Janet Gray Bump and Baby Reviews 

A massive thank you to Janet for her role as postnatal doula for my family of three. As a first time mother, Janet’s presence was calming and her experience shined through. She kindly offered guidance when asked for. I managed to have some rest and some alone time, which helped to rejuvenate me in rather sleep deprived times. I would highly recommend Janet’s services to any mother who could do with a helping hand.

Baby massage - my c 3 month old daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed Janet's baby massage course. Each week we covered a new part of the body, learnt rhymes and techniques which we now use at home. The pleasure really came from meeting up with other parents and baby's each week, having a drink and a biscuit ( thank you Janet) and having a place to relax. Janet is a wonderful instructor, takes each session at a relaxed pace ( which in my case involved several feeding pauses). Beyond massage skills, she is a wonderful sounding board and has been a reassuring person to see each week with my little one. Finally, having the opportunity to look back over the recordings is a great way to apply all we learnt easily at home too. We are sorry the course is over and hope to do another of Janet's courses soon.

BABY MASSAGE

This is the perfect activity to do with your new baby. You learn something that you can take back and do at home whenever you want and is great for relaxing babies.

Janet is amazing (I’ve also done pregnancy yoga with her and highly recommend!), the course was 5 weeks and covers the whole body learning something new each week. Classes are an hour long and it’s a great time to connect not just with your baby but with other mums. The venue is perfect too, quiet, clean and nice view of the countryside. Thanks Janet!

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I cannot recommend Janet’s baby massage classes enough!!! She is wonderful and brings about a sense of calm in the turmoil of parenting a baby!

We started when my baby was 6 weeks old and there were 5 sessions. Janet built up what we worked on each week so there was some familiarity for the babies. By week 2 my little one really started to enjoy it and now loves being massaged. We use it as a part of our night routine.

The venue is great! Warm, clean and with a countryside view. It was lovely to meet up with others too and there is a pub down the lane for post massage lunch!

We did the baby massage course with Janet at Easton village hall it is a lovely hall with beautiful views of the country making it even more relaxing! My little boy loved massage as did I we found a few of his tickle spots 😂 it was so nice to be with other mums and comparing our experiences! Janet is a great teacher she took our nct lessons and when I heard she did other classes we were delighted! We are now looking to do mum and baby yoga with Janet too as miss our Wednesday morning trips over to Easton! We especially enjoyed a little refreshment and biscuit too Thankyou Janet
Lauren and Arthur (mr giggles)

We had a toddler, a massive house renovation and twins on the way, we knew we were going to need help but we didn’t realise how much we needed Janet.
We knew Janet as she had led our NCT course when we were expecting our daughter, but neither of us had heard of a post-natal doula and what it might actually be like having someone come in to our home.
Janet was just a natural from day one, she came in initially for 3 afternoons a week then it tapered down to just one afternoon once a week. With twins we needed all the help and support we could get and she helped us survive the first year.
Each time Janet would come in she’d ask me what I wanted to achieve that day, most of the time it was sleep, but we also had to project manage a house renovation so she made space for me to concentrate on that. With a toddler too, she gave me invaluable time with my daughter, at a time when she needed attention I was able to give it to her.
She is so proactive and doesn’t stop, she would just know what needed to be done. Her focus would be on helping me with the boys but she’d always make sure I was fed and watered. What I appreciated the most was the knowledge she has, she’d give me advice with anything and everything - breast and bottle feeding, routines, weaning, general tips. This was babies 2 and 3 for me but I still needed reassurance about what I was doing. She was a sounding board and ultimately became part of the family. I’d be able to go pick my daughter up from nursery and she’d come running in to give Janet a cuddle and even get her to feed her dinner!
When the boys started weaning she gave me so much confidence, weaning one is daunting but weaning two I was petrified! Forever thankful to her for batch cooking sweetcorn fritters to feed 3 small hungry mouths.
We never had any second thoughts entrusting our two boys with Janet, the boys loved her and were so comfortable with her. My partner to this day still remembers how snuggly she would have them wrapped up in blankets while they napped.
Forever grateful that we had Janet and it goes without saying that we’d 100% recommend her.

I attended the Baby Massage course as something fun to try as well as doing something beneficial for my baby. Janet hosted a calm session each week, focussing on a different area of the body. We were taught how to massage our babies correctly whilst also practicing things like tummy time to help their strength and learning about massage benefits such as to help alleviate baby's trapped wind etc.

The class was structured but informal, so you could feed / tend to your baby as required. It was good fun and a nice activity to do, whilst meeting other Mums. We now incorporate massage into the daily bedtime routine and plan on doing so as long as we can.

Janet’s baby massage course is wonderful. Stepping into the hall at Easton with the beautiful fields to look out at l, I instantly felt calm. Janet’s sessions are relaxed and informative, perfect for new mums and their babies to get to know each other. Would highly recommend!

Janet created a really calm and relaxed atmosphere for the baby massage sessions which really helped settle my little one into the idea of being massaged.
The techniques were simple and effective and soon became part of our bedtime routine at home.
I looked forward to attending each week as it was a great opportunity to meet other new parents in a beautiful rural setting.

I would highly recommend the course to any new parents.

A wonderful start to the week - especially as a new mother. Janet creates a calm and welcoming space and provides great techniques for baby massage. A moment of calm for both me and my baby and provides much needed adult interaction too before/after class! Wonderful, thank you Janet

Janet is brilliant, she creates a calm, welcoming and friendly space to learn all about how to massage your baby… and even techniques to help with the digestive system… wind and constipation. Lots of interacting with your little one, with fun nursery rhymes too. We really loved it! The setting is lovely, a large room with high ceilings, plenty of space for everyone but also she keeps the groups small. All looking out to the playing fields. A pocket of calm in an otherwise very busy time of life! Thank you Janet, we’ve really enjoyed the course. Hoping to join on one of your baby yoga classes at some point next :)

Janet is a friendly kind natured lady- which makes her baby massage course a pleasure to attend. She has extensive knowledge of all things baby pre and post Birth. The course length being around 1.5 hrs is great! If you are running a little late or need to feed in the session -also the offer of joining via zoom or recorded afterwards helps mothers unable to travel etc! :) the babies love it and it’s a nice social calm environment to be in as a new mum.

Janet is a fantastic massage teacher - we lived this course and her laid-back style which enabled a lot of flexibility (key with young babies) and very little pressure. Would 100% sign up again and highly recommend

Baby Massage

Kacper and I couldn’t recommend Janet’s baby massage sessions more highly. As a first time mum, the sessions have been so valuable to add to the toolkit of activities we have to engage with at home together, and the songs and rhymes are great little prompts to do some massage at different points in the day. Janet’s calm manner and the beautiful setting made this the most relaxing hour of our week- I’m missing it already! The sessions were also a great way to meet other mums and babies, not in an huge group, and Janet was always willing to offer words of wisdom and answer any questions we had about baby care and development. Thanks so much!

Baby Massage
Janet is a fantastic leader; she makes you feel completely at ease and it's a great way to meet more people with similar aged babies. As for the massage it was lovely to have quality time with baby and he generally enjoyed it a lot (although like some of us didn't like his feet so much!). I've been able to use the techniques at home to have more quality time with him and it has also been great to encourage me to help encourage him with his movements. Overall a fabulous experience.

Baby massage - had such a lovely time in this course with Janet. Such a lovely way to bond with my baby and meet other mums in a beautiful setting.

BABY MASSAGE - a great way to gain confidence with handling my little one, we use some of the bits as part of our daily routine and it’s definitely helped develop our bond - I can’t recommend enough!

I really enjoyed learning how to massage my baby and we now incorporate the techniques into our daily bedtime, after bath, routine. My baby particularly likes “the worm at the bottom of the garden” - it never fails to make him smile :)

POSTNATAL DOULA
Janet has provided our family the most amazing support, starting when our son was just a few days old. We felt so lost in those early days, like someone had forgotten to give us the guidebook. Janet guided us through all the newborn basics like bathing, nappy changing, soothing, playing and feeding. She also helped me with postnatal exercises, cooking, tidying and generally provided that extra layer of support we needed.

Janet is a fountain of knowledge and so amazingly good with babies. She helped us to feel confident as we transitioned to new parents and continued to support us through the first year of our sons life. Parenting would have be a lot tougher without her! I would highly recommend her services!

Janet was our post-natal doula with our first baby. She was an absolute star from the start, and I don’t know what we would have done without her. She created an instant bond with our baby boy – he loved being in her calm presence. I was able to catch up on some much-needed sleep and when I woke up Janet would have cooked a lovely meal for us. Janet was able to pre-empt exactly what we needed that day and would also be there to answer all the questions I would store up to ask her each week. As new parents, she supported us so beautifully but also educated us so that we felt confident to move forwards on our own.