Wake up time

How you start the morning with your child can set the tone for the entire day. Here are some helpful tips to make waking up smoother and more positive.

How you start the morning with your child can set the tone for the entire day. Here are some helpful tips to make waking up smoother and more positive.

Annie (practitioner)

Talking to the womb

Interacting with your baby bump helps to build your bond and create a familiar environment for your baby early on.

Interacting with your baby bump helps to build your bond and create a familiar environment for your baby early on.

Annie (practitioner)

Sharing difficult feelings

Here are some tips to help encourage your child to freely express their feelings when experiencing difficult emotions.

Here are some tips to help encourage your child to freely express their feelings when experiencing difficult emotions.

Ruby (practitioner)

Self-Soothe box

As parents, we sometimes face both uplifting and difficult days due to external pressures or internal struggles. On the better days, it can be helpful to plan ahead and put supports in place, so we feel more ready when the tougher days arrive. Prioritising our mental health not only helps us cope but also strengthens our ability to care for our children during challenging times.

As parents, we sometimes face both uplifting and difficult days due to external pressures or internal struggles. On the better days, it can be helpful to plan ahead and put supports in place, so we feel more ready when the tougher days arrive. Prioritising our mental health not only helps us cope but also strengthens our ability to care for our children during challenging times.

Annie (practitioner)

Seeking mental health support

We wanted to highlight some of the common thoughts we have when we think about seeking support. Let’s remind ourselves that we all deserve support for our mental health.

We wanted to highlight some of the common thoughts we have when we think about seeking support. Let’s remind ourselves that we all deserve support for our mental health.

Annie (practitioner)

Play schemas

Play schemas can help young children to explore and understand their world.

Play schemas can help young children to explore and understand their world.

Claire (parent + practitioner)

Managing big feelings

Focusing on fun activities that require concentration can help your child to switch off from worries that they can’t do anything about.

Focusing on fun activities that require concentration can help your child to switch off from worries that they can’t do anything about.

Ruby (practitioner)

Appreciating the now

Every stage of your child’s development has its ups and downs. So when it feels heavy, take a breath, and remind yourself to see and enjoy the positives of that season.

Every stage of your child’s development has its ups and downs. So when it feels heavy, take a breath, and remind yourself to see and enjoy the positives of that season.

Annie (practitioner)