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Welcome! We are Health Visitors in the UK and this podcast is for other Health Visitors, parents or anyone who works with families from antenatal to 5yrs. In each episode we chat about profe...
This episode links really well with our previous episodes about combination feeding and giving top ups (linked in resources section below)....
Jen and Amy delve into the murky world of infant poo in the first six months! What to expect, what is a worry and what isn't. How is poo dif...
Amy and Jen take a dive into a recent research paper suggesting there may be a newly identified biomarker for infants at high risk of SIDS....
Amy and Jen chat to the inspiring Alison Spiro who has a PhD in anthropology as well as practicing as a health visitor. Listing all her achi...
This week Jen talks to Maria Renshaw who runs a local sling library in Colchester about her experience of slings and all things baby-wearing...
Amy and Jenny chat to the lovely Alice from the Baby and Infant Sleep Information Source (BASIS) about sleep pods and nests. We cover the ev...
Jen and Amy go through the world of contraceptive advice. Although not directly our work, it's definitely connected and very relevant to hea...
Jen and Amy gently guide you through the main headlines of the huge, massive, overwhelming and generally awe inspiring 'CHILD Cohort Study'...
We discuss postnatal anxiety, specifically the measurement of anxiety after birth. In practice we are often using generic anxiety measures w...
Amy and Jen discuss a government guidance document published in the past year which reviews the Hepatitis B selective immunisation pathway f...
Extra bonus episode! In this special extra episode, Jen and Amy talk to the lovely Kitty Lamb of the CPHVA Education Development Trust Macqu...
Happy new year everyone! For our first podcast of 2022 we are lucky to be joined by Hannah Poulton, who is an experienced physiotherapist wi...
Merry Christmas! Get your IamaHV Bingo card at the ready (downloadable from our twitter and instagram feeds @IamaHV), mince pies and cup of...
Amy and Jen talk about something we see and manage all the time, but as we always find there is more to it than meets the eye! We discuss de...
Ahead of road safety week, Amy and Jen talk to two experts in car seat safety to get the key messages for you to pass onto parents. I know I...
Have you ever considered a career in academia? Or perhaps a blended career with a mixture of clinical and research across your week? If so t...
Jen is leading the way this week sharing her IBCLC knowledge with us on the topic of mastitis. We discuss a new school of thought on the tre...
Our 'bread and butter' (no pun intended!) but as with everything our perspective and advice changes over time so time for an update! What ar...
Amy and Jen discuss the importance of using the right language and being kind and respectful when working with parents. We go through the us...
In the last of our summer #Replay series, we look back at a simple intervention health visitors can recommend in practice to resolve a commo...
Third in our summer #Replay series, we have selected this review of the BATHE study of eczema. After a recent conversation with researchers...
As part of our summer #Replay series we are curating for you some of our best episodes from several years ago which you may not have come ac...
#Replay! This summer we are taking the opportunity to put a spotlight on some of our favourite older episodes which we feel are still incred...
Following our previous episode with Harry’s Hat, Amy and Jen review the guidance on measuring head circumference. We discuss when (and how f...
Jen and Amy chat to the wonderful Lucy Ruddle IBCLC about her new book 'Mixed Up: Combination Feeding By Choice or Necessity', which is an a...
Following our last episode talking about combi-feeding with Lucy Ruddle, we discuss top-ups; how they're used, how they should be used, and...
Jen and Amy chat to the wonderful Terri and Caroline from the charity Harry's HAT (Hydrocephalus Awareness Trust). We talk about the pitfall...
Small seizures with big consequences. Infantile spasms or 'west syndrome' is a devastating diagnosis for any family and can so easily be mis...
Jen and Amy go through the new Public Health England Tool 'Early Language Identification Measure'. We discuss what the tool is aiming for, t...
Jen and Amy chat to the lovely Rosy Whitwell who is a health visitor and nurse, who now specialises in infant and child sleep and has a priv...
Amy and Jen discuss the recent guardian headlines stating that 'bottle fed babies swallow millions of micro plastics every day'. We discuss...
We talk to School Nurse and EU national Dina Mendez about the coming deadline for application for Settled Status on the 31st June 2021. Is t...
Jenny and Amy chat to the lovely Stella Parkin from the Lullaby Trust. In a really broad and interesting interview Stella shares with us lot...
Amy and Jen take a deep, deep dive into the muddy murky world of "Cry It Out" or "Extinction" sleep techniques. Put on your wellies and join...
Jen and Amy do a 'small but mighty' overview of Infantile Sebhorric Dermatitis, otherwise known as Cradle Cap! Something we all see in clini...
Jen and Amy respond to your questions following the first vaccines episode and cover the myth around infertility, conception and the vaccine...
We chat to Rachael about her wonderful book "Handle with Care: Confessions of an NHS Health Visitor". It was so easy and wonderful to talk a...
Amy and Jen discuss the efficacy (and what that percentage ACTUALLY means, in terms of the stats), safety and mechanisms of the three vaccin...
We're BACK! We are so excited to be back in your ears! Thank-you so much to all you wonderful health visitors who have been so kind and so c...
Jen and Amy interview the wonderful Kathryn Stagg IBCLC of the charity Breastfeeding Twins and Triplets (@BFTwinsUK). Kathryn talks us throu...
This week's episode was recorded last summer when Jen interviewed her colleague Debbie who is a Specialist Homelessness HV. Debbie has a rea...
E-Cigarettes in Pregnancy: What is the evidence base? Some surprises for Jen and Amy today when we look into the safety of vaping or using e...
NSPCC new tool for practitioners: Look, Say, Sing, Play NSPCC has launched a new campaign called Look, Say, Sing, Play which aims to help pr...
Amy attended the fabulous CPHVA conference last year in Harrogate, without her podcast wife! In this episode Amy tells Jen everything she mi...
Jen and Amy are back in the first of a series of five brand new episodes! In this first episode we are looking at a proposed new 8-stage mod...
We're back! Launching back into podcasting after a few months gap while Amy looks after a tiny human. Thank-you for your patience! To celebr...
The lovely Alina joins us from ERIC - the children's wee and poo charity to talk all things bladder and bowel. In this episode we focus on t...
Just in time for cleft lip and palate awareness week 2019 Jenny interviews mum Jenny (of @mamaboost) and her lovely little one Will. Both Je...
Health visitors often get thrown into running groups - whether they are antenatal groups, weaning, minor illness or first aid; even team mee...
This week it’s all “Apples and Pears”.... nope we’re not going cockney, we’re reviewing the recent reports from First Steps Nutrition regard...