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You and your baby 0-12 months

There are many services available to support you and your baby.

Please select the links below:

Parenting

Free parenting courses

New parents and relationships

Relate parenting together

Top Tips for Parents

Early weeks

Skin to Skin Contact

What you'll need for your baby

Washing and bathing your baby

Getting your baby to sleep

Soothing a crying baby

How to change a nappy

Find out why your baby may be crying and how to soothe them

Find out how to top and tail or bathe your new baby

Getting to know your newborn

Spotting the signs of serious illness

Illness in newborn babies

Keeping fit and healthy with a baby

Resuscitation for babies

Helping parents understand cradle cap

Effects of smoking on your child’s health

Umbilical granuloma

Feeding

Infant feeding and local breastfeeding peer support

Bottle feeding advice

Ready, Steady...Eat Sessions

Support for new parents

Dad and baby bonding tips

Emotional wellbeing tips for fathers

Emotional wellbeing tips for mothers

Multiple births

Baby health and development

Childhood Immunisations Part 1: An introduction to childhood immunisations

Childhood Immunisations Part 2: Frequently asked questions

A Guide to Immunisations at One Year of Age

Advice and video around coping with crying

A baby's brain will develop depending on the positive and negative influences it gets in the first few months. This video demonstrates how this happens in a nice simple way

Parent and baby bonding: 'Getting it right from the start'. Tameside Early Attachment Service

Ways to help babies and children talk

Tiny Happy People

Talking to your baby from birth

Teething symptoms

Look, say, sing, play

Looking after your babies teeth

Separation anxiety

ASQ:SE-2 Social-Emotional Development Guide poster

Pregnancy and baby guide: NHS advice

I Can helps children communicate

Sleep

Room temperature

Co-sleeping with your baby

Sharing a room with your baby

Reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Safe sleep advice and more

Sharing sofas and beds with babies

Safer sleep for your baby

Safety

Baby car seats and car safety

Travelling with your baby

NSPCC baby and toddler safety advice

Accident prevention

Button battery campaign

First aid advice/ choking

Baby and toddler safety

Parental health and wellbeing

Action for Children

Advice for single parents

Children with new siblings

Coping with a traumatic birth

Cornwall Perinatal Mental Health Team

Staying mentally well

Healthy Cornwall
Support with healthy eating, weight management, physical activity, stopping smoking, healthy pregnancy

I need help now, mental health support in Cornwall

Improving mental wellbeing

Man Down - Supporting men's health

NHS pregnancy guide - the baby blues

Parenting in same sex relationships

Relate parenting together

Relationships matter

Respect men’s advice line

Sex and intimacy – parent tips

We are with you - support with drug and alcohol use

Young parents

Child and adolescent mental health services

WILD Supporting young parents

Useful Apps

Handi app

The HANDi Paediatric app gives up to date advice about common childhood illnesses and how to treat them. It’s now available to download for free onto any Apple or Android smartphone or tablet. The app contains information about when and how to ask for help, along with what to expect when your child is being assessed.

Baby Check app

Features 19 simple checks that parents can do if their baby is showing signs of illness. Each check tests for a different symptom and when completed, a score is calculated that tells parents or carers how ill their baby is. The app then lets parents know whether their baby needs to see a doctor or health professional

Download Baby Check app

DadPad

Is the essential guide for new dads. Take a look at the website, or you can download the appl for Apple or Android devices.

Last Updated:

23/04/2024

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Health Visiting and School Nursing
Message us at:

07312 263 096 - young people aged 11-19
07312 263 423 - parents / carers children aged 0-5
07312 263 499 - parents / carers young people aged 5-19
01872 324261
hvsnadvice@cornwall.gov.uk

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