1. Pre-birth
Preparing for your baby’s arrival
- Top Health Visitor Tips for pregnancy birth and beyond - ihv.org.uk website
- Stop Smoking for You and Your Baby - NHS website
- Free Healthy Start Pre-paid card - NHS website
Vitamins
- Vitamins for Children - NHS website
- Check if you qualify for Healthy Start by using the online application form, or ask at your local Best Start Family Hub.
Healthy Start vitamins can be collected from Oldham's Best Start Family Hubs using your prepaid card.
Vitamins are 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
Feeding your baby
- Breastfeeding - NHS website
- Breast Feeding Network - Breastfeeding network website
- UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative - Unicef website
- How to make a formula feed. - NHS website
- First infant formula - firststepsnutrition.co.uk
- Expressing and Bottle Feeding - NHS 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
Your Emotional Health
- Mental health in pregnancy - Royal Colledge of Psychiatrists website
Dental Health
- Find a local NHS dentist – NHS website