About us
- My name is Rachel, and I am a highly experienced Nurse, Midwife, Health Visitor, and Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI) with the International Association of Infant Massage (IAIM). I am registered with the IAIM, DBS checked and insured.
- After dedicating 40 years to the NHS as a Nurse (6 years), Midwife (20 years), and Health Visitor (14 years), I have recently retired.
- I prioritise kindness, honesty, integrity, and respect in everything I do.
- I founded Calm Parents and Babies to provide experienced professional support services for parents on their journey into parenthood.
- Our parenting group workshops are designed to foster connections among parents, however, you may prefer our individual sessions in the comfort of your home.
- Additionally, we can arrange bespoke infant massage courses for individuals or groups of friends in either a home or community venue.
- Calm Parents and Babies is based in Chester, and we can arrange travel within Cheshire and North Wales.
My family
- Family is most important to me, and spending time with them is when I am happiest.
- I have been married to Jon for 35 years and have two daughters, two sons-in-law, and a crazy spaniel named Sid.
- Through our parenting journey, we've benefited from infant massage courses and parenting workshops, which have influenced the mission aims of Calm Parents and Babies.
Our mission
- Becoming parents is one of the biggest life-changing events we can experience. I can still remember clearly the joys and challenges that parenthood brings.
- These memories form the basis of my mission to support parents to thrive and enjoy this exciting time of change.
- We aim to build your confidence as parents, based on knowledge and advice from an experienced Midwife and Health Visitor with 35 years experience of supporting families.
- We are passionate about enabling families to make choices along their journey into parenthood with the latest evidence based research, so that they can make safe, informed decisions.
- Calm Parents and Babies' aims to empower parents through parenting workshops and infant massage courses, to prepare them emotionally and practically to become calm parents of calm babies.