Why are the early years so important? As parents and caregivers, we are wiring up our little ones' brains and making connections every day. These get made as a direct result of how we are with our children. It's why responsive, engaged, tuned in caring for children is important.

Here's why playing with your kids is essential for their future success! Watch 7-year-old Molly Wright's TED Talk (created in partnership with the @Minderoo Foundation) here: t.ted.com/5fKcAHS

Parent feedback capturing the impact of engaging with Baby and Me support 🙌🏼⭐️ #EmotionalSkills #DBT

Incredibly powerful and thought provoking words for social workers to hear about ‘goodbye and letterbox contact’ - everyone working with children, families and parents should listen to Angela Frazer-Wicks MBE tell her story 👏🏼🌟 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

This book has it all! An attachment parenting course within a book. Rupture and repair, behaviour as communication, validation, emotional bids, attunement, reciprocity… Recommended 👌🏼

"More than the baby was lost" Tamsin Bicknell-Morel #MothersOnTrial #midwifery

Does the child protection system intervene too much or too little? This is the wrong question argue Carey Oppenheim and Jordan Rehill of Nuffield Family Justice Observatory communitycare.co.uk/2021/04/06/chi…

Want to learn about Infant Mental Health? Have 3 minutes to spare? Check out our short video explaining what Infant Mental Health is and why it matters. 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=n-Dgyi…

Specialist Midwife job advert is out! jobs.barnardos.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/s…

Todays the day the Teddy Bears had their picnic. Great to be joined by Julie Morgan MS Jayne Bryant Newport West Cllr Stephen Marshall (Now on Bluesky) Sally Jenkins seeing the benefits of the Newport City Council Barnardo's Cymru partnership 🌻

The Baby and Me project is worth it’s weight in gold in so many ways. Enabled by a great partnership between Barnardo's Cymru and Newport City Council. Big thanks to Julie Morgan MS for coming to listen to what a difference it’s making Cllr Stephen Marshall (Now on Bluesky)

Hoping for these amazing Hope Boxes to spread across all hospitals. Such a beautiful idea 🧡 Well done to all that worked on the project to make it happen!

Baby and Me forever creating a safe and nurturing environment for new parents to bring out the best in their babies. Successful Christmas Workshop 🥰🎄🎅🏽 #BabyandMe #InfantMentalHealth Barnardo's Cymru Newport City Council

So proud. This is more than just a job to me 🤍

Packed house here at #InTune2023 listening to key note speaker Robin Balbernie talking about Early Relational Health For All Babies. Parent-infant relationship quality shapes the baby’s mind & can have lifelong impact. G-PIMHS

Very impressed by these radical reforms. Captures the change that needs to happen👌🏼

Fantastic speakers and stories at todays NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) Together in Unity conference. Thank you for having us, as we share the passions for changing the lives of future generations 🤍 Baby and Me

Six day delivery of specialist Parent and Child Fostering Training complete 🙌🏼 #ParentandChildFostering #PAC