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A collection of resources tailored to health visits in Scotland.

Here you will find content on a range of concerns that expectant parents may have during pregnancy, as well as ideas for bonding with bump and information on its importance.

Parents may need emotional support in the run-up to their child's birth, so you might like to share our wellbeing advice for new mums and dads.

Two films and an article all about how babies' brains develop, even before birth.

A collection of films and articles full of advice on looking after a newborn and giving them the best start in their development.

All about feeding, including babies' feeding cues, choosing how to feed and ways of coping with night feeds.

A list of common reasons babies cry and ways to respond to them.

A guide to changing nappies and making it a fun, comfortable experience for babies.

A video explaining to parents how their touch is important for bonding with newborns.

A video experiment showing parents the importance of close face-to-face eye contact with their newborn.

5 different visual communication cues babies give - ideal for sharing with new parents so they can look out for them with their own baby.

A film showing parents how to talk about the things that grab babies' attention.

A video showing how parents can build in chat with a newborn throughout their day.

A video showing parents how they can talk their baby through simple exercises.

25 small, everyday activities parents can do to strengthen bonds with their baby, including links to video demonstrations.

A video and article explaining to parents what tummy time is, what it's good for and some ideas of how they can make the most of it with their baby.

An article explaining the benefits of baby massage.

Tips from ICON on how parents can cope when their baby won't stop crying - ideal for reassuring new parents who are concerned about crying.

A leaflet to take with you for the 6-8 week check. Includes QR codes to scan and take parents to films on the THP website.

Easy ideas for anticipation games to boost babies' listening skills.

A film showing parents how they can help chat their children through simple muscle-strengthening exercises.

A film showing how parents can sing to children in all sorts of situations.

Our Tools for Talking film for this age range explains how it's important for parents to give babies space to respond when they chat and play with them.

Our routines advice section has collections of videos and articles to share with parents on everything from feeding to sleep and mealtimes.

If you see parents before they begin weaning at 6 months, you might like to share with them our advice and recipes for weaning.

Parents may have questions about sleep and sleep routines for their baby - find our films and articles on sleep here.

This film helps explain to parents how they can try and wean babies off the dummy to help with their ability to speak.

A film showing parents simple ways to follow their baby's attention and comment on the things they're interested in.

It can be easy to build chatting and learning into routines like bath time.

A film showing parents how they can teach children about their faces through touching and talking.

Our Tools for Talking film explains how tuning into babies' interests can help them to learn their first words.

Meanwhile, our Speech Lab film for this age group helps show parents why shared attention with baby helps them to engage in words and play.

This video and article explains to parents how babies come to say their first words and how they can help their baby to get there.

Our toddler development section contains all sorts of films and articles on how children develop between the ages of 1 and 3, which might be useful for sharing with parents at this stage.

An animation explaining how toddlers use pointing as a way to get adults to pay attention to the things they're interested in.

This film and article explain to parents the benefits of singing rhymes over and over again to toddlers.

You may be checking in with parents about their wellbeing at this review - you may like to share with them the content in our Parent Wellbeing section, which includes advice for both mums and dads.

Sarah Ockwell-Smith explains how there's no such thing as a perfect parent and why parents shouldn't compare themselves to others.

Our emotional development section has films with simple advice for parents on a range of concerns - could be used as part of an intervention if these are raised by parents.

An animation with tips on establishing a bedtime routine with toddlers.

Films supporting the Early Language Identification Measure and Intervention (ELIM-I) introduced for the 2-2 1/2 year review in England - learn techniques to be a super communicator with your child.

Articles all about different types of play. Perfect for helping to explain the benefits of different types of play to parents.

Early years professional Gaynor Rice explains why children learn through challenging themselves and taking risks during play.

An animation explaining how play is crucial to toddlers' learning about cause and effect, shapes and colours.

Our Tools for Talking film explains how parents can help children build their words into longer sentences by repeating them back and adding to them.

Our Speech Lab film explains the technique of recasting - repeating words back to children correctly and clearly, without explicitly correcting them.

This short animation explains why toddlers hearing the same story repeatedly is good for their language learning.

A simple role play game to get children's imaginations flowing.

A cheap and easy throwing game to get children practising taking turns - a key skill for conversation.

A film to show parents how routines like getting dressed to go out can be a chance for children to learn how to follow simple instructions.

Our routines advice section has collections of videos and articles to share with parents on everything from feeding to sleep and mealtimes.

The experts at children's bowel and bladder charity, ERIC, answer common questions parents have about potty training.

Vicki Dawson from The Sleep Charity helps explain some simple ways to establish a good bedtime routine with kids.

A collection of ideas for interaction around mealtimes as well as family-friendly recipe ideas.

When it comes to the pre-school review, you may want to share with parents our tips on getting children school-ready, from Helen Stroudley, Early Years Consultant at Peeple.

A film showing parents simple ways to get children to think and talk about things that have happened - useful preparation for when children start school.

Planning adventures with a teddy is a great way for parents to get their child practising using the future tense and talking about what they would like to do in the near future.

A film showing parents how dance and play can teach their child about expressing their feelings.

A film explaining to parents how easy it can be to build talk about the past and future into their daily routines with their children.

An animation and article explaining to parents why children ask so many questions and the best way to answer them.

Our SEND section is full of articles and video case studies you may refer parents to if their child has a condition that affects their speech abilities.

Speech and Language Therapists' answers to parents' most common language development questions - could be useful for answering any queries you have from parents.

Common questions about speech delay answered by speech and language therapists.

Our bilingual advice collection that you might like to share with parents that speak more than one language.

Speech and Language Therapist Monal Gajjar answers common questions on speaking multiple languages at home - ideal for answering parents' concerns.

10 games you could suggest to bilingual families to support their children's learning of both languages.

Our emotional development section has films with simple advice for parents on a range of concerns - could be used as part of an intervention if these are raised by parents.

Animation explaining why children lash out and some simple steps for parents to deal with it.

An animation explaining why tantrums often occur with toddlers and simple steps to help deal with them.