Mother’s Day is a lovely moment to pause and reflect on just how much us mums do every single day. At Hushabye Hands, we’re lucky enough to see it up close week in and week out. We see the mums and grandmas cuddling their babies close during class. We see you chasing curious toddlers around the room. We see the tired smiles after another broken night’s sleep. And yes… we see the attempts to drink a hot cup of tea or coffee before it goes cold. It rarely happens. 🙈 But despit

Children’s Mental Health Week is a chance to pause and really reflect on how our children are feeling, not just how they’re behaving ❤️ This year’s focus reminds us that children thrive when they feel safe, understood and connected. Mental health isn’t something that suddenly appears in adolescence. It’s shaped gently, day by day, from the very beginning. Why children’s mental health matters A child’s emotional wellbeing affects everything. How they learn, how they play, how

Before babies can calm themselves, they borrow calm from us ❤️ This is called co-regulation, and it’s one of the most powerful parts of early connection. From the very beginning, babies use our bodies to regulate theirs. When we hold them close, especially skin to skin, their heart rate, breathing and even body temperature begin to match ours. That’s why skin to skin feels so instinctive and so magical. It’s biology, not a parenting trend. Because babies regulate through us,