4T Hybrid!
Welcome to the Fourth Trimester! The service is run by Rosie Knowles and Lindsay Snow. We have been supporting new parents for nine years. Our 6-week course aims to lower parenting stress and promote more positive parenting experiences through education and community.
Since our humble beginnings in Rosie's front room, 4T has constantly adapted to better serve its families. While we very much enjoyed the bustle of running sessions in The Snug, we moved online during lockdown and picked up lots of new members beyond Sheffield. Now that we've returned to in-person sessions in the Snug, we have decided to continue to offer a live online discussion group via Zoom. We hope this will benefit not only our members outside of Sheffield, but also our local members and their partners who are unable to visit the Snug on Tuesday mornings.
The Format
WhatsApp Group
Each 6-week cohort has it's own WhatsApp group for daily reminders of the course content and to share questions, tips, arrange meet ups or keep each other company during overnight feeds etc.
Discussion Group and Sling Social @ The Snug/Zoom
10:30am-12:30pm every Tuesday we have a lively, friendly social where you'll have a chance to explore the weekly themes and learn how to use a variety of slings.
Pre-Recorded Videos
To supplement our in-person sessions, you and your baby's (or babies') caregivers can also watch more in-depth evidence-based videos on each week's theme.
The Content
WEEKLY THEMES
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Adapting to Parenthood
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Supporting your Baby’s Brain Development
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Coping with Crying
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Understanding Sleep
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Nurturing your Mental Health
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Nurturing your Support Network
WEEKLY SLING BITES
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Using Slings with Newborns
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Keeping your Baby Safe in the Sling
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How to Increase Comfort/Enjoyment
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Using a Sling for Sleep / Safe Transferring
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Using a Sling for Support with Feeding
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Slings and Mental Health Benefits
Our Next 4T Cohort with spaces starts 16th April 10:30am-12:30pm
Hours
Choose How You Will Access 4T
4T has always been, and will continue to be, free to access so that anyone can take part. However, running it certainly isn't free so we are offering you the change to contribute to it's current running costs and future development.
Basic
£0
ACCESS 4T FOR FREE
WhatsApp group
Discussion Group/Sling Social @ The Snug/Zoom
Video access for 24 hours after each Snug session
Supporter
£45
SUPPORT THE 4T SERVICE
WhatsApp group
Discussion Group/Sling Social @ The Snug/Zoom
Video access for one week after each Snug session
Patron
£33
per month for 3 months
HELP US GROW
WhatsApp group
Discussion Group/Sling Social @ The Snug/Zoom
INSTANT and ongoing video access for as long as you like
Extra video logins available for your partner and/or extended family
Meet the Team
ROSIE KNOWLES
Rosie is a GP and runs the Carrying Matters resources, all about how holding and carrying children is essential to family health.
KIRI PORTER
Kiri was manager at Sheffield Sling Library and Sling Spot for 10 years and still provides our 4T pre-recorded online videos.
Testimonials
"What an awesome place to go to every week with your newborn. So nurturing and reassuring. Genuinely helpful, scientific information aimed at helping you decide how to parent, not telling you what to do. I have made friends for life. Friends are so important during parental leave."
JODIE
"I loved the overriding messages of don't worry so much and trust your instincts, and that they were backed up by the science. And that there was good factual info for the situations where there is a right and wrong (or safe / unsafe) way. Very reassuring and a great boost to my confidence as a mum!"
KAT