If you have any concerns about your child’s progress, or if your child has any specific health or development needs, further support and advice will be given. Please contact your 0-19 team.
The questionnaire may be sent in advance of the visit.
This is not a test! The questionnaire can help you to think about the stage your child is at and what you can do to help their development.
All children develop at their own pace and the use of questionnaires are just one way of helping you to understand how your child is progressing.
If you or the member of staff completing the questionnaire have any concerns about your child’s progress, or if your child has any specific health or development needs, further support and advice will be given. For more information:
Whether you're breast or bottle feeding, here is some handy information to help you. See the feeding your baby section of the Salford Royal website.
You can also read about Vitamin D, and the Healthy Start Programme and why it is important and who needs to take supplements.
Healthy Start gives you and your family the best start in life.
Maternal mental ill health can seem a complex and daunting prospect but it is far more common than you may think with every 1 in 10 new mothers experiencing some form of depression or anxiety.
Research is now showing that parental depression and anxiety can have a long term impact on a child’s emotional wellbeing, however the good news is that these affects can be overcome with good support. Don’t forget that you can always talk to your health visitor about how you are feeling. If your child is under 1 year, your health visitor will be able to offer additional listening visits to help support you and your baby.
Emotional health and wellbeing for mothers
Emotional health and wellbeing for fathers
Being a new dad can be a roller-coaster of emotions. Some men say that seeing their baby being born was the most fantastic thing in their life whilst others may say it was the worse experience ever!!
Download the understanding your emotional health and wellbeing factsheet for fathers (Adobe PDF format) from the IHV
Everybody is different and will react to parenthood in many different ways. If you are ever concerned about your own mental health or that of your partner contact your 0-19 team .For useful and practical information for dads why not download the dadpad app - a must have for new dads.
Dad Matters in Salford exists to support dads to have the best possible relationship with their children. We work closely with other professionals within Salford to better support dads in the first 1001 days of their parenting journey.
It is normal for a baby to cry, but how do you cope when the crying never seems to stop?
You can talk to a friend, your health visitor or GP, or contact the Cry-sis helpline on 08451 228 669, open 9am to 10pm, seven days a week. You'll be charged for your call.
Cry-sis can put you in touch with other parents who have been in the same situation.
ICON is a programme aimed at helping parents and carers with young babies to cope with infant crying. Read the ICON leaflet (Adobe PDF format).
As well as putting baby down to sleep on their back, how else can you encourage safer sleep?
Immunisations and vaccinations