When do you see health visitor

We used to see them relatively frequently when he was a little baby as we took him to get weighed quite a lot as he had feeding and weight problems but since that resolved when he started weaning we pretty much never see them.

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My lg is 14 months now and we see the health visitor once per month but we have to go to the baby clinic at the doctors. We only go so often cause my little one has to get weighed as she wasnt picking up much weight. If I need to speak to my HV - I can just call and arrange a home visit and she come for 1 hr to discuss some issues i was having.

I would just give them a call and arraneg a visit. Can't find your answer? I think that it might be different in different areas, depending on funding. We saw ours twice at birth then 8 months and 2 years, just to check their development.

I think that you might be much better off to find a support group, rather than counting on a health visitor for much help. Do you have a local children's centre that you can visit, they will have groups that you can attend where you can talk to other mums, or they will be able to give you advice of where else you can go to find help? We saw the HV twice at home and then were told where the nearest GP surgery is where a weekly weigh-in and talk was available. I think we saw her until DD was 6 month fairly regular but more because it was on my way back from a baby group so I just dropped in.

We had a 8 month check with the head HV and I needed a referral to a physiotherapist when DD was 11 months. After that we got a phone call when we moved to another area. In answer to Anonymous.

I have great hv. Shes worth her weight in gold. If I need her I just phone n always have her number on standby for queries. Your health visiting team will send you a questionnaire, known as the "Ages and Stages Questionnaire" or ASQ-3, to fill in before your child's 9 to month and 2-year development reviews. This allows you to try out some of the activities covered by the questionnaire with your baby at home, where they are comfortable and in familiar surroundings.

Your baby will usually have reviews at the ages we talk about on this page. If you have any concerns at other times, you can contact a health visitor or GP, or go to your local baby clinic. Your baby will be weighed at birth and again during their first week. They will also have a thorough physical examination within 72 hours of being born. A health professional will usually check your baby's eyes, heart, hips and — for baby boys — testicles.

Read more about the newborn physical examination. At 5 and 8 days old your baby will have a blood spot heel prick test that screens for several rare diseases, including cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease. This is usually done by the midwife. Find out more about the newborn blood spot heel prick test.

Your baby will also have a hearing test soon after birth. If you have your baby in hospital, this may happen before you leave. Otherwise, it will be done some time in the first few weeks in your home, at an outpatient clinic, or at your local health centre.

Find out more about the newborn hearing test. A midwife and health visitor will also support you with breastfeeding, caring for your new baby, adjusting to life as a new parent.

Your baby's eyes, heart, hips and — for boys — testicles will be checked. They'll also have their weight, length and head circumference measured. A GP or health visitor will discuss your baby's vaccinations with you. Baby clinics. A week in the life of a health visitor. Levels of service.

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