At Parent Club, we support the key roles midwives and family nurses play in the lives of expectant mothers and new parents. Parent Club can facilitate the conversations midwives have with mums and dads to be, allowing them to access pregnancy information and advice whenever and wherever they need it.
Parent Club email programme
Expectant parents can sign up for Parent Club’s email programme when they apply for their Baby Box. The programme guides parents from the weeks before their due date through all the ups and downs of the early years, and continues to support them regularly all the way up to the start of school.
By encouraging them to sign up, you’re ensuring they receive timely advice on feeding, sleep, crying, bonding, playing, weaning and lots more, delivered into their inbox just when they need it.
You can see some sample emails from our programme here:
Parent Club website
ParentClub.scot can support the conversations you have with parents by providing information they can refer back to when they need it. Here are some pages on the Parent Club website you may wish to share with the mums and dads you work with:
Pregnancy
- Common pregnancy questions
- Tips for the first trimester
- Tips for the second trimester
- Tips for the third trimester
- Reducing the risks of stillbirth
- Looking after yourself during pregnancy
- Pregnancy advice for parents who are still in school
Labour and birth
Tips for the first few days
- Why is my baby crying?
- Common questions new parents ask
- Tips for the first few days with a newborn
- Safer sleeping tips
- Getting your newborn to sleep
- Bathing your newborn
- Top tips to help nappy time be a happy time
- Bonding
- Mental health support for new mums
Feeding tips
- Planning your feeding options
- Common questions about feeding a newborn baby
- Starting to breastfeed
- Learning your baby's feeding cues
Tips for dads and partners
- Mental health tips for partners and dads-to-be
- Mental health support for new dads
- Bonding tips for dads and partners
- Breastfeeding support from dads and partners
You can see the whole Pregnancy & First Days and Feeding Your Baby sections here.
We also have information for parents whose babies are born prematurely or who need special care in a neonatal unit.
ParentClub.scot can also support conversations about wider issues, including:
Money and work
- Financial support and benefits for families
- Budgeting tips
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods
- Help dealing with debt
- Returning to work after having a baby
