The MotherBorn Collective CIC

09/06/2026

✨️ HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF MOTHERBORN ✨️

As you all know by now, here at MotherBorn we're super passionate about supporting families through pregnancy, early parenthood and beyond.

As MotherBorn continues to grow, we're exploring ways to expand the support, services and opportunities available to local families.

If you're a local mum, dad or carer, we'd love to hear your thoughts about the kinds of activities, workshops, resources and services that would be most valuable to you and your family in the future.

Our survey should take around 5 minutes to complete - the link is available in the comments.

Drop us a ❤️ in the comments when you've completed it yourself and we will send you virtual thank you hugs (or high fives if you're not a hugger 😆)!

Thank you so much for helping us shape support that truly meets the needs of local families 🩷 we appreciate you!

31/05/2026

✨️ Timetable for JUNE & JULY ✨️

We'll be back at MotherBorn @ The Annexe tomorrow and this is what our next half-term's timetable looks like 👀

Some classes are already fully booked thanks to you lovely lot jumping on them super quickly... thank you so much! 🫶🏻

All available classes and 1:1 support can be booked via the links in our bio.

For our drop-in groups and drop-in support, we ask for a suggested minimum donation of £4 to help us cover costs and keep our services running - but only if you can afford to do so. DROP-INs don’t need booking – just turn up!

🩷 Mondays

9:15-12:00pm – DROP-IN support with feeding, slings & more (term-time only)

10:00-12:00pm - Roamers with Caroline (FULLY BOOKED)

🧡 Tuesdays

10:00-11:00am – Bubba Gym with Bubbalou (FULLY BOOKED)

11:30-12:30pm - Tummy Time Tribe with Bubbalou (1 SPACE LEFT)

💛 Wednesdays

10:00-12:00pm – DROP-IN Nurslings (for bumps & babies up to crawling)

💙 17th June & 15th July - Bump & Brew Socials for parents-to-be. Chilled chat about all things impending parenthood (BOOK VIA WEBSITE). Tickets are completely free thanks to sponsorship by

💚 Thursdays

9:15-12:00pm – DROP-IN support with feeding, slings & more (term-time only)

10:00-12:00pm – Inbetweenies (for babies crawling to walking, but not quite able to hold their own in a toddler group) - (FULLY BOOKED)

💙 Fridays

1:15-2:30pm – Mama & Baby: Relax & Restore - baby massage & mums yoga (BOOK VIA WEBSITE)

💜 Saturday 27th June

10:00-11:00am - Baby Rockers with Rhys. Fantastically fun Rock & Roll for all the family! No Twinkle Twinkle to be heard anywhere... think more Killers & Iron Maiden etc 🤟🏻 (BOOK VIA WEBSITE)

🤱🏽 1:1 support with feeding your baby and our antenatal "Preparing to Breastfeed" sessions are available by appointment.

Breast pumps & a growing selection of carriers and slings are available to hire also. All our TENS machines are currently back in and ready to hire too 🤰🏼

Send this to a local mama who needs to know that we're here for support with all things motherhood & help us spread the word 🥰

26/05/2026

✨️ HEATWAVE HELP✨️

Let's face it, we all appreciate a bit of sun in the summertime along with a bit of heat so we can hang the coat up for a bit... but it's a right royal pain in the backside when you have a tiny person to look after. You're all hot, sticky, and grumpy... and so are they!!

Needless to say, it's a common concern of mums everywhere how to keep their baby hydrated when you yourself are gasping for fluids on the regular!!

Hope this helps:

🩷 Exclusively Breastfed Babies - direct at breast or pumped milk: Simply offer feeds more regularly. Breastmilk is magic and will adapt perfectly to their needs throughout the day. You may well find your baby does this anyway and feeds are shorter yet more frequent.

🧡 Combi-fed Babies - ramp up the breastfeeds/breastmilk if you can. If your little one is more formula fed than breastmilk fed, occasional sips of cooled boiled water may be necessary between feeds (but I mean sips, and not before a milk feed! You do not want them filling up on empty calories). Do not water down formula under any circumstances!

💛 Formula fed Babies - offer normal feeds, plus sips of cooled boiled water if needed. Again, sips only and not directly before a milk feed for the same reason as above. Do not water down formula under any circumstances!

If you're concerned about your baby at any time, speak to a health professional ASAP.

I honestly totally get the struggle - I remember heatwaves well when my eldest was dinky. ALL the Googling of what he should be wearing, do I give him water, how to cool a hot and p*ssed off baby (and mama!) down etc.... I'd love to tell you it gets easier, but it just gets different... now I'm dealing with fights over who gets the fan! 🫠

Good luck mamas, you've got this! ✨️

14/05/2026

✨️ FUNDED & FREE! ✨️

Feeling hugely grateful this week 💕

We’re so pleased to share that Devon Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership are sponsoring ticket costs for the next 6 months of Bump & Brew Socials, meaning these sessions are now completely FREE for expectant parents to attend! 🩷

Alongside this, the wonderful Kingsbridge Town Council have awarded us £500 to help support our Bump & Brew sessions over the next 6 months too 🥰 this means we'll able to make these sessions fully sustainable until at least October... so very grateful for this 🙏🏻

As a small grassroots organisation, support like this means so much to us. It allows us to continue creating welcoming spaces where parents-to-be can connect, access evidence-based information, ask questions, and feel more confident as they prepare for life with a new baby.

It also feels incredibly validating to know that local organisations see the value in the work we do and in supporting families during such a huge life transition 🥹

Community support matters. Early support matters. Parents matter.

Our next Bump & Brew session is happening on Wednesday 20th May (next week!) from 6-7:30pm at Tots Playhouse and bookings are open now ✨

If you’re expecting a baby and looking for a relaxed, supportive space to meet other parents-to-be, come and join us for good coffee, honest conversation, and preparation for the fourth trimester.

Drinks & snacks available separately from Tots until 7pm.

We’d love to see you there 🤍

04/05/2026

✨️ THIS ONE TIME, AT MOTHERBORN... ✨️

Sorry, couldn't resist... if you're as old as me, you'll hopefully get the reference in the title 🤣 if you don't, then you're missing out on a very funny film (but don't watch it with the kids about... it is definitely NOT suitable!).

Anyway, I digress... this is just a snapshot of what we got up to last week during our Roamers & Inbetweenies sessions. Lots of playing, snacking, chatting and exploring ❤️

It doesn't include our Nurslings group for non-mobile babies, nor any of our other drop-in services such as feeding and sling support... because if I'm busy providing said support, then the videos take a back seat (or I completely forget to take them 😆). See previous reels for a sneaky peek at our lovely Nurslings sessions. But we had another lovely week meeting new families and welcoming back familiar faces 🥰

It blows my mind that we're already into our 3rd week of the half term... if you're wanting to join a class after the half term break (end of May), please do sign up to our waiting list as spaces are likely to get booked up super quickly again (link in bio)!

There are a couple of PAYG spaces on Inbetweenies (for crawling/wobbly walking babies) and baby massage/mums yoga classes (for non-mobile babies) each week, so do grab one of those if you fancy giving it a go ☀️

Enjoy the rest of your bank holiday Monday and we'll see you soon!

As always, any Qs, just shout x

29/04/2026

Please support our lovely friends over at Tots Playhouse 💖 times are tough in Kingsbridge right now for all the small businesses on Fore Street

✨Important post - please read ✨

This is not our usual type of post but we thought it was important to share our thoughts at this time.

Like with many businesses up and down Fore Street, we have been really affected by the roadworks and closure in town. In fact, we have had our worst few months to date since opening three years ago. We thought that the Easter holidays would be our saving grace this month but sadly it just wasn’t the case. There just aren’t enough people coming as they are, quite rightly, avoiding having to come into town.

Without our amazing little visitors and their wonderful adults filling up our cafe, we have found these past few months to be hard. We have thought about closing a day or two during the week while the roadworks are still going on to help us financially, but we don’t want to disappoint anyone who might be planning to visit. We do still have to pay the rent, the bills and our fantastic staff, so we need people to come along for play sessions.

Sadly, the free parking after 2pm doesn’t help us in any way as we close at that time. We have always closed at this time as the majority of parents are heading home for nap times or to get ready for the school run. So staying open later would not benefit us at all 🙁

If you are looking for something to do with your little ones, please know we are still open and we are going to be open on Monday for the Bank Holiday. Usually we close so we can spend time with our families, but needs must!

Don’t worry - we’re not going anywhere and we really hope to see you all soon.

The Tots team ❤️

25/04/2026

✨️ LATCHING TOP TIP ✨️

We are not all the same! What works for one mum position wise may not work for you and your baby at all. And I don't know about you, but after having my first baby, my b***s were never the same again!! 🤣

Whichever way your ni***es are pointing, just be sure to respect that when positioning your baby to latch, making sure not to move your breast out of its natural position when doing so... it will make things a whole lot easier.

Shaping/supporting your breast when baby goes to latch is fine, just so long as when you let go your breast isn't then going to spring (or flop 🙈) back into its normal position and disrupt the latch you worked so hard to get!

As always, get skilled support if you're struggling. Mere millimetres can make a huge difference when it comes to getting a comfortable latch, and you don't have to struggle through on your own.

Reach out! 🩷

MotherBorn's support looks like:

🌸 1:1 home visits (within 30 mins of Kingsbridge) - by appointment

🏵 Nurslings breastfeeding & mum support group - drop-in on Wednesdays 10-12pm (donations welcome)

🌼 Drop-in feeding support (breast/bottle/both) - on Mondays & Thursdays 9:30-11:30am (donations welcome)

DM us anytime if you have any questions about any of the support we offer. We're here to help 🫶🏻

24/04/2026

✨️ Baby Massage & Mums Yoga starting today! ✨️

We have a few spaces left on our Mama & Baby : Relax & Restore classes (baby massage & mums postnatal yoga) with Tiger Mama Yoga starting this afternoon!

📍Where: MotherBorn @ Kingsbridge Community Hub, Kingsbridge Primary School, Belle Cross Road

⏰️ When: 1:15 - 2:30pm on Fridays for the next 5 weeks (starting today!)

👶🏻 These classes are for mamas with little ones age 6 weeks up until they're too wriggly to happily lie still.

Each class is designed by Laura to support your recovery from birth through gentle stretches and relaxation, and boosting your bond with your little one through gentle touch, which has the added benefit of helping to treat any niggles they're experiencing, such as colic.

At the end of the block, we send videos of all the baby massage sequences learned to those who booked on to the whole 5 weeks, so that you can easily repeat them at home with your little one, or perhaps another family member could get involved.

Feedback from previous attendees is wonderful! See the photos below for a couple of examples of what these mamas had to say as well as a shot of the class in action.

If you prefer to 'try before you buy' when it comes to mum & baby classes, then there's one more PAYG space for this week (two are released each week)... or if you want to jump right in to 5 weeks of chill time with your little one, then there are currently only 3 spaces left.

Fancy it? Click the link in the comments to join us ❤️