Responsive bottle feeding helps promote the development and maintenance of a child’s ability to self-regulate their food intake — reducing their risk for later obesity. Learn how you can promote it in your work with families.
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Tens of thousands of California children with developmental delays aren’t diagnosed until they hit the school system. We’re proud to work with the free Welcome Baby program, and its partner home visiting programs in Los Angeles County, which conduct infant screenings and help parents get the help they need for their little ones.
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Dr. Deborah Chen was the keynote speaker for the Family Strengthening Network’s fall regional conferences. Here are some highlights, including videos, to help home visitors support families whose children have developmental delays.
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Only about a third of young children in the U.S. receive recommended screenings to catch developmental delays. But home visiting programs provide these screenings to all families who participate. They’re free and conducted in the comfort of the family’s home. In this webinar, home visitors learn what to do if they or a parent suspects that a child has a developmental delay.
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Maternal and Child Health Access (MCHA), which offers the free Welcome Baby program in partnership with California Hospital in Los Angeles, shared some of the feedback they’ve received from parents.
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Araceli, a mother of three, says things are different now. When she had her son 13 years ago she didn’t know how important it was to read and talk to a baby. But when she gave birth to her third child, she learned about home visiting.
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Last week we posted a treasure trove of resources for health screening of infants and toddlers. But we would be remiss if we didn’t mention Help Me Grow-LA, an initiative launched in May by First 5 LA and community partners to boost developmental screening rates in L.A. County.
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A mom talks to her Welcome Baby Parent Coach and Hospital Liaison at Northridge Hospital and explains how the program helped her with breastfeeding and with her psychological health, neither of which had gone well after delivering her first child.
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Learn the Signs. Act Early. program, the CDC has posted new resources and training — perfect for home visitors and families with little ones. And there’s plenty more where these came from …
Read MoreSan Fernando Valley OB/GYN Dr. Sean Kossari tells Welcome Baby outreach specialist Mardee Jessop why he encourages all his patients to enroll in the Welcome Baby program. Specific topics include: parent education, breastfeeding, parent-child bonding, maternal depression, and helping parents understand healthy infant development.
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