New Birth Visits

Our health visitors offer every family a new birth visit appointment this is normally between 10-14 days after your baby is born. This appointment maybe offered at a local health clinic or at home and  normally after your midwife has handed over your care to your local health visiting team.  

During this visit we will offer you and your family information and advice on:

• Becoming a parent

• Child development

• Infant feeding

• Healthy eating

• Sleep and Safer sleep

• Immunisations

• Baby jaundice

• Our advice lines and local child health drop-ins

• Your emotional well-being 

You may feel emotional after having your baby which might include anxiety and feeling low. If you are feeling you need additional emotional advice or support please contact your local health visiting team advice line or come along to one of our child health drop-ins.

View our video for further information on our Surrey perinatal mental health service. 

You will also be given information about your local children's centres.

You will receive your Personal Child Health Record 'red book' from your midwife. This is your book to record details about your child's health, growth, immunisations and development milestones. If you haven't already received your child's red book, your health visitor will give you one at this new birth appointment.

It recommended that everyone over one year of age should take a 10 micrograms of vitamin D supplement daily including pregnant mothers. And as a precaution, breastfed babies from birth up to one year of age should also be given a supplement of 8.5 to 10 micrograms of vitamin D every day.

Babies who are formula fed do not require vitamin D supplement if they having 500ml per day of infant formula or more.

Vitamin D supplementation is important because we and our children are unable to get enough vitamin D from sunlight in this country, or from diet alone.

Speak to your health visitor or nursery nurse for more information about why vitamin D is important.

Healthy Start vitamins are available to buy or exchange for healthy start vouchers at every children's centre in Surrey.

If you have any queries concerning your child’s progress, please contact us on our health visiting team advice line or come along to one of our child health-drop ins where we would be happy to discuss any aspect of health and well-being for you and your family.