New baby review

The new birth review is to meet you and your new baby and to see if there is any information or support you need.

When your baby is around 10 to 14 days old, we'll contact you to arrange the new baby review.

For babies that need to stay a bit longer in hospital, we'll speak to you and do what works best for your family. Don’t worry about the visit or tidy up especially for us.

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

We'll talk with you about lots of different things including:

how you are feeling and how was the birth of your baby
health and wellbeing of you and your family
how feeding your baby is going
your baby's growth
how your baby can sleep most safely
babies crying
childhood immunisations
parental emotional and physical health and wellbeing

We're not just here for your baby, but parents as well and we can discuss support services that you or your family may want to access.

Have your say!

We would love to hear from you with comments/suggestions about developing or improving our service. Let us know how we can improve our service by completing the online anonymous feedback survey.

Useful information

To support you in parenting and to prepare you for your new arrival 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.
The Raise York planning to have a child and Pregnancy page and the NHS pregnancy guide includes all you need to know about trying for a baby, pregnancy, labour and birth.
Communicating and Bonding with Baby - It is important for you and your baby even before they are born to develop a relationship with them, this will help their health and development and enhance your relationship to them.
Keeping well in pregnancy is vital for baby and you. There are things you can do and things you can avoid in pregnancy to keep you and your baby as healthy as possible. Please visit Raise York Planning to have a child and pregnancy pages and NHS Health things you should know in pregnancy for further information.
Healthy Relationships are also important for yours and babies well-being in pregnancy, see the Raise York relationships in pregnancy page.
Dadspad is a free app to guide new dads and is endorsed by the NHS.
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 NHS website on bleeding gums and dental health and how to find a dentist.
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 NHS Website and 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. Infant crying and how to cope has lots of useful information.
Immunisations give protection against some infectious diseases. Childhood Immunisations and Immunisations in pregnancy contains useful information on immunisations.
Preparing for baby - See the Sleeping and Safer Sleep page for more information on baby sleep and safer sleep and child sleep. Our Basic Baby care page has information to prepare for babies. The Institute of Health visitor (IHV) has top tips on parenting for families.
Stop smoking has information on smoking.
Drugs and alcohol has information and support.
Financial and housing information.
Infant feeding - 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. The IHV (Institute of health Visitors) has information for parents including management of umbilical granuloma.
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 has lots of useful information.