GroBrain

GroBrain is an innovative range of visual resources to help professionals talk to parents in perinatal settings about bonding and brain development

[GroBrain @grobrain]

We’re not the loudest on social media, but we're always busy behind the scenes! Hear what some of our clients have to say about the impact of GroBrain and the change it’s helping create across the UK.

[GroBrain @grobrain]

Happy New Year to you all!
Please make yourself a cuppa and take 4.5 mins to watch (and ideally share!) our new promo video. We've worked hard on it. Yes.. it should be shorter but there were so many lovely things said! We are biased of course, but the end makes us shed a tear.

[Parent-Infant Foundation @ParentInfantFdn]

"Currently there are just 50 parent-infant teams across the UK. It is estimated that there are over 100,000 babies in the UK at risk of disorganised attachment. So teams only reach around 5 per cent of vulnerable families."

Tamora Langley has written for @politicshome about the fact that too many babies are suffering from a lack of early-months bonding.

Read her contribution 👇

https://t.co/ffLNYF2pWW

[GroBrain @grobrain]

So thank you to each and every one of you who has been involved with us over this time. Here's to the next 16 years!

[GroBrain @grobrain]

Happy 16th Birthday GroBrain!
Since 2008 we've become a trusted shorthand for simplifying infant mental health&have trained thousands of practitioners across the UK. If you’ve completed training, delivered sessions, or used GroBrain 1:2:1 with a parent, you’re part of the success

[GroBrain @grobrain]

One of our Directors, Rosie Renshaw, enjoyed presenting at a Lunch&Learn for the @LGAcomms today. Great to share about GroBrain's impact on families across the levels of need with contributions from practitioners in Hull Family Hubs & the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

[1001 Critical Days Foundation @1001CDF]

We're beyond thrilled to be welcoming the expansion of Best Start Family Hubs and the Best Start in Life strategy. Both will benefit millions of parents, carers and babies across the country for years to come. #1001CriticalDaysFoundation #1001CriticalDays #Babies #BestStart

[GroBrain @grobrain]

Delighted to share that our Director, Rosie Renshaw now sits on the Executive Committee for the Association for Infant Mental Health (AiMH UK). It holds a team of highly regarded, passionate experts - we have the greatest respect for them& look forward to supporting their mission

[GroBrain @grobrain]

2. Jo Chapman shared a lovely journey of parents struggling with their reflective capacity who made significant progress during her therapeutic work. Viv Allen and Claire Heaney rounded off beautifully with a baby focused approach and how to be the voice of the infant. 👏to all.

[GroBrain @grobrain]

1. Great to attend the AiMH UK #imhaw2025 conference today - 'Who is Holding the Baby'. Helpful insights from Claire Le Quesne on supporting emotional regulation; Jane Barlow on understanding more of the relational trauma experienced by infants in the care system and 'i-TRAUMA.

[GroBrain @grobrain]

Excited by the traction here. We hope these messages continue to gather momentum, and ultimately that they drive a much needed change, both locally and nationally, in the understanding of and investment in babies' emotional wellbeing.

[1001 Critical Days Foundation @1001CDF]

Did you know that the first 1001 days of life, from pregnancy to age two, are crucial for our development?
@AndreaLeadsom, founder of our new charity 1001 Critical Days Foundation, explains why the developments that take place during the perinatal period are so important.

[GroBrain @grobrain]

"Your biggest concerns today are often the babies that we missed, and your biggest concerns tomorrow will be the babies that were missing today." #speakupforbabies

[NCB in Northern Ireland @ncb_ni_tweets]

@ncbtweets @mikenesbittni Now it’s our 1st Keynote speaker, @KarenJBateson, joint CEO of @Oxpip, the UK’s longest standing specialist parent-infant relationship team. “We know that babyhood is a unique time of both maximum opportunity & maximum risk...if we don't #SpeakUpForBabies, their needs get lost.”

[GroBrain @grobrain]

This is an absolutely fantastic initiative, seeking to get as many children as possible genned up on the importance of the early years and 🧠 development as part of their school curriculum. 👏🏻These are future parents who will be far more informed and aware when the time comes! 👏🏻

[SEEN Programme @SEENProgramme]

The #SEENProgramme includes curriculum materials around #braindevelopment and the role of #caregivers in the first 5 years of life. Join the #SEENCommunity to find out more and download the free lesson resources. Sign-up at https://t.co/d3QM5dSuMb.

#edutwitter #STEM #psychology

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

It’s only a matter of time before your baby is talking up a storm!

Over the past two days we’ve looked at the role that mom’s voice plays in helping to organize newborns’ receptive and expressive language around the native tongue to which they were exposed during the final trimester of pregnancy.

And yesterday we focused in on newborns earliest vocalizations: cries, grunts, and squeaks.

But it won’t be long before your baby begins making a much happier set of sounds - which also mark a first verbal milestone: cooing.

Coos tend to be a combination of vowel sounds and laughter, which make them a true delight. They are not only an expression of contentedness but an early form of socialization.

Listen here as baby Millie (shown at 4 months of age) experiments with her voice. Could there be a better sound than a happy baby?

If you hadn’t/haven’t started already, the cooing phase is a perfect time to really get focused on serve and return interactions. When your baby coos, coo right back, taking turns as you go! (Don’t forget to give your baby wait time to respond.)

And get all the cooing video you can as well, because your little one is on the march to full blown speech - and this adorable phase won’t last long.

Tomorrow we’ll look at the next developmental progression here: Babbling.

This darling little one was shared to TT by megz.brooke.

[Gerry🧠🌱 @gerrydiamond71]

Buried in our nervous system. 🧠🌱

[Brazelton Centre UK @BrazeltonUK]

📢Don't miss the opportunity to apply for one of our bursaries!
We have 16 bursaries available for fully-funded places on our NBAS (worth £760) and NBO (worth £480) courses!
PLEASE HELP US SHARE this opportunity with your network🙏
https://t.co/sdIBzdDdah

[NCB in Northern Ireland @ncb_ni_tweets]

@KarenJBateson Karen draws the audience's attention to a report by
@ParentInfantFdn on impact of specialised parent-infant relationship teams (read that report here https://t.co/pe8jepfQsc) as well as this @UNICEF_uk toolkit supporting action on infant mental health https://t.co/QtM7xNJURR.

[NCB in Northern Ireland @ncb_ni_tweets]

Graham points to a rare epidemiological study of infant mental health that shows the percentage of babies with serious mental health disorders is the same as experienced by older children and adolescents. Read an abstract here https://t.co/P1vmRtDuwS #SpeakUpForBabies

[NCB in Northern Ireland @ncb_ni_tweets]

"When infants and infant mental health are rendered invisible there is in effect age discrimination, which I would argue there is in the lack of provision of specialist mental health services for infants as a distinct age group," Graham says. #SpeakUpForBabies

[GroBrain @grobrain]

Over and over again indeed!

[Dr Karen Bateson @KarenJBateson]

Solidarity to those saying the same thing over and over again until everyone’s heard it: babies and babyhood really matter. For right now and for the future.