In this soothing episode of mothers talking, Natalie and Jenna explore the sometimes controversial topic of sleep, in babies, toddlers and beyond. We look at how the decisions we make with sleep have a deep and lasting impact on us and our children and as always how trusting your gut and ignoring the 'shoulds' is always best for you and your baby.

This is the blog Jenna mentions during the show.

https://www.theminimalistdoula.com/blog/night-time-parenting

And if you have any thoughts you would like to share with us please do email us at motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com

We would love to hear from you.

In this special episode of mothers talking in honour of World Down Syndrome Day, Jenna chats to Susie Baxter whose beautiful son Ziggy has Down syndrome. Ziggy and Jenna's son Jude met in their speech and language class run by the wonderful Down syndrome charity, 21&co. Susie shares her journey with Ziggy as well as exploring what Down syndrome means to her.

*We do touch on some very sensitive issues in this episode including baby loss and termination so please be mindful when listening*

Useful links:

Ziggy's instagram

@zigstar21

Positive about Down Syndrome

https://positiveaboutdownsyndrome.co.uk/

21&Co

http://www.21andco.org.uk/

Tommy's

https://www.tommys.org/baby-loss-support

In this curious episode of mothers talking, Natalie and Jenna chat to mums, Molly Russell and Tahmina Pinnington-Mannan, about their unicorn births, in particular the difficulty they have had in sharing their experiences. Have you ever heard of a unicorn birth? Maybe you've had one? Maybe you want one? Come and have a listen and find out what it's all about.

If you would like to get in touch with us about any of our episodes, please email us at

motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com

In this enlightening episode of mothers talking, Jenna is thrilled to chat to the warm and wise Peter Walker, father of five, developmental baby massage expert and author, whose latest book, 'The Resilient Child' is out now.

Jenna and Peter discuss a baby's first 1001 critical days from conception to toddlerhood, explore what's important for a child to thrive in those early days, weeks and months, as well as how Peter has helped, Jenna's son Jude, through his incredible developmental delay clinic.

If you would like to reach out to Peter, his email address is

walker@thebabieswebsite.com

And you can learn more about his work and order his books here, thank you.

www.thebabieswebsite.com

In this absorbing episode of mothers talking, Natalie chats to Hannah Rafael, mum to George, about their journey with George's school stress.  George was struggling after the pandemic and as he transitioned to secondary school, the environment only  encouraged his anxiety further which led to his eventual school refusal.  Stressful though it was, Hannah reflects on how it was necessary for her son to take a break from the school system to find himself again.  

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Natalie and Jenna are back together in this episode of mothers talking, chatting all about discomfort.  A thoughtful discussion about why discomfort is important and how we actually need more of it and the gifts it brings.  Is your life getting too comfortable? Is comfort wrapped in convenience actually blocking our sense of self?

We now have an email address so please feel free to write to us and let us know your thoughts at motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com.

In this informative episode of mothers talking, Jenna chats to her good friend, Dr Natalie Green about her journey with her son Rupert.  As a baby, Rupert had severe allergies and the knee-jerk medical advice was to stop breastfeeding. Natalie wasn't prepared to do that so challenged this concept and with a positive outlook, lots of love and determination, Natalie breastfed Rupert who is now nearly allergy free.  Thank you Natalie for sharing your inspiring story with us.

We are back after the summer break and have our first father talking in this unique episode of mothers talking.  Will Squire openly shares his thoughts and feelings on the births of his two children, Francis and Clara and why they were so different.  Will and his wife Jo, reflect particularly on how the environment for birth was so important to their experience, with their first child being born at hospital and their second being born at home.