Home visit

​​​The first Maternal and Child Health visit is usually completed at your home and is a chance for you and your nurse to get to know each other and talk about any concerns.

This visit will focus on:

• safe sleeping
• safety in the home
• immunisations
• feeding including breastfeeding
• how play helps learning and development
• family relationships and wellbeing.

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

Parent Tip Sheets for the home visit

The following Tip Sheets are provided to you at the home visit:

• Safe Sleeping Checklist (pdf - 565.13kb) - DET and RedNose (previously SIDS and Kids Victoria)
• Safe Sleeping (pdf - 552.22kb)- RedNose (Translated Resources available)
• It’s Not OK To Shake Babies - NAPCAN
• Making the Most of Childhood: The Importance of the Early Years  (pdf - 243.11kb)- DET
• Kids Talk: 75 Ways To Encourage Children (pdf - 338.34kb) - DET (Translated Resources available)
• Successfully Starting and Maintaining Breastfeeding (pdf - 1.07mb)- DET
• VaxOnTime - DHHS
• Play, Learn, Grow - Your baby's learning has already begun (pdf - 539.24kb)

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.