3. 6 to 8 weeks
Caring for your baby
- Top Health Visitor Tips for pregnancy birth and beyond - Institute for Health Visiting website
Keeping your baby safe and well
Safe Sleeping (reducing the risk of cot death/sudden infant death) and Accident Prevention for babies and young children.
- Safe Sleep - Lullaby Trust website
- Never shake a baby - NHS website
- Babies cry – you can cope – with help from ICON - iconcope website
- Handle with care - NSPCC website
- Keeping Kids Safe - ROSPA website
- Safety around Dogs - RSPCA website
Immunisations
- NHS vaccinations and when to have them - NHS website
Vitamin D and Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding - NHS website
- Vitamin D - Breastfeeding network website
- Homestart Local feeding support - Homestart website
- Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative - Unicef website
- Responsive Bottle Feeding - NHS website
- First infant formula - FirstSteps Nuitrition Trust website
Weighing your baby (Baby Clinic)
Please check if you need an appointment by phoning your Health Visitor at Oldham’s Children’s Centres
- How often should I weigh my baby? NHS website
No More than once a month from 2 weeks to 6 months of age.
No More than once every 2 months from 6 – 12 months of age.
No More than once every 3 months over the age of 1 year.
- Free Healthy Start Pre-paid card - check if you qualify using the online application form or ask at your Local Children’s Centre. - NHS website
Healthy Start vitamins can be collected from Oldham’s Family Hubs / Children's Centres using your prepaid card.
Also available to buy if you are not eligible for Healthy Start
- Vitamins tablets for women (for expectant and nursing mothers) - £1
- Children’s vitamin drops - £2
- Oldham Right Start Children's Centres
Emotional Health for parents, carers and babies
- Baby Blues - NHS website
- Post Natal Depression - NHS website
- Dad's mental health - Dad Matters website
- Building a happy baby - Unicef website
Contraception Sexual health and family planning
- Contraception, family planning and sexual health -Sexual Health Hub website
Babies are amazing – Learn together with your baby
- Building a happy baby - Unicef website
- Hungry Little Minds - GOV.UK website
- Tiny happy people - BBC website
Dental Health
- Find a local NHS dentist – NHS website
Domestic abuse
- Domestic abuse - NSPCC website
- Support orgnisations in Oldham