Dear all,

The forums exist to help you along in your Birthlight experience so please do draw on the experience of others who have been at it for years and years.  Tutors, teachers, and other Birthlighters including Francoise are eager to help when they can.  Some tips in using the forum:

1.  Firstly, pleaes login because not all forums will be visible until you login.  Then click on the "Forum" tab on the top navigation menu of this site to go to post a message to the forum.  When there at the Forums page you will see that there are many different categories.  Please post in the category most appropriate to your question/concern (e.g. "Baby Swimming" (former Infant Aquatics), Baby Yoga, Aqua Yoga, Perinatal Yoga, etc).

2.  Make full use of the "Search" feature on this site as it can search posts which go back years and years.  So, do take advantage of the years and years of information by first searching on your topic to see if your question may have been already addressed in previous years.

It is important to keep your computer free of malware which can contribute to lifting personal information and even your identity from your computer.  One such piece of software which comes recommended by me and which I've used in the past is Malwarebytes which can be used to detect and clean off malware from both Windows and Apple Mac computers.  It is a trusted programme industry-wide and does a great job in detecting such problems.  When downloading your free copy just download the file and install.  During installation make sure that you do not tick any boxes to accept free trials as this has further requirements which are not necessary (leave unticked). Download Malwarebytes and rid your computer of malware.

You have heard it said that you should backup your computer.  You can't say it enough.  Anyone running their own courses should have backups of their records.  No matter which backup solution you choose you should start with a full backup of your system and then run backups on any files that have changed perferably at the end of each day (these are called "incremental backups").  Also, before you begin trusting this backup system try restoring a file and make sure it works!  Not only should we backup our computers but also our phones.  What if you lose your phone - would you lose valuable contact details?

All the best,
Jeff
Netweavings Web Design and IT Support
www.netweavings.com