One born every minute: Hitchcockian (is that a word?) cameo!

Managed to get caught on camera in one born every minute.  Blink and you will miss me.  I like to think that I do not appear that gormless in real life.....

One born every minute 

One born every minute in Leeds

I am watching with interest my colleagues on Channel 4's 'One born every minute'. I myself declined to be filmed (although I was only only delivery suite a few times during filming anyway!).  There is a very slight chance I might be caught in the background, though!

One day antenatal class on the 25 February 2012.

I have just started taking bookings for this one.  see the website at www.bumpsbabycareandbeyond.net for further details.

Antenatal class 10th December

I have started to take bookings for my next one day antenatal class on the 10th December.  Still haven't managed to organize my postnatal classes though!

Busy , busy

Starting to get some bookings for private classes now and the November class is filling up.  I am hoping to offer a little (prob a couple of hours in the afternoon) inexpensive postnatal session - maybe December time but haven't had a chance to organise anything yet.  I need to get a move on as I already have some mums who are interested and I don't want the kids to have grown up and started school before I get going!

We are up and rolling

Well, the September classes at the HEART centre went really well (and were well evaluated by the participants). It was good fun as well to have a nice small group where we could really get some discussion going! Apart from some minor hiccups initially the venue worked very well also. I was planning on running some October classes but have so much to do at the moment, trying not to hide from my accountant, filing my accounts (sooo NOT good with sums), developing further courses and products, building a public profile, networking, networking, networking, updating some changes to the business (am now sole director), trying to find time for sleep and personal hygiene, etc.  Therefore, my next batch of courses is going to be in November and December, as I need plenty of time to promote the courses. Something not really appreciated in our original plans was how much time it takes to try and promote particular products when you are a completely unknown company.  People seem more likely to respond to a particular course date, rather than the generic 'come and see what we offer' type of advertising. I've also made some links with the Happy Baby Nursery in Headingley and subsequently have a new venue! I've got a one day couples class lined up there on the 12th November and I have got a few people interested in doing a postnatal early days course so I might see if I can develop a little half day course before Christmas.  I am still being inundated with potential midwifery students wanting to do voluntary work with me, despite posting on my website that I can't offer student placements or voluntary work.  I feel too guilty to just ignore them so I spend a bit of time pointing them in the right direction as well!  Maybe they will mention BBAB if they come across any potential clients?!

The September class is now full

Well, as it says on the tin, the September class is now full.  Still tweaking my ideas for the day.  Obviously I need to have some sort of schedule but I want to keep it very flexible so that I can adapt it according to the needs/interests of the guys coming on the course.  Need to do a bit of shopping for coffee, biscuits, etc, make up my goody bags and do some baby treacling!  We won't have that much time in one day so I need to keep it focused, though.  I must try NOT to go on to autopilot and start delivering (if one will excuse the pun) in the same manner as I do for my NHS classes.

I really need to do some more promotion for the October course, as well.  This one is going to be at the Happy Baby Nursery in Headingley, not too far away from the HEART centre.  I have got some folks interested in a November course but I had better get October sorted first.  On top of all this I'm trying to sort out my accounts for a meeting with my accountant next month and arrange a trip to Ireland for my Dad's 80th birthday party.  The party itself is now arranged thank God.  It's also the parents-in-laws 50th wedding anniversary party this weekend. AND we have just got back from a very busy couple of weeks in the Scottish Highlands and at the Edinburgh festival.  Bumps, babycare and beyond were not performing this year.....