BREAKING: Wales to become FIRST Marmot nation 🙌   It’s great to be working with @michaelmarmot.bsky.social to adopt his eight principles to tackle health inequalities.   By adopting these principles, we’ll be able to support better health and wellbeing for us all. www.gov.wales/wales-become...

Today we've launched new research which shows a growing number of parent-infant relationship teams across the UK. But in many areas, specialist support is still not available. Find out more & help us ask #Whoisholdingthebaby?’ this #IMHAW2025 👉bit.ly/43ys30y

It’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week. With 1 in 10 babies living in fear, confusion and distress, it has never been more important to ask the question ‘Who is holding the baby?’ Get involved and find out more bit.ly/4mC14bY #IMHAW2025 #Whoisholdingthebaby

Good luck Karen! We’ll be rooting* for you Please do support Karen if you can. All money raised is being doubled by a matched funder. (* niche pun for those who know babies 😎)

New report from @CentreforMH and @nhsconfed’s Mental Health Network highlights six key areas of mental health where investment could boost mental health and represent good value for money: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications... #InvestInMentalHealth #HealthVisiting

Introducing the Perinatal Mental Health Symptom Checker, a tool developed with women with lived experience and clinical experts to help parents - and those around them - recognise the signs of perinatal mental illnesses. 💜 Please download and share: maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/parents #MMHAW25

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

iHV is delighted to celebrate the launch of the Wales Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Delivery Plan. Published yesterday, the 10-year plan outlines ambitions to ensure people in #Wales live in communities that promote and support #MentalHealth and #wellbeing ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...

Well here it is, great to see a focus on improving support of the F1000 days in a baby’s life including support for parent-infant relationships 🙌 www.gov.wales/mental-healt...

#iHVMembers - join us at our next iHV Research Networking event on 2 April, 9:30-11:30am. Louisa Clifford-Taylor, iHV Health Visitor Research Associate, will be sharing her PhD research - find out more and book your place here:

It is great to see our Feasibility and Acceptability study of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB) published in BMJ Paediatrics Open buff.ly/gdfEYhQ #HealthVisiting

The Health and Social Care Committee has launched a new inquiry on the first 1000 days of life, the period from a child’s conception to age 2 – widely recognised as a critical period for development which fundamentally shapes long-term health, well-being, & life outcomes. ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...

It can be tricky to assess parent-infant relationships without resorting to checklists, or risking them feeling bad about themselves or their baby We're working on developing a strengths-based, infant voice centred self assessment - here's progress so far, comments very welcome!

We're hiring! Are you a passionate communicator, have experience of public sector procurement & an understanding of community services & development work? Apply by 30 March for this exciting, newly created role as Head of Service for a new Hope and Healing project. ❤️ Read more 👉 buff.ly/SKsZrTB

We desperately need to develop infant & early childhood mental health curricula in all health and social care professional trainings. This new article from the University of Washington provides an example. But with NHSE going, who is going to do it now? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40044273/

So excited to see this launched, amazing work by a great team 🙌 ctmuhb.nhs.wales/news/latest-...

Recommendations please. I’m looking for something to read about why teenage rebellions went out of fashion. What societal changes mean teens are getting sad more than mad? Somebody must have written about this. @profatarrant.bsky.social

Great to be a part of this alongside some incredible colleagues in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & across the UK www.brazelton.co.uk/champions/

We are delighted to contribute to Ferdinando & Luigi Innocenti Foundation's ambitious vision through our report Sparking Joy: Creating thriving environments for young people to thrive, written by Dr Jen Daffin fli.foundation/news/sparkin...

A reminder that every baby is harmed when there is domestic abuse, either directly (physically/ emotionally by the perpetrator) or indirectly by the family stress, dynamics and other impacts such as poorer parental mental health. www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...

As we watch political-systems earthquakes, it is useful to be reminded that the capacities for democracy are instilled in childhood. The sense of emotional 'securefulness' embedded in young childrn's stress systems shapes everything that follows, including voting. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This new framework from The Royal Foundation, Centre for Early Childhood is excellent. Social & Emotional skills that develop in early childhood play such an important part in our health across the lifespan. 👀 👇 centreforearlychildhood.org/our-work/res...

We at CTMUHB are very excited to be part of this next phase of the ADBB study. 🙌

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Young Person’s Senior Participation Lead for Wales to join our team and be part of our journey! Apply by 29 Jan online (http://platfform.org - search 'Current Opportunities') or email [email protected] for a detailed job spec.

Fantastic opportunity 👇

Read our @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social response to this important research from the team at UCL NIHR Children’s Policy Research Unit on what parents and professionals want from child development reviews 👶🏾👶🏼👶🏿- spoiler alert🚨- pretty much the same things👇

⛄️Day 20⛄️ parent-infant relationships advent calendar 2024 @artatthestart.bsky.social are exploring the opportunities that art brings to supporting and strengthening parent-infant relationships youtu.be/Ow5ga30cAI8

Hello Blue Sky We are Parents Voices in Wales CIC. A social enterprise company based in Wales supporting and advocating for neurodivergent families. Please share our handle so we can reconnect with our previous Twitter Family. Thank you ☺️ #neurodiversity #mentalhealth #uncrc #inclusion

Watched MBRRACE published today re perinatal loss and dedicated section to supporting those who may need language support. We have co-produced a resource for commissioners, managers and clinical staff in maternity www.mamaacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u... 1/5

Check out this brilliant TEDxNHS talk by the wonder Breathe Arts Health Research youtube.com/watch?v=CU7Y...

ICYMI (which I did!) - Here's a brilliant review paper from @scottishgovernment.bsky.social about #Dads and their #PerinatalMentalHealth. This is a topic that doesn't receive lots of attention so it's great to see this inequality getting much needed consideration. www.gov.scot/publications...

⛄️ Day 5 ⛄️ Parent-infant relationships advent calendar 2024 The Rare Jewels report (2019) by was ground-breaking. It laid out the compelling case for parent-infant relationship services & is stuffed like a Xmas stocking with gems of useful info parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/our-work/cam...

🎄Day 4🎄of the parent-infant relationships advent calendar 2025 @EmergingMindsAU (Australia) are a fabulous bunch, and they do lots of free online courses incl infant MH, child MH & much more. They have 5 online courses relevant to PAIRs learning.emergingminds.com.au/pathway/infa....

🎄Day 3 🎄 of the PARENT-INFANT RELATIONSHIPS Advent Calendar 2024 I’ve done @BrazeltonUK NBO training so know how useful it is for anyone working with parents & new babies (up to 3 months). (Some pre-requisites required: see website) brazelton.co.uk

We are delighted to launch our latest Annual Report detailing the progress and many highlights of the Institute over the last year - showcasing the breadth of work supported by our members and the wide range of partners we have been privileged to work with. https://buff.ly/49eMFfm #HealthVisiting

⛄️Day 2⛄️ PARENT-INFANT RELATIONSHIPs Advent Calendar Watch Me Play! Is a brilliant intervention to support parent-baby relationships. The manual is free to download & you can book a 2-day training. Pre-requisites apply. tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/our-models-o...

🎄Day 1🎄 Parent-Infant Relationships Advent Calendar (training, resources & reports) Solihull Approach 2-day foundation is a great gateway training for anyone interested in supporting PARENT-INFANT RELATIONSHIPS (PAIRs). solihullapproachparenting.com/solihull-app...

‘Early relationships shape babies' social and emotional development and influence many key outcomes’

We won't lie - we're still figuring out BlueSky. In the meanwhile, want to be our friend? We love everything early childhood and nerd out on baby brain science.