6 to 8 week review

The 6 to 8 week review will give you a chance to talk again about some of the things discussed at the new baby review.

At this stage lots of changes are happening for you, your baby and family and you may be wondering about these and how to support your baby’s development, to give them the best start.

The 6 to 8 week review gives you the opportunity to find out about your baby’s development stage and how you can help support your baby’s brain development. Immunisations, baby crying, safety and child health is included as well as taking care of you as parents and carers.

We'll also talk about:

immunisations
your physical and emotional well-being
family well-being and emotional health
changes you may be seeing in your baby as they develop
activities you can do with your baby
baby safety
baby crying and coping with crying
sleep patterns or routines
local groups or sessions that you and your baby may enjoy

If you wish to rearrange the appointment or if you have any questions or worries, telephone: 01904 555475 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.30pm) or email: [email protected].

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Resources

To support parenting and prepare you for the next stages we have put together information and resources we hope you will find helpful.

The Healthy Child Service Team are here to provide information and support to families and children
Healthy Child Programme - The Healthy Child Programme for the early life stages focuses on a universal preventative service, providing families with a programme of screening, immunisation, health, and development reviews, supplemented by advice around health, wellbeing, and parenting
Red Book - Once your baby/babies are born you will be provided by your midwives with a red book for child information and communication
health checks are available for babies including Newborn Blood spot test and Newborn hearing screening
healthy relationships are also important for yours and babies well-being in pregnancy
dental health - If you are pregnant and for 12 months after your baby is born, you are entitled to free NHS dental treatment. Please review the Raise York dental health and teething page
mental health - Improved mental health and well being is associated with a range of better outcomes for people of all ages and backgrounds. Find information and support for your mental health on the Raise York mental wellbeing for all section. Our parental mental health page also has lots of useful resources
crying in babies is normal, and comforting methods can help. It’s ok to walk away, never ever shake a baby. Our infant crying and how to cope page has lots of useful information
immunisations give protection against some infectious diseases. Our Childhood Immunisations and Immunisations in pregnancy pages contains useful information on immunisations
The Sleeping and Safer Sleep page for more information on baby sleep and safer sleep and child sleep. Basic Baby care has information to prepare for babies
Stop smoking has information on smoking
Drugs and alcohol has information and support
Financial and housing information
Infant feeding - The Raise York website has information on introducing solid foods, also referred to as weaning or complimentary feeding, starts when your baby is around 6 months old. You may choose to Breastfeed, Chestfeed, use expressed breast milk or use infant formula and this is often a very personal decision, the Infant feeding page has lots of information for you
Accident Prevention in children has resources and information on ways to try to prevent accidents, Children need to explore and experiment and many childhood accidents are a part of growing up but accidents to children can have a lifelong impact
Common Illness in babies and children has resources and information on common illness in babies and children
Vitamins for children has resources and information on vitamins for children
This Child development and play age guide identifies a range of child development stages for your information, but please follow your child, all children are unique and will reach development milestones at a time and rate that’s unique to them
Self Weigh your Baby and child health clinics are available in the children’s centre
Staying Healthy and Healthy Eating has lots of useful information
Dadspad is a free app to guide new dads and is endorsed by the NHS