1-4 Week Check

Your first visit with a child and family health nurse will either occur in your home or at a local Child & Family Health Clinic. This is a good time for the parent/s and the nurse to get to know each other and talk about any concerns.  

From page 59 of your Personal Health Record (PHR or 'Blue Book')

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/kidsfamilies/MCFhealth/Publications/blue-book.pdf

Topics for discussion may include any issues arising from:  

• child health check
• additional parent / carer questions

Health and safety  

• feeding your baby – including breastfeeding  
• safe sleeping and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI)  
• immunisations  
• safety  
• growth  

Development 

• crying  
• comforting your baby  
• talking to your baby – communication, language and play  

Family  

• using the ‘Personal Health Record’ (Blue Book)  
• the role of the child and family health nurse, GP and other health professionals  
• parents’ emotional health  
• mother’s general health – diet, rest, breast care, exercise, oral health  
• parent groups and support networks  
• smoking and/or vaping  
• work/childcare 

We will also do a physical check on your child

• Weight 
• Length  
• Head circumference  
• Fontanelles Eyes  
• Cardiovascular (doctor only)  
• Umbilicus  
• Femoral pulses  
• Hip test for dislocation  
• Testes fully descended R / L  
• Genitalia  
• Anal region  
• Skin Reflexes