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www.nhs.uk/babylifecheck
NHS Baby LifeCheck is an interactive website designed to provide information and advice to mums, dads and carers of babies aged five to eight months.
www.babylifecheck.co.uk guides parents and carers through a set of simple multiple choice questions, then offers advice and reassurance on making the best decisions for their child.
It covers topics including: development, talking and playing, feeding, healthy teeth, safety, sleep routine, immunisations and being a parent.
Created in consultation with parents, NHS Baby LifeCheck recognises that being the mum or dad of a young baby can sometimes be a challenge.
It offers top tips, helpful videos and details of organisations which can support people across a range of issues - from weaning worries to feeling down or lonely.
Launched nationally and locally last year, a range of events and sessions across Hull has been used to promote Baby LifeCheck with expectant and new parents including...
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Hit the Ground Crawling sessions have been held to ensure parents (and especially dads-to-be) can find out all they need to know before their babies are born. The free antenatal sessions for expectant parents have been held at Children's Centres across the city. The sessions have given them the chance to try out Baby LifeCheck.
The Bookstart Team at Hull Libraries have held Baby Bounce Rhyme-time Sessions at local libraries to give parents a place to meet and help their children develop communication and social skills. At the sessions parents socialise and often seek advice either from each other or through the library's parenting collections.
Baby LifeCheck can be accessed through library computers and through information kiosks and computers at all local Children's Centre's where staff are also on hand to answer any questions parents may have once they have completed the check.
"When babies reach 5-8 months of age they go through a period of rapid development and at this time professionals may not be as involved with the family," says Bernie Dawson, Health Commissioner for Children and Young People at NHS Hull.
"It's a time when some parents fear they may not be doing things right and need some reassurance.
"As well as giving information, the Baby LifeCheck website allows parents to complete a survey, which is completely confidential and gives them peace of mind.
It also gives information about other sources of help and support."
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