New Birth Visit

A Health Visitor will visit you and your family at home, usually when your new baby is between 10-14 days old. This visit gives you the chance to discuss any concerns about the health and well-being of yourself, your new baby or the rest of the family. You will be able to ask for any advice and discuss any worries you may have. You will be offered a Bookstart pack to encourage reading with your baby.

Well Baby Clinic

Well baby clinics are weekly drop-in clinics where you can bring your baby or child to be weighed or ask questions about your own or your baby’s health. Please do not bring your baby or child to this clinic if they are unwell.

6 week review

This review is usually done by your Health Visitor in a clinic (before you have a check with your doctor at 8 weeks). This is a chance to discuss any worries, even minor things. Your baby’s weight, health, growth and development will be reviewed with you. You will be asked about your emotional wellbeing and if you feel you need any additional support.

3-4 month contact

This review is usually done in a clinic and gives you the opportunity to discuss any worries and have your baby weighed. We will give you information about introducing solid foods so you are prepared for when your baby is ready.

Resources:

• Look at me, now I'm over 3 months I can - SWAY (view in website or print)

9-12 month development review

Between nine and twelve months your baby’s general health and development will be reviewed with you by a member of the health visiting team. You will be able to have your baby weighed and measured.

This is a chance to talk about your baby, their health and general behaviour and discuss any worries. You will be sent a questionnaire before the appointment.  This gives you the chance to try out some activities with your baby at home, where they are comfortable and in familiar surroundings. Your Health Visitor will go through this questionnaire at your appointment; it is just a guide, and it is not expected that your child will be able to do all the things on the questionnaire.

Some things you may want to discuss when you go for the review include:

• How you are feeling yourself
• Your baby’s feeding, sleep, and/or behaviour
• Your baby’s weight
• Is your baby sitting alone?
• Does your baby babble (ba-ba, da-da, etc)?
• Your baby’s eyesight and hearing
• Your child’s immunisations
• Your baby’s teeth
• Switching from bottle to cup
• Getting rid of dummies
• Accident prevention
• Childcare / going back to work or training

Resources: 

• Look at me now I am 1 - SWAY (view in website or print)

24-30 month development review

Your child’s progress will be reviewed at around 2 - 2½ years by a member of the health visiting team. This is a chance to talk about your child, their health and general behaviour and discuss any worries you may have, for example:

• Speech and language development
• Behaviour
• Toilet training
• Home safety
• Brushing your child’s teeth / registering with a dentist
• Immunisations.
• Getting ready for nursery

You will be sent a questionnaire before the appointment; this is just a guide, and it is not expected that your child will be able to do all the things on the questionnaire. 

Remember; if you are worried about your child’s behaviour, health, growth or development you can contact your Health Visitor at any time through your local Hub or Chat Health.

Resources:

• Look at me, now I'm 2 - SWAY (view in website or print)