12 Months

​​​At this consultation your childs growth, health and development will be reviewed.

This consultation will focus on:

• your Parents' Evaluation of Development Statu​s (PEDS)questions in your My Health, Learning and Development Record (remember to complete these questions before the visit if you can)
• helping your child to eat healthy food
• taking care of your child's teeth
• how to be sun smart
• how play helps learning and development
• family relationships and wellbeing
• immunisations.

Remember, you and your nurse can talk about other issues/concerns if they arise.

Please tell the nurse if your baby:

• is not enjoying eye contact or cuddles with you
• is not interested in sounds
• is not you know what they want
• is not seeming to understand you
• is not crawling or standing holding on
• is not pointing.

Parent Tip Sheets for the 12 month visit

The following Tip Sheets are given to you at the 12 month visit:

• Healthy Eating and Play for Toddlers 1-2​ years (pdf - 630.57kb) - DET
• Tooth Tips - Thumb and Finger​ Sucking 1 - 2 years - Dental Health Services Victoria
• Play Learn, Grow - Celebrate family, culture and community (pdf - 719.88kb) (Translated Resources available)

To view all the Tip Sheets, see: Parent Tip Sheets

More information

• Contact the MCH Service - how to contact the Maternal and Child Health Service and other supports.
• My Health, Learning and Development Record - a child health record is given to families in hospital when their baby is born and is designed to record inportant information.