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At Parent Club, we support the essential contribution health visitors make to the health and safety of young families. Parent Club follows the Health Visitor Pathway, providing timely information when families need it. Here’s how our website and email programme can support them.
Pre-birth
Health visitor pathway
- Antenatal letter
- Home visit at 32-34 weeks
Parent Club website
- Pregnancy tips – common pregnancy questions, tips for the first, second and third trimester and tips for dads and partners.
- Wellbeing during pregnancy | Parent Club – mental health advice for mums and dads.
- Stillbirth – important things parents can do to help reduce the risk of stillbirth.
- Top tips for saving money before baby arrives – advice on benefits and grants and ways to save, plus tips on how the Baby Box can help.
- Labour and birth – common questions and tips, including how to make a birth plan and how to stay more comfortable and calm during labour.
Parent Club emails
Newborn
Health visitor pathway
- Home visit at 11-15 days
- Two home visits between 3-5 weeks
Parent Club website
- Getting through the first few weeks – crying, nappy changing, bathing, bonding and other common issues parents go through when they take their baby home.
- Wellbeing for new parents – mental health tips and advice for mums and dads.
- Feeding your baby – whether mum decides to breastfeed or use formula, we have comprehensive advice and videos to help, including tips on learning baby’s cues and correct attachment, and other parents’ stories.
- Safer sleep – clear guidance for parents on how to get baby to sleep as safely as possible.
- Bonding and attachment – tips from parents and professionals to help new mums and dads get to know their new baby and form a lasting bond.
- Wellbeing for wee ones – tips, videos and fun activities to help parents connect with their baby, helping them feel safe and loved and boosting their development.
6 weeks to 5 months
Health visitor pathway
- Home visit at 6-8 weeks
- Home visit at 3 months
- Home visit at 4 months
Parent Club website
- Feeding your baby – advice and tips to help mums along their breastfeeding journey, including peer-to-peer support and reassuring videos from midwives and nurses to help tackle common challenges.
- Sleeping tips – tips for settling baby and helping them sleep through the night and advice for coping with sleepless nights.
- Top tips to help nappy time be a happy time – tips to help with quick changes and turn nappy time into a fun bonding experience.
- Wellbeing for wee ones – tips, fun activities and videos (like this one with Dr Suzanne Zeedyk) to help parents connect with their baby, helping them feel safe and loved and boosting their development.
- Baby milestones – when do babies start to hold their heads up or roll over? What is tummy time? Parents questions are answered here.
6-11 months
Health visitor pathway
- GIRFEC assessment at 6 months
- Home visit at 8 months
Parent Club website
- Weaning and first foods – getting their baby to eat solid food is a whole new experience for parents! Our tips for getting started and keeping going and simple weaning recipes and videos can help.
- Activities and play – fun games to help parents connect with their wee one and boost their development.
- Baby milestones – tips to help parents encourage their wee one to start crawling and sitting up.
- Helping your baby learn to communicate – babies are born ready to communicate, and this section has tips and fun activities to help them learn to express themselves.
- Screen use for babies – this page explains why babies shouldn’t have any screen time, except for video calling families, and why it’s best for parents to put their phones away too when they’re with their wee ones.
1-3 years
Health visitor pathway
- Home visit and review at 13 months
- Home visit and review at 27-30 months
Parent Club website
- Your 1-5 year old's development – what to expect as toddlers grow up and how to encourage them to develop new skills.
- Wellbeing for toddlers – tips to help busy parents connect with their toddler and boost their development.
- Tantrums and strops – helping parents understand their toddler’s behaviour as they hit the ‘terrible twos’.
- Potty training and toilet tips – tips for potty success and toilet troubleshooting.
- Toddler sleeping tips – how to create a bedtime routine that actually works.
- Activities and play for toddlers – games to keep toddlers busy and encourage their development through play.
- Early Learning and Childcare options – advice on choosing a nursery, settling in and how to save on childcare costs.
- Mealtimes and fussy eating – tips for tempting picky eaters and making tea time fun.
- Screen use for toddlers – screen-time guidelines and tips to make the most of any time spent using devices for play and learning.
Parent Club emails
- Tackling tantrums 😭
- Bedtime tips for toddlers 😴🌛
- Fun and games with your toddler 🏐🌈
- Dealing with fussy eaters 🍏☹
- Discover the benefits of early learning and childcare 😊🛝
- Is bedtime tough? Here's how to make it a bit better 😴🌛
- Make mornings with the kids less hectic ☕👌
- Here are some toilet training pointers 👇
- Full tummies with no tantrums 😋 ?
- Less evening drama for an easier bedtime 😴🌛
- Hints for dealing with tantrums 😩
- Connecting with your toddler 🙂🐻
- Help to make ends meet 💸
- Easy, everyday tips to light up your wee one's mind 💡
- Top tips for happy healthy kids 🥰
- Tips to boost kids' confidence to cope with worries and yours to cope with tantrums 💪
4-5 years
Health visitor pathway
- Home visit and review prior to starting school
- Transfer of Named Person at 4-5.5 years
Parent Club website
- Coping with parenting – tips to help parents keep calm and build a rewarding relationship with their child.
- Helping 3-5 year olds with speech and language – tips and videos to encourage parents to ‘light up their child’s mind’ through every day activities like chatting, playing and singing together.
- Dealing with difficult behaviour – tips to help parents understand their child’s behaviour and defuse the situation when they’re acting up.
- Making friends – how parents can encourage their children to socialise and make friends.
- Going to school – fun games to help get children ready to start school and tips to help them settle in and support their learning.
- Wellbeing for children – how to calm children’s worries and support their mental health, including advice on what to do if there is a bereavement in the family.
- Mealtimes and fussy eating – tips for tempting picky eaters.
- Online behaviour and safety – tips for talking to young children about online safety and for helping to keep them safer when they’re online.