Pregnancy and birth

Keep your child's growth charts and health records from the NHS with you wherever you are.

eRedbook stores information about immunisations, health reviews and screening tests securely in the cloud so they are always at hand. 

Access your child's NHS health records quickly and easily through eRedbook once your child's record is connected to the NHS.

If you are worried about your child’s development, please speak to your Health Visitor or GP.

Find out more on the eredbook website.

Registering the birth of your baby will enable them to access support from the council and other services such as the NHS and school when the time comes.

Find out how to register your baby.

In the early days after your baby is born, you are entitled to support and visits by a midwife to help ensure you and your baby are safe and well.

Find out more about these visits.

Registering your baby with a GP as early as possible will mean that you can access help from a doctor quickly and easily if you need it.

Find your local GP.

Register for a GP in Newham.

Having good oral hygiene is important for your baby’s development. Once you are registered with a dentist, you will be able to schedule appointments to monitor and support this as they grow up.

Find and register for a dentist.

Access useful resources on how to maintain good oral hygiene for you and your baby.

Once your baby is born, getting signed up to a Children’s Centre and Library will help you access lots of great activities, class, support and resources for you, your baby and your family.

Find and sign-up for your local library.

Once your baby arrives, it is important to make the right choice on how to feed your baby and carry out safe Infant feeding practice. You can find resources on this at the Newham 0-19 Children's Health service.

A resource on accessing infant feeding workshops.

Parenting can be hard! Getting support to help you be the best parent you can will help your baby have the best start in life and will also help you bond as a family.

View the various parenting programmes offered in Newham.

Weaning your baby is an important stage as they start to grow.

You can gain support with weaning from Newham’s health visiting team or from a children’s centre.

This resource also gives information about infant weaning.

Newham's Children Centres

After your baby is born, they will be screened and checked for Special Educational Needs or Disability (SEND).

It is vital this happens as early as possible so if your child needs extra or specialist support to help them learn and grow, they can receive it from early in their life.

These checks are performed by the CDS team of the 0-19 Children’s Health team. 

For more information, view our Specialist Health Visiting pages.

Now your child has arrived, you may wish to access a childcare service to help care for your baby or to give you a rest.

Find information on the different types of childcare available and how to access them.

Some childcare comes with a financial cost. The childcare choices website provides information about financial help you can access for childcare costs if you need.

View a resource that can help you calculate exactly what help you could get with your childcare costs.

Once your baby is born, getting signed up to a children’s centre and library will help you access a lot of great activities, class, support and resources for you, your baby and your family.

Newham's Children Centres

Sign up and find your local library.