With the NHS being hit by budget cuts left, right and centre, local community midwives Lisa and Julie have taken it upon themselves to set up and run private antenatal classes at the Devonshire Arms.

The classes, which will be run on Sundays (ideal if your husband struggles to make evening classes during the week), will cover topics such as:

• Recognising signs of labour
• When to contact the labour ward
• What to pack in your hospital bag
• Pain relief in labour
• Caring for the newborn
• Screening tests for the newborn

The class sizes will be kept small so that you will have plenty of opportunity to ask questions and get to know the other couples in your group.

In addition, as the classes will by led by local midwives, they will have specific knowledge of what to expect at our local hospitals.

For more information, visit our listing page or go to their website – www.offsprings.co.uk

The Parent and Baby show North has had a change of venue for TODAY (Sunday 4th July).  It will now be held at ‘The Edge’ Sports hall on Willow Terrace Road, LS2 9JT (on the University campus).

The event will also be FREE today.

The Busy Baby Show is taking place in Rawdon on Saturday 17th July.  MoorMums has teamed up with the organisers of the show to offer you the chance to win a FREE half term with Jo Jingles!

To be entered for the draw, you simply need to quote MoorMums when you book your FREE taster session at the show.

Taster sessions will be available with:

• Jo Jingles
• Yoga Bugs
• Gymboree
• Sing and Sign
• Babies Can Sign
• babyballet
• Baby Armadillo
• Tennis Tots (over 2’s only)

Don’t miss out, book your place AND be in with a chance of winning a great prize!

Mummy and Little Me have opened a brand new store in the Corn Exchange in Leeds.

To celebrate their new shop, they are offering a 10% discount for all MoorMums in their Leeds store and on their website.

Mummy and Little Me sell maternity wear, maternity lingerie & nursing underwear, baby changing bags, baby clothes, maternity nightwear and special gifts.  Well worth a visit if you are shopping in Leeds.

Check out our special offers page for other great offers for MoorMums.

Sign up for a block of 6 pushchair walks starting on Thursday 17th June.

This is a great way to get to know other local mums/carers and get back your pre-pregnancy shape!  Little ones love the fresh air too.

Details of how to sign up are here.

We’ve got 4 free tickets to give away for the Parent and Baby Show North taking place in Leeds on 3rd and 4th July.  If you would like one, please contact us.  We will give them out on a first come first served basis.  You need to be able to come and pick your ticket up from Ilkley.

The Big Toddle is the UK’s biggest charity event for under 5s and its aim is to raise money for Barnardo’s.  This fun short sponsored walk now has its first ever theme – pirates! So jump aboard mateys.

It’s a great way to bring adults and children together and be part of something really special – a nationwide pirate Toddle extravaganza!

In Addingham, the Big Toddle is being organised as part of a family fun day starting at 9.30am til 1.30pm.  It will include a bouncy castle, treasure hunt, one mile toddle with activities around the course, cake stalls, tea & coffee and a picnic (remember to bring your own picnic!).

For more details and to find out how to get a sponsorship form for your little one go to our listing page.

You may have heard in the local press (an article was printed in the YEP and Wharfe Valley Times and will be featured in this week’s Airedale and Wharfedale Observer) about the theft of Vicki Gilbert’s daughter Hope’s sponsor money.  If you didn’t, she swam 70 lengths in the Swimathon (a great achievement for an 8 year old) to raise money for Marie Curie, only to then leave her bag in a restaurant in Yeadon and the following day it was ‘claimed’ by a thief !!

Clearly, Hope is very upset and doesn’t understand why someone would do this.

A very kind landlord in Horsforth is now holding a live band night on June 3^rd to raise some money.

Marie Curie Cancer Care is a great charity, so please support this event in any way you can.

If any of you are willing and able to print off the attached poster and display it somewhere eg school, church hall, workplace, front window!!! (especially those living locally to Horsforth) it would be much appreciated, feel free to forward this on to anyone who may be willing to do the same.

This week, MoorMums has launched a new classifieds section.  Our aim is to support small local businesses whilst giving you information about what is available locally.

Whether you are looking for a mobile hair dresser or a local gardener, our classified section is the place to look.  Make sure you check it regularly as adverts are only listed for 2 weeks at a time.

The Bradford Real Nappy Project are hosting an exciting new event in Saltaire – a real nappy fashion show and baby fair on Saturday 15th May.

There will be lots of information available on real nappies including demonstrations and advice from mums who have used them on their own children.

Even if you’re not a real nappy fan, there will lots to keep you entertained including free taster sessions with Rythym Time & Babies Can Sign.