Bernie Wood

Retired Neonatal Nurse after 43yrs. Wife, mum and completely under the spell of a miniature sausage dog called Bertie 🐾

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@glutenfreeemma @KateBurkeNHS The menopause, the gift that keeps on giving 😢

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@fiona_metcalfe @Leeds_Childrens Great job Fiona, many thanks for your support over the years when I was a Neonatal Outreach sister 😊

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Here’s a question: When will my baby be ready for shoes?

Even the concept sounds a little funny. I mean how could someone not be ready for shoes? They have feet, right?

The truth is that not only do babies not need shoes until they are walking independently, but that wearing shoes too much and too early might actually slow their progress toward this milestone.

Walking involves the complex coordination of muscles and tendons in the feet and ankle. Babies best strengthen these muscles when they have maximum mobility (the chance to move and flex their feet and ankles freely as much as possible) - which, especially with the wrong shoes - can be limited by footwear.

Doctors recommend that babies learn to walk while barefoot on a clean, safe surface - adding shoes only after walking is mastered (and even then beginning with highly flexible options that emulate the barefoot experience as much as possible).

The real purpose of shoes is protection for the soles of the feet, which your baby doesn’t really need as a pre-walker. What babies do need in some cases is warmth, in which case socks fit the bill nicely.

There may be special occasions and outfits for which you’d like to add shoes into the mix for purely fashionable reasons, which is fine on a limited basis. But as a general rule, steer clear and save that money until your baby is a capable walker. Believe me, you’ll spend plenty on shoes later.

🎥 This adorable little walker, posted to IG by livwholley, is just learning the difference between walking barefoot and adding shoes into the mix. With the skill set he’s already developed, now is the perfect time to introduce him to the process.

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@CherryMorrello Bertie and Biggles on a favourite walk 🐾

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Read to your newborn. 📚

With hearing developing during the final months of gestation, it’s never too early to begin reading to your baby. And this mom is giving us an absolute master class in how to do it right.

Note first that she’s reading face-to-face. At this age (10 weeks), there is literally nothing more thrilling - or instructional - to your newborn than your face. Check out how intently focused baby is on mom’s voice and facial expressions.

Mom reads with expression and emotion, alternating between glances at the text and direct eye contact with her adoring audience of one.

And there is so much going on in that developing brain. Did you know that during the earliest years of life babies form new neural connections at an estimated 1 million per SECOND?

With these types of rich daily interactions, mom is setting her baby up for a lifetime of success.

Kudos to KelseyPaumer (IG) on this fantastic and educational 🎥 clip.

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@RevRichardColes We watched that one last night too 👍

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[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Look at this picture, here a mothers milk visibly changed overnight to meet the demands of her baby who was unwell at the time

Those signals are communicated to the mother by saliva from her baby, the mother may even be unaware of her baby’s health status yet levels of white blood cells in milk are boosted. Research shows compositions of lactoferrin which is an immune molecule, which carries out protective functions like piercing the walls of harmful bacteria, are also found to be increased in the weeks prior to and following an infant's illness.

Breast milk is awesome in its complexity and the way it constantly changes and is tailored 1/🧵

📸Mallory Smothers

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@BBCBreakfast Local honey and not supermarket stuff is a great for hayfever 🐝

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@Kathrynwood29 Oh no, it’s on Apple TV x

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@Kathrynwood29 I can’t reply as only for people who she wants to reply to her, not sure how that works!! But thanks for thinking of me x

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Come on, you poor unfortunate soul! Go ahead, make your choice! 🐙😈🔥

In 10 days see Ursula in #TheLittleMermaid, only in theaters May 26. Get your tickets now!

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

Incredible speech from Kate Winslet with a hugely powerful message to the social media giants on better protecting young people from online harms: “We want our children back”

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@sainsburys Hi Team is there a problem getting Twinings Earl Grey and Lady Grey tea bags? I have home delivery in North Yorkshire and always says unavailable. All other supermarkets continue to have 😊

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@Kathrynwood29 @StuartMcCarthy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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cancel the crowns CANCEL THE CROWNS

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Love at first sight 😍

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@VivekGRamaswamy @sharrond62 The world has gone completely mad, this cannot be allowed to continue 😧

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[Sarah Swenson, MD, DPhil @neodrswenson]

#NICU families, what books would you give parents early in their NICU journeys? Did you or your babies have a favorite? @survivingpreemi @sauls_light @frankieBRLA @DrRissman @BetsyPilon @LelisVernon @medscholaradaml @NICUHandtoHold @HopeforHIE @ohhilaurahere @SarahDiGregorio

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@Dawn_French Luther Vandross 👍

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@NuttyKnights @survivingpreemi No it doesn’t 🧐

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@survivingpreemi We have been well and truly thrashed x