Sarah Endersby International Board Certified Lactation Consultant - IBCLC

22/08/2020

If you know anyone who has worked throughout the pandemic and would like a free massage visit and nominate them

WE HAVE A WINNER: congratulations to Laura Edwards and a big thank you to Kerri Whittaker for nominating you.

All of us at Warrington Osteopaths would like say a big thank you to all of the key workers for all of their efforts during the Covid pandemic. As a token of our appreciation we are giving away a free massage.
Do you know someone who has worked throughout the pandemic who would would benefit from a massage from our wonderful massage therapist, Janette? Whether they work for the NHS or police, as a delivery driver, supermarket worker, refuse collector, teacher or teaching assistant, vet, postal worker, pharmacist, nominate them in the comments below and we will draw one lucky winner on the 29th September. PLEASE COMMENT ON THE ORIGINAL POST so you don’t miss out, good luck 🙂🤞🍀
(*the lucky winner will be asked to provide work ID)

05/08/2020

💯 ✔️ 🌍 🤱

03/08/2020

What a wonderful service which many people aren’t aware exist but can be so crucial in helping mums to establish feeding when mum and baby are separated.

Last week we had feedback from a dad about our service and how we helped a mum who had been separated from her newborn who was whisked to a different hospital.

By providing our service to carry vital colostrum from Mum in her hospital to Dad and Baby in the 2nd hospital it made a very tough night bearable as Baby was able to continue to feed despite the physical separation. This played a vital role in enabling Mum and Baby to establish breastfeeding and continues successfully now they are reunited together.

“ Your work through that night and the next day was invaluable to us”

01/06/2020

Whether it was the ‘liquid gold’ colostrum of your first feed or way beyond this we are celebrating your achievements.

19/05/2020

This week is mental health awareness week. I think it’s really important for everyone to understand that depression isn’t just sadness, there is so much more to it.

12/05/2020

When baby is 6-7 months old it is all about introducing different tastes and textures whilst gradually increasing the amount of solids offered. Some babies are slower than others, just follow their lead and go at their speed. If your baby was born prematurely it may take longer for them to get used to feeds and may be a bit more messy! Let them have fun exploring foods, allowing it to be an enjoyable experience for all of you.

11/05/2020

MONDAY MYTH BUSTER
MYTH: Waking in the night when a baby has previously slept for longer, baby wanting more milk feeds, baby chewing on their fists and a bigger baby are reasons to introduce solid foods earlier than 6 months. WRONG: Every baby is different however, these are not indications that they need solid food, it is all part of their normal development. There are three clear signs that indicate a baby is ready for you introduce some solid foods:
* they can stay in the sitting position and hold their head steady
* they have eye, hand and mouth co-ordination so that they can look at food, pick it up and put it in their mouth by themselves
* they can swallow food, not pushing it back out of the mouth (puréed food once in the mouth is hard to spit out so may be swallowed involuntarily)
It is rare for all three of these to occur together before 6 months.

04/05/2020

MONDAY MYTH BUSTER
MYTH: Breastfeeding has no benefits after the first year. WRONG, Breast milk continues to provide substantial amounts of key nutrients in addition to the emotional benefits. In the second year 448ml breastmilk provides:29% of your little ones energy requirements, 36% of their calcium requirements, 76% of their folate, 94% of their vitamin B12, 60% of their vitamin C and 75% of their Vitamin A requirements, AND it still continues to help fight and prevent infections.

01/05/2020

Over the moon to get such lovely feedback from one of the families I have been supporting virtually 🤱🙂

30/04/2020

What better excuse to stay in your pyjamas all day! Friday is Pyjama Rama day in conjunction with the BookTrust and they have a great line up of entertainment, and loads of fun activities on their website to keep your little ones entertained:
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/pyjamarama/pyjamarama-festival/
If the link isn’t loading you can go to the booktrust YouTube channel

27/04/2020

MONDAY MYTHBUSTER
Skin to skin is only for breastfed babies. WRONG: skin to skin is an excellent way to calm and comfort baby at anytime. It calms and relaxes both parent and baby, regulates baby’s heart rate, breathing and temperature. It enables colonisation with the parents friendly bacteria providing protection against infection. If you choose not to breastfeed, holding baby in skin to skin for their feed helps with bonding, and also helps with noticing when they are feeling full. If your baby is sleepy and not waking for feeds, skin to skin can help to stimulate baby’s natural feeding reflexes whether breast or bottle fed.