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August 8, 2023

Co-sleeping advice

Co-sleeping with your baby. Some parents choose to share a bed or other sleep surface (also known as co-sleeping) with their babies. Advice on how ...

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April 2, 2025

Expressing milk

Expressing milk is when you take milk from your breasts so you can feed it to your baby straight away, or store it in the ...

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January 5, 2024

The Healthy Child Programme

The Healthy Child Programme is designed to offer every family support in making healthy choices. It includes immunisations, health information, developmental reviews, and access to ...

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August 7, 2023

Blood spot test (Heel Prick)

Every baby is offered newborn blood spot screening, also known as the heel prick test, ideally when they’re 5 days old.

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August 8, 2023

Rolling and sitting

Babies learn to roll to grasp for toys that are outside of their reach and to explore their environment. How can I encourage my baby ...

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August 10, 2023

10 – 12 month development review

Our 0 to 19 health practitioners will get in touch to review your child’s development at around 10 months and 2 years and 3 months. ...

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June 30, 2025

Formula Feeding

You may choose to give your baby formula milk, want to combination feed or give your baby expressed breastmilk by bottle. Our service will support ...

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September 10, 2024

Brain development

Children’s brains develop fastest and are at their most ‘plastic’ or adaptable in the womb and early years of life. During this time, many millions ...

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August 7, 2023

Your baby’s height, weight and reviews

Understanding your baby’s weight chart. Your child’s growth will be recorded on centile charts in their personal child health record (PCHR), or red book.

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August 8, 2023

Child safety online

A practical guide for parents and carers on how to keep children safe online.

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