Exeter Babies

27/04/2026

We were chatting earlier about cinema with babies! ..
The picture house does indeed run a 'Watch with Baby' screening...

enjoy!

Baby cinema movie screenings, exclusively for parents or carers with babies under the age of one.

13/02/2026

🍼 Struggling to find milk for your formula-fed baby because of the ?

TOP TIPS
🤱 If you’re mixed feeding, more if you can

1️⃣ You can use any first infant formula for 0-12 months, whether powdered or liquid – they all provide the nutrients your baby needs. You may notice changes in your baby’s poo but switching between first infant formulas is safe

2️⃣ Follow on formula can be used for 6-12 months (whether powdered or liquid) but NEVER give follow-on formula to babies under 6 months old

3️⃣ 4️⃣ NEVER give growing up or toddler milks or drinks to babies under 12 months

❌ Be aware that no formula milks are necessary at all for children over 12 months

❗ Only use a specialised formula milk (lactose-free, anti-reflux, comfort) on the advice of a medical professional

REMEMBER
🦠 Powdered formula milks are NOT STERILE: Always follow the NHS advice on making up and storing formula to minimise the risk of bacterial contamination which can make your baby sick.

🤖 Formula preparation machines often do not produce water that is hot enough to kill any bacteria in the formula powder, so it’s best to avoid using them at all.

For more *independent*, expert information on formula for parents who use formula to feed their babies, see www.firststepsnutrition.org/parents-carers

NHS Food Standards Agency Professor Amy Brown - Breastfeeding Uncovered National Breastfeeding Helpline UK Institute of Health Visiting

29/12/2025

This!….
This graph is totally it…

Breastfeeding often feels hardest right at the beginning.
The learning curve is steep. Your body is healing. Your baby is figuring things out. You’re tired, unsure, and doing something brand new—together.

This graph is the part no one explains well enough: with time, it gets easier.
Not perfect. Not effortless. But more familiar. More intuitive. Less all-consuming.

Your baby grows.
Your body adapts.
Your confidence builds.

What feels overwhelming in the early weeks often softens into rhythm. And if today feels heavy, it doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong—it means you’re in the hardest part.

Stay curious. Ask for support. Rest when you can.
And know this: difficulty early on does not predict failure later.

You’re learning. Your baby is learning.
And that matters more than any single hard day.

16/11/2025

I have this fab nappy bag at The Baby Room if you want to come and have a play!


Support your local Nappy nutter!

09/10/2025

Anyone fancy helping us at The Baby Room?…

Next peer support course starts in February 2026 on a Thursday morning on Zoom
Email [email protected] or PM us for more details

05/07/2025

This wasn’t going to be my post for today, but I just popped to our local garden centre and saw that they had plant pot recycling…. It’s up the hill on the left of the car park by the ‘goods inward’ sign. This is a hard to recycle plastic, especially black ones. I’ve no idea what they do with them hopefully they reuse them first.

04/07/2025

I forgot to post yesterday about
Now that Nancy is driving 😬 I get to enjoy a cup of tea on the go in my mug.
Take away cups although no longer plastic lined are environmentally costly to produce and recycle. Lids are still often plastic too.

02/07/2025

So it’s and I generally try to do a post a day about something I do at home which helps us to be more plastic free… I was trying to take pictures of how I wrap my kids sandwiches up, as they both complain about having lunchboxes.
Basically, I use cereal box inners, bread bags, or any food grade plastic I can wash and reuse, secured with either an elastic band, string or Sellotape.
Elsie is running late and so this is a terrible picture of her sandwiches wrapped in a cereal wrapper ….

I don’t buy clingfilm, it can’t be recycled, I know it’s not exactly expensive but it saves me money not to have to buy something which I then would throw away….. where is away anyway? 

01/07/2025

Happy Plastic Free July!!!!
This month is time to think about stuff.
The planet IS heating up, we need to reduce our consumption, reuse things and recycle things.
Here’s me and the lovely Hannah talking it through….

Enjoy!

The Outdoors Group Podcast · Episode

04/05/2025

It’s great that this article has even been written but can you believe they highlight a brand which has stopped trading! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🙄🤦‍♀️🙄🤦‍♀️
AND didn’t even mention nappy hire and the Uk nappy network of people like me!
Please come in for a trial kit!

https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/may/01/best-eco-friendly-baby-products?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6jMzscrNeHWdwDpZkTI4T6abIH-5LnEIdxRATWjmK_nKkIudxWBCaZqvdbeA_aem_Nv8EpLs0K_bL6wTnR6JXTg

Small swaps can make a big difference to a baby’s carbon footprint, but where to begin? We asked parents for the planet-friendly products they swear by