NHS: maternity & paternity benefits & leave

NHS: advice for single parents

Oxfordshire County Council: Free early years education for 3-4 years old

Oxfordshire County Council: Free early years education 2 years old

Child tax credit

Citizens Advice

Seesaw: charity providing grief support to Oxfordshire’s children and young people

NHS: coping with bereavement

Cruse bereavement care

UNICEF: Infant Feeding Support for Parents

Global health media videos (Available in different languages)

Off to the Best Start

NHS: pregnancy and baby

Oral thrush

Reflux

Benefits of breastfeeding

Breastfeeding worries and problems

Expressing and storing breastmilk

Colic and crying

Dads and breastfeeding

NHS: choosing a baby car seat

Institute of Health Visiting: travelling with your baby

Down Syndrome toolkit

UK National Autistic Society

Oxfordshire County Council: information for parents of children with disabilities

Institute of Health Visiting: immunisations: confirmed hearing loss

Institute of Health Visiting: suspected hearing loss

Institute of Health Visiting: Children’s teeth

NHS: teething and tooth care

NHS healthy start

Institute of Health Visiting: Feeding your older child

Institute of Health Visiting: how can I encourage my child to eat vegetables?

Institute of Health Visiting: how to prevent your child your child being overweight

Food allergies in children under 5 years

NHS: immunisation schedule

Oxford Vaccine Group

Institute of Health Visiting: immunisations

Institute of Health Visiting: more on immunisations 

Protecting your child against flu

Flu immunisation: who should have the vaccine and why

NHS:start4life

First Steps Nutrition

Unicef: introducing solid foods

NHS: introducing solid foods

Institute of Health Visiting: introducing solid foods

Mental health resources

Talking Space Plus

Oxfordshire Mind

NHS: Mindfulness

NHS: feeling depressed after birth

Institute of Health Visiting: happy parents, happy children

Institute of Health Visiting: mother’s emotional health & wellbeing

Institute of Health Visiting: how can new fathers get involved?

Institute of Health Visiting: resources for father’s wellbeing

Institute of Health Visiting: supporting children and young people after a traumatic event

Getting to know your baby

Your Health Visiting Team can give advice, when your child is unwell. If you are concerned about your baby or child’s health, then please contact your local health visiting team who will be able to help on how to care for your baby or child, signpost you to other appropriate care and advise you when to see a doctor. See our current list of health visitor clinics and venues to find the one nearest to you.  Alternatively, please look at the links below for more information on common illnesses and NHS Services.

Looking after a sick child

Diarrhea and vomiting

Common illnesses

Winter flu: why you should vaccinate your child with the nasal spray – leaflet

Where to get advice when your child is unwell – leaflet

Signs to look out for – leaflet

Best beginnings

NHS: being a parent

NHS: soothing a crying baby

Transition to parenthood

Relationship between parents

Skin to skin contact

Sex and intimacy: tips for new parents

Baby brain development video

NHS: children and new siblings

NHS: support for new parents

Family links: support for parents

NCT: parenting

Institute of Health Visiting: difficult behavior

Institute of Health Visiting: weaning off bottles and dummies

Unicef: happy baby

NHS: why play is important

Baby brain development video

NCT pregnancy pages

NHS pregnancy and baby

NCT birth pages 

Bliss (charity supporting parents of premature children)

Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board: parents & carers

NSPCC

Reducing the risk of domestic abuse

Oxfordshire County Council: Keeping children safe

NHS: female genital mutilation

Oxford Health ‘Let’s talk FGM‘: enabling conversation about female genital mutilation

gov.uk: female genital mutilation leaflet

Child Accident Prevention Trust

NHS: baby and toddler safety

Institute of Health Visiting: burns and scalds

Institute of Health Visiting: choking, suffocation and strangulation

Institute of Health Visiting: falls

Institute of Health Visiting: keeping babies & children safe around dogs in the home

Institute of Health Visiting: staying safe in the sun

NHS: Sun safety for children

Institute of Health Visiting: childhood cancer

NHS: meningitis

NHS: spotting signs of serious illness

NHS: nappy rash

Institute of Health Visiting: cradle cap

Institute of Health Visiting: atopic eczema

Unicef: caring for your baby at night

NHS: getting baby to sleep

Sleep in older children

Healthy sleep routines

Lullaby Trust: evidence-based information on safer sleep

Safe sleeping

Institute of Health Visiting: effects of smoking on your child’s health

NHS: going smoke-free

Words for Life

Words for Life: 3-5 years

NHS: help your baby learn to talk

Talking Point: information on children’s communication

I CAN: children’s communication charity

Children’s Speech & Language Therapy in Buckinghamshire

Children’s Speech & Language Therapy in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire County Council: Early Years SEN toolkit

Potty training

NHS: potty training

NHS: dealing with difficult behavior

NHS: constipation and soiling

NHS: separation anxiety

Toilet training

NHS: service search

Oxfordshire health visitors on Facebook

‘I want great care’ patient feedback ( Please see here for team Codes.)

Oxfordshire County Council: find childcare

Oxfordshire County Council: health visiting teams contacts

Oxfordshire County Council: family information directory

Housing charity Shelter