Consultancy and Workshops | Stork and The Bees

Tailored to your needs, we’ll support you with confidently carrying your child with a thorough review of safety and comfort and email follow-up.

Consultations

One-to-one sessions with our trained Carrying Consultant can take place in your own home, our consultant’s home (Watford) or online.

They are paid-for sessions, with prices starting from £30. Different packages are available, to suit your needs. Please message us on Facebook or e-mail hello@storkandthebees.com to discuss your needs and arrange a consultation. Bookings are paid for online via our portal at hire.storkandthebees.com

In depth Sessions (up to 90 minutes)

An in-depth consultation allows for multiple slings to be tried with a deeper look at child anatomy and practical guidance for using your sling. We cover safety, comfort and positioning as well as practical tips for carrying. Sessions are suitable for:

- learning to carry your newborn,
- if you’ve not used a sling before,
- you have/ are expecting twins,
- you want to carry two children
- you or your baby have additional needs.

Prices:

If online / at our consultant’s house in Watford – £50
At your house in Watford or within 15 minutes drive – £60
£5 extra for every additional 15 minutes drive to your location.

Sessions can last up to 90 minutes, but usually we’ll need around an hour. The additional time allows for your child’s needs to be met during the session for example feeding or nappy changes. We want you and your child to be as comfortable as possible throughout.

Skills based sessions (up to 45 mins)

These sessions are largely skills-based, or are for those who can’t get to a library or workshop or feel more comfortable learning in a 1-1 setting.

Sessions are suitable for

- learning to carry on your back,
- using a new sling,
- introduction to reusable nappies,
- troubleshooting an existing carrier,
- moving into the fourth trimester,
- toddler slings
- feeding in carriers.

Prices:

If online / at our consultant’s house in Watford – £30
At your house in Watford or within 15 minutes drive – £50
£5 extra for every additional 15 minutes drive to your location.

Bump to Baby sessions

This package of 2x 45-minute visits starts before birth to review the options available for carrying a newborn and concludes with a follow up once your little one has arrived to ensure a good fit and confidence using your chosen carrier.

It usually takes place at your home, with the follow up session booked once your baby has arrived.

Perfect for those expecting a baby. Makes a fabulous gift. Gift vouchers available.

Prices:

At your house in Watford or within 15 minutes drive – £60
£5 extra for every additional 15 minutes drive to your location.

Sling/ Nappy Parties

Fun, interactive session for a minimum of 4 people. Get your friends, NCT group or social circle together for a workshop-style session about the topic of your choice.

Tailored to your needs, we’ll support you with confidently carrying your child with a thorough review of safety and comfort and email follow-up. Allows for multiple slings to be tried with a deeper look at child anatomy and practical guidance for using your sling. Choose your venue (at your cost) – your house, a local coffee shop, church hall. Our Carrying Consultant will come to you.

Prices:

£125 for up to 2.5 hours
£5 extra for every additional 15 minutes drive to your location.

£5 fit checks

We offer £5 fit checks for your existing carrier, lasting 10-15 minutes during a Library of Slings session, at our consultant’s house, or online.

Workshops

Dedicated 2.5hour sessions focusing on a specific skill.

Run regularly, also ad hoc ‘parties’ in your own venue for a minimum of 4 people. Please contact us to arrange.

Each workshop covers one main area. Available topics include:

Newborn carry (suitable to attend during pregnancy, and with a child up to 6 weeks old)
Moving on: carrying past the newborn stage
Back carrying techniques
Feeding in carriers
Introduction to woven wraps
Introduction to Asian carriers
Introduction to reusable nappies

All workshops need to be pre-booked online. Please visit our hire portal <https://hire.storkandthebees.com/events>, register if needed, then go to the events section and book your slot. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please get in touch and we’ll try our best to arrange one to suit your needs.

Talks and events

If you have an event you would like us to attend, please get in touch. We regularly offer support at online parenting sessions, Family Centre Parent Plus Cafes, NCT groups and other pre- and post-natal groups.

Workshops

We run a range of workshops. They last for 2.5 hours and cost £30 per couple or £20 for one person. Check our Facebook page or hire portal for our upcoming workshops. If you would like to arrange your own workshop with a group of friends (e.g. your antenatal group) please get in touch.

Antenatal and Newborn Babywearing Workshop

If you’re expecting or have a baby up to 3 months old, come along and learn about different types of slings you can use with your newborn. You’ll be able to try them out with dolls. We will also cover bump wrapping which can help with things like pelvic girdle pain. Additionally, there will be a short talk/demo about cloth nappies at the end of the workshop.

Testimonials:

“Thank you so much for providing this wonderful course. I only wish I had attended something like this before having my first baby. It has now given me much more confidence in carrying my newborn baby safely and comfortably in the right kind of carrier for me. I also liked the cloth nappy demonstration, I hadn’t realised how easy and better for the environment it was.”

“I thought the ladies where lovely I left feeling confident on what wrap was the right one for me and my baby and confident on how to put on and use safely.”

“I thoroughly enjoyed the Stork and The Bees babywearing workshop I attended in January and thought it was excellent value too. There are so many types of slings it is really overwhelming to know where to begin. New slings generally aren’t cheap and if you buy one that isn’t right for you you can be stuck with it. It was so helpful to try out the different options with the guidance of the experts, there were slings there I didn’t think I’d like that I found really comfortable and ones I thought I’d like that didn’t suit me – it’s great to have the option to rent them too to see how you get on with them ‘in real life’.
I was already sold on the idea of babywearing and cloth nappies before I went to the workshop but if I hadn’t been, the knowledge and passion of Caroline, Cristina and Helena would’ve sealed the deal for me!”

More Workshops Coming Soon

Please contact us if there is a particular type of workshop you’d like to see (back carrying, wrapping etc)

Tailored to your needs, we’ll support you with confidently carrying your child with a thorough review of safety and comfort and email follow-up.

Consultations

Workshops

Workshops

Antenatal and Newborn Babywearing Workshop

Other Workshops topics include:

Testimonials:

More Workshops Coming Soon