If you have any capacity for horror left, here is a long article on Kash Patel and the current state of the FBI. h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social gift article link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I'm quoted in today's @the-independent.com on a new report from parliament's Health & Social Care Committee. Here at @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social we are calling for 'Healthy Babies' services to be available in every local area, not just the 75 currently funded: www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob consisting of 30 musicians and singers on a street in Paris. I reckon Freddie Mercury would have loved this. [Sorry ... had to choose the lowest quality and cut into two for BlueSky. Hopefully the audio survived.] 🧵 1/2

Delighted for you @laylamoran.bsky.social and so glad to see colleagues' understanding of the importance of parental leave. We have submitted evidence to your inquiry on the First 1001 days too. Sending love and best wishes to you all.

We're delighted to announce we've been awarded more than £1 million from The National Lottery Community Fund to create a new National Parent-Infant Relationship (PAIR) Framework! Working with delivery partners Ideas Alliance & Anna Freud, we can't wait to get started! Details👉 bit.ly/4jF3G75

Huge well done to my colleague @bencurran.bsky.social who ran th London marathon today for my old employer @asthmaandlung.org.uk What an amazing achievement! 👏👏👏

Making my day is Coco thinking this monkey toy is a real and present danger.

Lovely long-read in today's @thetimes.com explaining how babies communicate and the importance of talking to them. Also how traumatic births can impact bonding and why parents who are struggling need support. That's our mission at @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...

@pippaheylings.bsky.social asked whether Start for Life services could be extended to every area of England, including to her South Cambridgeshire constituency. The government confirmed that it holds the ambition to ensure that start for life services reach every child.

📢New All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Babies launched!👶The new Group's purpose is to champion the needs of vulnerable babies & will be led by the elected officers @mayaellismp.bsky.social @elsieblundellmp.bsky.social Patrick Spencer MP & Freddie van Mierlo MP. More details 👉bit.ly/4f8Ved6

Fantastic hand knitted dog blanket in Brockwell park. Anyone with kids may remember Elma the Elephant's patchwork hide. Model: a sweet elderly giant lab/great dane cross. My dog in background for scale. #elephantdog

How exciting! Think I've worked out what my surprise Christmas present is this year. Or maybe it's just a dream... www.google.com/amp/s/www.bb...

Any suggestions please for how to check if a melody you have written is new or if it's a tune you've heard and unconsciously copied? Not sure Shazam can identify single notes on a piano, I think it just does full tracks. 🙉

Delighted that our #SpeakUpForBabies campaign has made an impact. We secured another year of funding for the national Start for Life programme, which helps new parents and babies who are struggling with mental health, breastfeeding and bonding. Today Keir Starmer made 'giving every child the ...

Today's Budget epitomises the long-standing policy problem that responsibility for babies and toddlers' health and wellbeing is not held by a single government department. It's on the list of several, and the priority of none. Why does this matter? Because intervening in the early months is the ...

This has made my weekend. Also excellent for anyone who says Germans don't have a sense of humour. youtube.com/shorts/xWcwY...

Keen to know what upside there is to the winter solstice. Best one so far seems to be Saturnalia. Slaves and masters swap roles. So that's the kids doing all the work today is it? Advice pls www.britannica.com/topic/Saturn...

True test of whether you really do have a small ego is - are you willing to share your Monzo unwrapped? Just looked at mine and it was so utterly depressingly middle aged that I am ashamed to share. Eg. Top shopping was 🙈 Ocado. #predictable #bubble #middleage

This week I have been repeatedly thinking 'why oh why did we not publish something now!?' It's such a quiet domestic news week. But then I realise why. Everyone is simply exhausted and trying to make it through the end of term school shows to Xmas without catching Covid or Noro again 🤞

Whoever dreamt up the gremlins had a dog like Coco I'm sure. Cute and friendly until you try to take away the random mouldy teabag she's found on the street. When she turns into a monster.