play sessions. Bring your own carriers along for fit checks and I’ll also have a beautiful selection of slings for all shapes and sizes available to demo and hire 🧸

☀️If you need any support at other times please do message me and I can arrange 1-1s in your own home 🪴

☀️Have a great weekend enjoying the sun, and stay safe out there! My inbox is open for advice and support 🌱

12/06/2025

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In light of recent media coverage around natural term breastfeeding, we have made a handy guide for our followers to share to help educate everyone on how to support a breastfeeding person.

Like, share, and comment to win the empathy test :)

01/06/2025

Wow May was a busy one!!

Jam packed with work, friends and family. Just how I like it and forever grateful. Plus it was my birthday ❤️

20/05/2025

So excited to be a part of this fantastic event on Tuesday 10th June 8.30-12pm Breathe New Life Church - Hosted by the wonderful Stoke Thrive at Five

Preparing for parenthood isn’t always easy — but you don’t have to do it alone.

Join us at Bumps & Babies on Tuesday 10th June to meet local teams offering emotional, mental health, and pregnancy support:

• Mothers Mind - Staffordshire. – Peer-led emotional support for mums navigating anxiety, sadness, or birth trauma.
• Lisa Jones from The Mother_Tree– Offering calm, informed support during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.
• Baby Moon – Helping new parents connect, recover, and bond with their baby in those early days.
along with Health Visitors, Midwives and so many more 💜

Together, they’ll create a safe, welcoming space where your journey matters.

20/04/2025

Happy Easter Lovelies. Hope you have a fabulous weekend however you celebrate or spend it.

Mine started with a hunt to find a treat for the kids followed by a yearly tradition of a street egg hunt and then a walk with friends and family time ❤️

Mum’s if possible try to get a little bit of time for you. Even if it’s just a brew while the kids eat their eggs, enjoying your own egg or taking some deep breath’s in the sunshine 🌞

Lots of love Lisa xx

09/04/2025

We are looking for representation from our whole community 🗣

If you have breastfed your baby and you would like to join our team as a local volunteer, apply now!

02/04/2025

It was fantastic to be a part of the Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership quarterly meeting. Some fantastic discussions were had around how the MNVP can support women and families in the area.

02/04/2025

A great opportunity for additional training and to give something back to an amazing community ❤️

Are you passionate about breastfeeding and want to be a part of the support offered locally in Stoke on Trent?

Would you like to “give back” to other parents and learn a new skill?

We are incredibly excited to be recruiting for our 6th cohort of volunteers to help support our ever-growing service within the local community.

Full details and applications can be found by scanning the QR code below or following the link here: https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/training/helper-2025-56-stoke-on-trent/

Closing date for applications is 15th April 2025

If you have any questions about the course, voluntary role or application process, please email training@breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk or telephone our HR Advisor on 0844 412 0995.

27/03/2025

Can you support this?

Keele University are looking for volunteer Dads with little ones 2years and under to learn about your perinatal experience.

11/03/2025

When Friends & Family Don’t Understand Your Birth Choices… or Why You Don’t Tell Them!

Your birth choices are YOURS. But sometimes, sharing them with family and friends invites opinions, doubts, or fear-based comments that you don’t need.

You might hear:
- “Why would you want a home birth? That’s too risky!”
- “Just take the epidural—you don’t need to prove anything.”
- “Hospitals are the safest place. You don’t know what could happen!”

If you know certain people won’t be supportive, it’s okay not to tell them. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for how you choose to birth your baby.

💛 Protect your energy—choose to share only with those who uplift and respect you.
💛 Avoid unnecessary stress—negative comments can plant doubt when you deserve confidence.
💛 Focus on YOUR journey—birth is deeply personal; you don’t need approval to do what feels right.

Most importantly, find your support network—whether it’s a doula, midwife, birth-positive friends, or an online community. Surround yourself with people who trust and empower you.

Did you keep your birth plans private? How did it feel? or what plans do you have to look after yourself?