‘Although the CoL crisis affects the entire population, the impacts are exacerbated in those that are most vulnerable, particularly young children…’ still relevant - static1.squarespace.com/static/59f7500…

A hill I’ll die on!

The carers of children in hospital are usually their parents
They need food, and it shouldn’t be at exorbitant cost from a profit-making shop/cafe

We should feed parents

Helen Hare well said

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Our April newsletter is out today firststepsnutrition.org/news
Featuring: our *NEW* Eating Well resource for South Asian families; summary of a paper on what shapes parental feeding practices from 4/6-18mo; our written response to OHID's proposed voluntary baby food guidelines ...

‘At its peak, total spending on Sure Start was about £2.5bn a year in today’s prices... The government’s new family hubs programme has £300m funding to cover 2022–25 in just 75 local authorities’.

A&E attendance for children 0-4 yrs has ⬆️by 42% in last 10 years‼️
Most of this ⬆️for conditions that did not require hospital care or treatment
It’s perfectly normal to worry when your baby/child is unwell👶🏿👶🏼👶🏾
Reverse the cuts in health visitors of ⬆️40% over the same period

Perhaps we should think a bit more about unintended consequences.

BBC News - Warning over 'risk' of calorie labelling on restaurant and cafe menus
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. “We were surprised by how brazenly the male researchers described their priorities, for example that they actively didn’t respond to emails”

kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/wom…

Some might want to look away but I’m at the training stage where I crack the jelly babies out. Slid round a half marathon in <2.5 hours which given a) the mud b) the hills (900ft ish) and c) end of a 70km week I’m taking as a win for me💪 (Not sugar free before anyone panics 😂)

Not long now until National Breastfeeding Helpline goes 24/7!

We’re so proud that we’ve been chosen to deliver this pilot scheme and we have a team ready to offer feeding support to mums and parents between 9:30pm – 9:30am from Friday 29th March 🩷

The Breastfeeding Network UK and ABM

Nothing has changed. As I type, a talk on first 1001 critical days is being sponsored by a formula milk company at the British Journal of Midwifery conference.
I call again for midwives to **boycott** BJM until they cease formula milk sponsorship.
Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈

Rescued baby hedgehog turns out to be hat bobble - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Next up Prof Amy Brown 🕷🤱🐘 sharing the heartbreaking data on a rise in maternal anxiety due to the restrictions placed during the pandemic and the impact that had on mothers and babies
Save the Children UK

Congratulations to our cat on her new family 😂

Join #TheFoodConversation and add your voice to the call for healthy food for everyone. Let’s reduce the NHS burden with affordable, healthier diets

The finishers. #BM100

PHENOMENAL 💪

‘Jared, waited and gave Jasmin the choice to go whichever direction she wanted.’ (Credit: HowieSternphoto, Instagram) After everything they’ve been through mentally and physically for 45+ hours, this is amazing sportsmanship 👏🏻 COME ON JASMIN #BM100 #smalleuropeanwoman

If you want to hear more about iHV The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood ADBB study, listen to Dr Sharin Baldwin Senior HV Research Lead explaining why its inclusion in health visiting is so important 👇👶🏿👶🏾👶🏼⭐️

Really looking forward to being part of this debate this evening. Looking forward to some interesting questions too

Life as a Barkley Brits supporter this week. #bm100