Long Eaton Bumps and Babies' Last Session of 2009

There was almost a party atmosphere at the last Bumps and Babies session of 2009. Caroline, who has helped Sue with running the group since July, has taken over the local Tiny Talk classes. She provided a sample Tiny Talk class to the mums and babies who came along today.


It's been a fantastic year which has seen the group grow from an idea to a successful and friendly group which meets every week in Long Eaton. We had a visit from the local Primary Care Trust who have been doing a review of maternity services and wanted some feedback. The results of their information-gathering so far and the form for feeding back to them is available here.

We've had demonstrations and talks from Tiny Talk, Jo Jingles, Water Babies and of course our pottery session with Sticky Fingers Parties.

Pottery can be collected from Sue's house next Tuesday, 22 December. Please email her, leave a comment on the blog or contact through Facebook if you need details or directions

Coming in 2010 - on 21 January, we have our Japanese session with Cocoro, learning about Japanese toys, clothing and food, and on 14 January a Baby Reflexology session with Hayley from Sole Nutrition.

We're also planning to encourage some more discussion across the group between more experienced and less experienced mums so that you can pass on and pick up tips on burning issues. You'll probably have your own ideas about what you'd like to discuss but weaning, vaccinations, sleep, spring to mind. Look out for the suggestions board next month.

And of course, since Sue and Catherine will be running NCT antenatal classes almost every month throughout 2010 there will be a lot more Bumps and Babies joining us!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We'll see you back on Thursday 7 January, same time, same place.;[original article]

Nottingham NCT Bumps and Babies Long Eaton - Report 10 December 2009

This week Mandy and her colleague from Sticky Fingers Parties came to help the mums make some souvenirs and and Christmas presents. Babies' feet were painted and pressed onto pottery: baubles, mugs, coasters and photo frames.

It was a mammoth operation which didn't always go smoothly and sometimes took several attempts to get the perfect print due to the wriggliness of babies.

There will undoubtedly be some beautiful presents under Christmas trees this year.

More pictures of the event can be found by clicking here.

Nottingham NCT Bumps and Babies Long Eaton - Report November 2009

26 November 2009 - Long Eaton Bumps and Babies Report

This week's Long Eaton Bumps and Babies saw the usual 20 or so mums with Grace, Marcel and their baby Charlie attending for the first time as a family.

Laura gave Liz a knitting lesson and, before you could say "Merry Christmas" Liz was knitting up a striped scarf as a present for Joseph whilst Laura's daughter Amelia happily amused herself on the floor - she is so keen to get on the move!

Sue took a call from Tomono from Cocoro and finalised the date for Long Eaton Bumps and Babies turning Japanese - Thursday 21 January. Tomono is planning to bring along Japanese food, toys and clothing for the children and parents to have a look at. Helen's daughter Meredith has been modelling some recently on Cocoro's blog

We managed to find a moment when not a single baby was feeding or crying so we took the opportunity for a group photo. 21 babies - the oldest on the left, the youngest on the right.

Forthcoming events for Long Eaton Bumps and Babies include:

03 December - a visit from Marie from Water Babies. Marie will be able to answer all questions about how soon you can take your baby swimming, what they should wear and what sort of thing they do in Water Babies' classes

10 December - Sticky Fingers are coming to do pottery footprints. This is expected to be highly popular so if you are there on time, go and get your footprints done rather than leaving it to the end and finding you haven't got time!

17 December - LE B&B co-host Caroline is taking over the local Tiny Talk franchise and will be coming along to give a demo class to the group. It's a great opportunity to find out more and to sign up for the next set of classes. As it's our last session before Christmas, we'll try to celebrate that a bit - Santa hats on babies? Sausage rolls and mince pies anyone?

After that we're taking a Christmas break but we'll welcome everyone back on Thursday 07 January 2010