Healthy Babies offer for 0-2 year olds
Introduction
The Healthy Babies offer provides support to parents and carers from the child's conception until their second birthday
The first 1,001 days from conception up to the age of two are a critical time in the development of your baby and child's life.
The Healthy Babies offer is part of the Best Start Family Hubs approach for children, young people and families across Norfolk.
Our vision for the Healthy Babies offer
Our vision for Norfolk has been developed by working with services, parents and carers.
"All babies, children and families are supported and empowered to have a healthy, happy and safe start for life, ensuring they Flourish before birth and beyond."
Learn more about our Flourish ambition for Norfolk.
Key services
All these services are available in Norfolk for parent and carers-to-be, and if you have a child under two-years-old:
- Midwifery services
- Health visiting services
- Infant feeding support
- Parental mental health support and parent infant relationship support
- Parenting support
What we mean by 'parents and carers'
'Parents and carers' includes everyone who looks after, loves and supports the growth of babies and children.
This includes:
- Mothers and fathers
- Same sex parents and carers
- Partners. This could be a spouse or civil partner (including same sex partners), co-parents, or a secondary adoptive parent having a child through surrogacy
- Wider family
- Kinship carers
- Adoptive and foster parents
- Young parents
- Single parents
