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Parents

We recognise that the health and wellbeing of your child is the most important thing to you. Below is a list of websites that provides useful information and will both educate and assist parents.

For all ages:

raisingchildrennetwork Raising Children Network
An Australian resource for parenting Newborns to Teens
Particularly useful for:
  • Infant behaviour, sleep, nutrition
  • Childhood development and behaviour
  • Children with disability and Children with Autism
rch_kidsinformation Royal Children's Hospital - Kid's Health Information
An A to Z list of factsheets created by the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.
These are written for parents and adolescents about medical conditions, hospital services and things that will make your time at hospital easier.
westmead_factsheet CHW - Parent Fact Sheets
Kids Health is the health promotion unit of the Children's Hospital at Westmead. They have developed a list of fact sheets for educational purposes.

For newborns:
breastfeeding Australian Breastfeeding Association
At this site, you will find answers to most of your breastfeeding questions. It covers a wide range of areas including:
  • How to breastfeed
  • Is my baby getting enough milk?
  • Expressing breast milk and storage
purplecrying Purple Crying
This website based in the USA talks all about "The Period of PURPLE Crying®", a phrase used to describe the time in a baby's life when they cry more than any other time.

For children & adolescence:
amaze
headspace
kidshelpline
beyondblue

 

 

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