Healthy Babies Healthy Children

• Having a healthy pregnancy and birth
• How to prepare for your new baby
• Planning to feed your baby

• Support with infant feeding
• Caring for and connecting with your baby

• How your baby grows
• Helping your child grow and develop
• Food and healthy eating
• Developmental checklists

• Safe sleep
• Safe feeding
• Safe play
• Home safety

• Parenting support
• Taking care of yourself and your family

• Calling All Three Year Olds (CATYO)
• Speech, language, social emotional skills
• Toileting

• Access to breastfeeding clinics and services
• Parenting programs
• Connecting with your community

A public health nurse can visit your home to help you while you are expecting or after the birth of your child to:

• understand your pregnancy and how to take care of yourself
• prepare for your new baby and what to expect when you give birth
• how to feed your baby
• address any health concerns that you have about yourself or your baby
• answer questions about comforting and parenting your baby
• help you adjust to your new role as a parent

Parent resource visitors are experienced parents who have received training to become skilled peer mentors. It is through mentoring at regular home visits that they help parents discover their strengths and reach their goals to be the best parent for their child. By reviewing goals identified in the family's service plan, a parent resource visitor will: 

• encourage and support you during your pregnancy and after the baby is born
• role model positive parenting and attachment
• review home safety and developmental checklists
• connect you to services in your community