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This page contains resources to help you bond with your baby, promote your emotional wellbeing, and help you to enjoy and respond to your baby.
Bonding with your baby (NHS)

Bonding with your baby is an NHS booklet, providing information, support and advice to parents on bonding with their baby, both during pregnancy and after birth. 

Take a look here (opens a PDF) 

Tiny Happy People (BBC)

Tiny Happy People is a webpage produced by the BBC. It contains fun activities and things to do with your child, from pregnancy to age 5, to help you bond with your baby and aid your child’s development

Visit the webpage here!

Getting to know your baby: Association for Infant Mental Health
This resource consists of a number of videos produced by the Association for Infant Mental Health professionals in the UK. The videos provide information on a number of topics to help you understand and connect with your baby, such as understanding your baby’s states, including their sleep states, and understanding your baby’s cry


Take a look here
Hungry Little Minds (GOVUK)

Hungry Little Minds is a resource provided by the government. It provides inspiration for fun activities you can do together with your child, from the time they are born, right up to age 5.

Take a look here

Building a Happy Baby (Unicef)
This guide, from Unicef, contains information and advice to help you care for and bond with your baby to produce a happy baby


Take a look here (opens a pdf)
Look, Say, Sing, Play (NSPCC)

Look, Say, Sing, Play from the NSPCC provides you with information and activity inspiration to help build your baby’s brain

Visit the webpage here! 

Baby Watching: Making Sense of Your Baby (Institute of Health Visiting)

This resource, produced by the Institute of Health Visiting, is a written guide to help you become familiar with your baby by watching them closely when you can. It includes information about your baby’s different states.



Download a copy here (Opens a pdf)

Understanding your baby (NHS)

Understanding your baby is an NHS resource designed to help you learn how your baby lets you know what they need and how they are feeling, so you can enjoy your new baby


Take a look here (opens a pdf)