Mums Matter Breakfast - New Beginnings Celebration 23/01/25

Mums Matter!

We're delighted to invite you to a special breakfast with mocktails and croissant to celebrate the New Year! These monthly breakfasts are a great place to meet and make friends. Each month we have activities to support your mental health and emotional wellbeing thanks to your host, Aileen White from My Birth Support CIC. This month we will also be joined by to help you receive practical support for the new beginnings in your life whether this is a:

• new baby
• weaning
• returning to work
• starting nursery

Offered on a donation basis, but booking is essential:

Thanks to grants, we are able to offer this special breakfast on a donation basis on the day. Please book a place for each adult for free. On the day, please donate as generously as you are able to help ensure everyopne can attend regardless of income. Your contribution on the day will help to ensure this affordable mental health support continues for everyone in 2025.

You Eventbrite ticket and donation includes:

• Breakfast croissant and mocktails
• specialist support from Hannah and Aileen
• A contribution towards the venue, staffing costs and volunteer expences.

Timings:

This will be a very relaxed breakfast. You can come straight from the school run (if you do one) and enjoy your breakfast while others arrive.

Pre-schoolers and babies are welcome:

You're pre-school children and babies are welcome, there will be toys for them to play while you enjoy yourself.

You don't have to come with children:

By the way, you don't have to come with children you can come and celebrate with us child free! Just come and relax with us over breakfast!

Getting to Thanington Resource Centre, Canterbury:

Thanington Road is on the bus route out of Canterbury to Ashford, up Wincheap Road. The Centre is only 5 minutes walk from Wincheap park and ride. There is plenty of parking, friendly staff and accessible toilets for us to use.

Introducing Hannah Croft IBCLC:

I've been working with families and children for 25 years (since I started babysiting at 15!) I'm now an IBCLC (Lactation Consultant) and most importantly I'm a mum myself. I recognise how important it is to make time and space for activites that bring us joy. I really hope you'll join us for what promises to be a great morning!
I'll be on hand at the January breakfast to offer support for your new beginnings, so please do let me know if there's anything I can help with, maybe painful breastfeeding, unsettled babies, bottle refusal, navigating teething or starting solids, or maybe returning to work...or anything else! I'll be happy to help!

Introducing Aileen, your host from My Birth Support CIC:

"You matter mum, it's vital that you know that! If no one cares for you, how can you keep giving out to everyone else? I'm a mum too and I remember how full on it was when my children were babies and pre-schoolers. The transition into parenthood is daunting and overwhelming when it's going well, never mind if you have had a difficult or traumatic experience in the process. seeking support and creating time for celebration is vital to help you keep going as a parent!

I've been supporting the emotional wellbeing of mums, parents and families for over 11 years now after overcoming Tokophobia (fear of childbirth) myself. I'd love to offer this pampering time to you because mums matter, because YOU matter!

I look forward to celebrating with you there!"

Host or Publisher Aileen White of My BIrth