The first three months with your baby

Feeding your baby:

• Breastfeeding in weeks 2-6
• Breastfeeding in weeks 4-6 and beyond
• Eating for breastfeeding
• Expressing milk
• Combination feeding
• If a baby fails to thrive

What's happening:

• Your body - further changes
• Your baby - growth and development
• Your baby - ill health

Baby care:

• Nappy-changing
• Clothes for your baby
• Bathing your baby
• Bedding
• Some common problems in young babies

Feelings - and feeling in control:

• Coping with an unsettled baby
• Asking for help (for all parents and support people)
• Getting out of the house
• Post-natal depression and related problems

Cot death, or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS):

• Reducing the risk of cot death
• Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Charlotte's story: Cot death

Continuing health care:

• Home or clinic visits
• Your six-week check
• Contraception after childbirth
• Vaccination programme
• Having a regular primary care provider
• Registering the birth

Life with a baby:

• Looking after yourself
• Enjoying your baby

Anna's story: Three small children