8 Months

​​At this consultation the nurse will review your child's growth, health and development and complete a hearing risk assessment.

This consultation will focus on:

• your Parents’ Evaluation of Development Status (PEDS) questions in your My Health, Learning and Development Record (remember to complete these questions before the visit if you can)
• poisons information
• preventing injuries
• taking care of your child's teeth
• how to be sun smart
• how play helps learning and development
• immunisations
• Hearing Screen (VIHSP)
• family relationships and wellbeing.

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 with you
• is not interested in sounds
• is not babbling
• is not able to roll.

Parent Tip Sheets for the 8 month visit

The following Tip Sheets are given to you at the 8 month visit:

• Is Your Home Poison Proof? (pdf - 340.63kb) - DET and Department of Health, Victoria
• Five SunSmart Steps - Cancer Council Victoria(Translated Resources available)
• Tooth tips 0-12 months - Dental Health Services Victoria
• Kidsafe - Toddlers on the Move 9 - 18 months - Kidsafe Victoria (Available in Arabic, Chin - haka, Chinese, Croatian, Karen, Macedonian, Serbian, Somali, Turkish, Vietnamese
• Play, Learn, Grow - Share your baby's excitement about their world (pdf - 719.21kb) (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.