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The following resources are from Healthy WA – Health information for Western Australians.
Birth
- Having a baby at Armadale Health Service
- Having a baby in a public hospital
- Having a baby in private care
- Labour and birth using water
- Which public maternity hospital in Perth will I be referred to?
- Your maternity care options
Child development
- Child development
- Child development 0–3 months
- Child development 3–6 months
- Child development 6–9 months
- Child development 9–12 months
- Child development 1–2 years
- Child development 2–3 years
- Child development 3–4 years
- Child development 4–5 years
- Child development services
- Coping skills (resilience)
- Crying baby
- Learning to talk
- My journey – until I’m 1 year old
- Play and toys for toddlers 18 months to 3 years
Emotions
- Advice for parents with a new baby – care for yourself with a little TLC
- Anger coping strategies
- Assertive communication
- Balancing housework and baby
- Behavioural activation fun and achievement
- Being the best dad you can be
- Calming techniques – breathing training
- Emotional health for new parents
- How new dads can support their partner
- How to support yourself as a new mum
- Men – relationships and parenting
- Problem solving
- Progressive muscle relaxation
- Time-out for dads with a new baby
- Time-out for mums with a new baby
- Tips for getting professional help for perinatal anxiety or depression
- Tips for mums with a new baby – how to support your partner
- When information overload strikes – how new parents can filter information
- Your emotional recovery after pregnancy loss
Food
- Baby’s first foods – a guide to the best foods for your baby
- Best food choices for school-aged children
- Breastfeeding
- Breastmilk and infant formula
- Feeding your baby – the first 12 months
- Food allergies and your baby’s first foods
- Food for kids
- Food for older babies
- Foods and drinks that are not suitable for your baby
- Healthy drinks for your toddler
- How to start feeding your baby solids
- Safe preparation and use of infant formula
- Signs your baby is hungry
- Ten tips for feeding toddlers
- The right time to start feeding your baby solids
- Tips for parents on problem eating habits in school-aged children
- Tucker without tantrums – a guide to healthy eating for your toddler
- What to do if your toddler refuses food
Head lice
Immunisation
- Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
- Australian Immunisation Register
- Chickenpox (varicella) vaccine
- Childhood immunisation
- Childhood immunisation schedule
- Children moving from overseas
- Community child health nurses
- Flu (influenza) vaccine
- Flu (influenza) vaccine in pregnancy – what expectant mothers need to know
- Flu vaccine for children
- How do I access my vaccination record?
- HPV vaccine
- Immunisation
- Immunisation in pregnancy
- Immunisation requirements for family assistance payments
- Possible side effects of vaccination
- Shingles vaccine
- Starting or moving child care, kindergarten or school – immunisation records
- Staying healthy in winter
- Tuberculosis BCG vaccination
- Vaccination safety
- What diseases do vaccines protect against?
- Where can I get immunised?
- Whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine in pregnancy – what expectant mothers need to know
Sleeping
- Co-sleeping and the risks to your baby’s health
- Safe infant sleeping
- Sleep 0 – 3 months
- Sleep 3 – 6 months
- Sleep 6 months – 3 years
- Sleep and your baby