| Welcome to the third of our TIPS e-newsletters. With each issue I will you give you a small flavour of what TIPS is doing, products on test for my new TIPS Awards, new publications to read and of course lots of excellent TIPS on breastfeeding, baby skincare and other related topics. |
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...... Feedback from new look TIPS website ......
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I am thrilled to say the response to our new look TIPS website has been amazing and you have been queuing up to become members and parent testers! I have personally interviewed each new tester and the latest TIPS test on baby skincare products is well underway (look out for the results later in the autumn).
The results of the breast pads/treatments tests are now online (more about these later in this newsletter).
I also have six pregnant parent testers testing four brands of TENS machine so look out for these results online.
I continue to be surprised and delighted with the numbers of new testers who are signing up (we now have almost 100 on the database!) alongside many new members.
Your feedback on problems faced during breastfeeding continues to highlight the help that parents need during those early weeks. I can already tell you that almost half of the FAQs I answer as a breastfeeding consultant are a direct result of conflicting advice. This is why I have decided to add new FAQs on skincare and related topics to the breastfeeding FAQs already online at www.tipslimited.com. As a wee treat for your little ones, we will also be adding some animated TIPS ducks to the members’ area so they can also feel part of the TIPS community. If you have any other suggestions for what you would like included then feel free to email us.
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This is Nicole just after a breast feed and I think you will agree that she looks like the cat that got the cream! Thank you to Mum, who is one of my parent testers, for sending this in. A signed copy of ‘Breastfeeding: the essential guide’ was sent to Mum Andrea who donated it to Tarynn. |
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This little chap looks so angelic I just had to share him with you. His name is Daniel and his Mum is also one of my parent testers. A signed copy of ‘Breastfeeding: the essential guide’ was sent to
Mum Kim who donated it to Anna. |
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I first came across this range back in 2005 when it was featured in the Channel 4 programme ‘Make me a million’, which it went on to win. I agreed to be their advisor if they were willing to advise parents to use just plain water for the first month of life (refreshingly different at the time). This was not the only difference. Halos n Horns products are not only free from sulphates (SLS & SLES) which can irritate delicate skin, but they are also reasonably priced and smell gorgeous. No wonder they sold by the crateful and have recently been the subject of a take-over by new owners Ceuta Healthcare. I have been invited to continue as Baby Skincare Advisor and you can read my TOP TIPS on the Halos n Horns website alongside regular FAQs on baby skincare issues. I am delighted to have included the full Halos n Horns range in my baby skincare testing which is out to testers as we speak. Good luck to Halos n Horns and to the 47 other wonderful products that I have chosen to test. I look forward to collating the 248 score sheets later in the summer.
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.........TIPS featured events - webchats |
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I am pleased to report that I have now completed four out of my six live webchats on the Mother & Baby website. It has been great fun working with the chat room staff, chatting to new parents online and answering questions on different baby skincare issues each month.
These webchats run from April to September (see diary page for details). I would like to thank Comfort Pure for sponsoring this event.
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If you would like your baby or toddler to feature in the next issue of the TIPS e-newsletter, just email me their picture. |
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.....TIPS featured events....
Nursing in Practice Event......
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London, 25 September 2007 |
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I am honoured to be presenting my work on baby skincare to other primary healthcare professionals at this year’s London Nursing in Practice Event.
In addition to their magazine and website, Nursing in Practice delivers a series of events. These are the largest series of free conferences and exhibitions dedicated to primary care nurses across the UK. These in depth educational conferences address all the current clinical and policy issues affecting the primary care community. Nursing in Practice Events have been running since 2003 and all previous events have received approval from the RCN Accreditation Unit.
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| TIPS top tip |
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Breastfeeding following breast reduction surgery is possible. Breastfeeding After Breast Surgery (BFAR) has a great website with lots of information and reassuring true stories visit www.bfar.org to find out more |
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Baby care - back to basics
leaflet (version 4) |
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......TIPS featured book ................... Babysense by Megan Faure
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I have to thank one of my parent testers for introducing me to this delightful book that is full of commonsense advice about ‘sensual’ parenting and commonsense ways to settle your baby (I feel a calming theme throughout this newsletter). As well as providing sleep, calming and development solutions in their best selling baby care book, Baby Sense® also offer calming baby care products and services for parent. Megan is based in South Africa where skin-to-skin contact is widely practiced. Babysense now have three websites: one for South Africa, one for the USA and one for the UK.
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I am pleased to announce that the
new sponsor for my Baby care - back to basics leaflet is Halos n Horns. This is the first company who were willing to advocate the use of plain water for the first month of life and I have agreed to be their online baby skincare advisor. Look out for my baby skincare advice and tips at Halo GB. If you would like a free copy of my Baby care - back to basics leaflet please email me. |
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....TIPS featured products
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With the completion of the breast pads and treatments tests I have two new ‘Best of the best’ products to feature. Lilypadz are a truly amazing innovation in breastpads. These breathable, transparent, silicone breast pads fit discreetly under any clothing and work by exerting a gentle pressure on the nipples. Similarly Bio-Fem instant relief compress are a life saver for sore nipples.
Congratulations to the winning companies.The full results of tests, are published on this website.
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..........TIPS competition ....
TIPS competition.... . |
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...... TIPS Featured article |
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A recent paper comparing early cup feeding against other types of supplementary feeding has been the subject of a systematic review by the Cochrane Database. The full reference is: Flint A, New K, Davies MW. Cup feeding versus other forms of supplemental enteral feeding for newborn infants unable to fully breastfeed. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD005092. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005092.pub2. Follow this link for more details.
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I am pleased to announce that Dream Technology Ltd has kindly donated one of their wonderful Dream Movers as the prize for this newsletter competition. All you have to do is email me with the answer to the following question:
How much do the TIPS duck handmade solid gold earrings cost? |
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..... TIPS featured FAQs - Breastfeeding, general baby skincare, baby laundry or summer suncare? |
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| Follow this link for all the answers to 44 FAQs on breastfeeding and 24 FAQs on baby skincare topics |
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| .... News in brief ....... News in brief....... News in brief |
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I did manage to squeeze in a short holiday with my family and we jetted off to New York for an exciting week. As well as all the usual site seeing, I met up with my new friend, a student midwife from Brooklyn, NY, who runs an excellent website: www.studentmidwife.org. She has put me in touch with her Postpartum Manager at the Lenox Hill Hospital, NY where I was able to drop off supplies of my Babycare - back to basics™ leaflet and associated articles. I am hoping that the message about safe skincare will soon spread and I am delighted to report that I have just had my first parent tester sign up from the USA. |
Follow the links below to see previous issues of our e-newsletter |
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| .... TIPS competition winners.... |
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e-competition – ended 15 May
Question: What is the subject of Sharon’s next webinar for midirs in July?
Answer: Cup feeding
Winner: Helen from Bexleyheath e-competition – ended 15 June
Question: What is vernix?
Answer: It is the sticky white substance that covers your baby’s skin in the womb
Winner: Suzanne from Crawley e-competition – ended 15 July
Question: Who is the new sponsor of version 4 'Babycare - back to basics' leaflets?
Answer: Halos n Horns / Ceuta Healthcare Ltd
Winner: Kate from Northampton e-newsletter issue 2 competition:
What is the name of the open top cup that Sharon recommends in her cup feeding article?
The answer was of course the ‘Doidy cup’
Winner: Annette from Skegness |
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