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Bottle Feeding and Weaning Bottle Feeding your baby Most mums will be invited to breastfeed their baby at birth.  This gives your baby all the nutrition they need.  Some parents choose or need to bottle feed their babies, using formula feed.  For information on responsive…

Breastfeeding improves the health of both baby and mum, but it’s not always easy. If you choose to breastfeed, a range of local support is available from your midwife, Healthy Family Team and via Baby and Breastfeeding Encouragement and Support groups, known as BABES, which…

We’ve put together lots of useful information for you and links to websites The first 1001 days of a child’s life, from conception to age two, is a window of opportunity. It is a time of particularly rapid growth and brain development. For more on…

Early Years Family Food Environment The Childhood Obesity Trailblazer Project is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care and managed by the Local Government Association.  It promotes a test and learn approach to try out innovative approaches to using local authority levers to…

During the Covid pandemic and now the Cost of Living challenges, more people than ever have been using Food Banks and other food support to help their food budget stretch a little further, whilst also trying to eat a healthy diet.  In Nottinghamshire there are…

Check out our Play at Home Booklet, simple easy and cheap resources and play ideas for you to try at home. Image of Play at Home Booklet front cover            

Pregnancy is an exciting time and there are lots of things to think about. Here you will find links to advice and support that might be useful to you. When you get to 28 weeks pregnant, you and your partner could attend the Children’s Centre…

Welcome to the grandparents and other family carers section of the Virtual Family Hub.  We want to support you with up to date information to help support you support your families, giving children the best start in life.   Grandparents play such an important role, helping…

If you or your child need immediate help and are injured you need to call 999. If your child is thinking of harming themselves you can also phone 0808 196 3779, the Nottinghamshire Mental Health Crisis Line, 24/7. If it’s not an immediate emergency please contact your GP or Healthy Families…

Inspire Libraries Register at your local Library and you and your child will be able to borrow a wide range of story and information books.  It's free to join and you can join your child at any any. Libraries also have a range of activities and…