Baby’s First Year
Updated April 17, 2023
Congratulations on the birth of your baby!
The first year of your baby’s life is an exciting time filled with amazing challenges and amazing rewards. Whether this is your first baby or you have other children, most parents have lots of questions.
- Newborn Care (0- 1 month)
- Breastfeeding
- Bonding With Your Baby
- Skin-To-Skin
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Your Baby’s Crying
- Safe Sleep
- Baby’s Sleep Patterns
- Baby Safety
- Bathing a Baby
- Pacifiers
- Immunizations
- Child Development
- Starting Solid Foods
If you have questions or need more support, please check out our Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program.
To speak to a Registered Nurse (24 hours/day), call 811 or to chat online click here: Health 811. Registered Dietitians are also available to answer your questions.
Caring for Kids, a website organized by the Canadian Paediatric Society, is also a great source of information.