To support you we have put together a list of resources to aid you, your family and your baby’s health and development.
If you wish to speak to a member of the health visiting team please call us during the working hours of Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) between 9 and 5 on 01895 891 302
Click on the topic links below to find out more information
- Accessing health visiting support for you and your family
- Babies cry, you can cope. Advice and support from ICON
- Coping with a crying baby
- Best Beginnings Videos
- Understanding your Baby
- How to help if your Baby has Reflux
- Managing cradle cap
- Oral Thrush
- Routine baby screening reviews at 6-8 weeks
- Safer Sleep for your Baby
- Hypoglycaemia
- Travelling with your Baby
- Understanding Umbilical Granuloma
- Childhood Immunisations Part 1: An introduction to childhood immunisations
- Childhood Immunisations Part 2: Frequently asked questions
- Coping with a traumatic birth
- How does smoking affect pregnancy, babies and children?
- Looking after your relationship as new parents
- Sex and intimacy: understanding changes to your sexual wellbeing following the birth of your baby
- Emotional Health and Wellbeing – Fathers
- Emotional Health and Wellbeing – Mothers
- How can dads get involved?
- Looking after a child or young persons mental health
- Supporting children and young people after a traumatic event
- Top tips for dads
- Hillingdon perinatal mental health service
- Hillingdon talking therapies
- Breastfeeding Tips for Parents
- Unicef Baby Friendly - Breastfeeding attachment and positioning (access to video)
- Unicef Baby Friendly - Breastfeeding resources
- Unicef Baby Friendly - Hand expression (access to video)
- Expressing and storing breastmilk
- Supporting breastfeeding for everyone and issues relating to breastfeeding during COVID-19
- Helping your older child to eat well
- How can I encourage my Child to Eat Vegetables?
- How to help babies and children maintain a healthy weight
- How to help if your Baby has Reflux
- Introducing your baby to solid foods
- Vitamins for Children
- Managing Food Allergies in children under 5 years
- Caring for baby or child with sticky eyes
- Confirmed Hearing Loss in Babies and Children
- Coping with scarlet fever
- Coping with chickenpox
- Diarrhoea and Vomiting (D&V)
- Fever / high temperature
- Head injury
- Accessing health visiting support for you and your family
- Childhood cancer: spotting the signs & symptoms
- Children’s Teeth
- Suspected Hearing Loss in Babies and Children
- Wheeze and breathing difficulties
- Hypoglycaemia
- Managing Atopic Eczema in babies and children
- My child has Glue Ear
- Oral Thrush
- Rashes: When should you worry?
- Recognising Sepsis in a child
- Suspected Hearing Loss in Babies and Children
- Wheeze and breathing difficulties
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1: Spotting the signs & symptoms
- Child accident prevention trust
- Keeping children safe parents pack
- Accidental poisonings
- Car seat safety
- How to reduce unintentional injuries in children under 5 years (accident prevention)
- Keeping babies and children safe around dogs in the home
- Preventing choking
- Safer Sleep for your Baby
- Safety in the home/Water safety
- Safety in the Home/Burns and Scalds
- Safety in the Home/Suffocation and strangulation
- Safety in the Home/Falls
- Staying safe in the sun
- Hillingdon moves, talks, plays
- Positive behaviour support and how it can be helpful
- Supporting your Child’s Development
- Supporting your child’s speech, language and communication development
- Supporting sleep habits in children with additional needs
- Toilet training
- Two year review
- Using positive statements to guide our children
- Vitamins for Children
- Weaning off bottles and dummies
- Domestic Abuse information for Hillingdon Residents
- Refuge freephone 24 hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline 08082 0000 247
- Respect - Helpline for male victims of domestic abuse 08088 010 327 (Mon-Fri 10am-8pm)
- Hestia – Support for adults and children in times of crisis
- Bright Sky can be downloaded for free via the app stores. Please only download the app if it is safe for you to do so and if you are sure that your phone isn’t being monitored
- Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children
- Women’s Aid live chat service (7 days a week, 10am to 6pm)
- Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting victims of crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales 24/7 Support line: 08081 689 111
- My Support Space - free online resource
- Safe Spaces