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• Wellbeing & Mental Health
  • Wellbeing during pregnancy
    • Looking after yourself during pregnancy
  • How to help your child feel confident and secure
    • Helping your baby feel connected
    • Helping your toddler feel connected
    • Long term benefits of engaging with your wee one
    • Talking to your children about climate change
  • Making daily life easier
    • Helping your baby feel connected
    • Helping your toddler feel connected
    • Long term benefits of engaging with your wee one
    • Talking to your children about climate change
  • Wellbeing for wee ones
    • Helping your baby feel connected
    • Helping your toddler feel connected
    • Long term benefits of engaging with your wee one
  • Wellbeing for kids & teens
    • Talking to your children about climate change
  • Keeping your family safe
    • Looking after your child when they’re poorly
• Behaviour
  • Behaviour tips
    • How to deal with toddler tantrums
    • Dealing with difficult behaviour
    • Understanding your toddler’s behaviour
    • Avoiding trouble amid the bubbles at bathtime
    • Toddler tantrums
    • Introducing a new baby brother or sister
    • Tips for helping your kids if you split up with your partner
    • Boredom busters and top tips for young school kids
    • Managing multiple children
    • Getting them ready for a new baby brother or sister
    • What to do when your toddler throws a tantrum
    • Top tips for mealtime, food prep and “hangry” toddlers!
  • At home & in the evening
    • Helping you eat together
    • Getting the kids to help around the house
    • Tips for keeping them happy after school
    • 25 screen-free activities to wean kids off their screens
    • Top tips to keep kids busy and avoid a strop
    • 12 tips for reducing your kids' screen time
    • Top tips for mealtime, food prep and “hangry” toddlers!
  • Out the house
    • Tips for going shopping with your toddler
    • Keeping toddlers busy when you’re out and about
    • Tips to avoid a strop at the shop
  • Coping with parenting
    • Coping with being a parent
    • Keeping calm with your child
    • Building a rewarding relationship with your child
    • Parenting a teen
    • Guide to the new law about physically punishing a child
• Coronavirus
  • Early Learning and Childcare options for 0-5 year olds
    • Have you discovered the big benefits of ELC?
    • Things to consider when choosing ELC
    • What’s your child entitled to?
    • When your child needs some additional support
    • How do I know if the ELC setting is high quality?
    • Get to grips with childcare costs and benefits
    • What to pack for nursery, playgroup or a childminder
    • Top tips for getting ready to start nursery
    • Early Learning and Childcare in Scotland is changing
    • Helping your child with worries about nursery or childcare
    • Scottish childcare and nurseries and coronavirus
    • Can my child defer starting school?
    • Early learning resources
    • Free milk and healthy snacks at ELC
  • Going to school
    • Making the jump from primary to secondary school
    • Top tips for saving on school costs
    • Fun games to get your child ready for school
    • Starting secondary school
    • Starting primary school
    • Preparing your child to go back to primary school
    • Scottish schools and coronavirus
    • Helping your child with their worries about going back to primary school
    • COVID-19 testing for staff and pupils
    • All about school meals
  • Staying safe during coronavirus
    • Staying safe during coronavirus
    • Talking to your kids about coronavirus
    • Staying at home with children during coronavirus
    • Immunisations
    • Coping with bereavement
    • Looking after your family's teeth
    • Face coverings
    • Does my child need a COVID-19 test?
    • Protect Scotland app
    • Moving out of lockdown
    • COVID-19 vaccinations for children and young people
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding and coronavirus
    • Breastfeeding and coronavirus
    • Formula feeding and coronavirus
    • Pregnancy and coronavirus
    • Immunisations
    • Pregnancy, breastfeeding and the coronavirus vaccine
  • Finding support
    • Financial support during COVID-19
    • Your guide to finding support during coronavirus
  • Help with work
    • Working from home tips and ideas
    • Returning to work after lockdown
    • Help looking for work
• Food & Eating
  • Weaning & first foods
    • Weaning tips
    • Weaning recipes
    • Safety first for first foods: preparing, storing and reheating food
    • What to eat: first foods, textures and tastes
    • What can my baby eat?
    • Milk and other drinks
    • First foods on a tight budget
    • Choking
    • What is weaning?
    • When introducing first foods isn't going to plan
    • The benefits of first foods at 6 months
    • Guide to introducing solid foods at 15 months and beyond
    • Guide to introducing solid foods: 7-12 months
    • Gagging
    • Guide to introducing solid foods: 12-15 months
    • Guide to introducing first foods: 6 months
    • What to expect when you try first foods
  • Fussy eating
    • Tips if your toddler is a fussy eater
    • Tips if your child is a fussy eater
  • Planning meals and cooking
    • How to plan meals for the week ahead
    • Food safety
    • Cookalong videos
    • Weights and measures
    • Cooking with the kids
    • Tips to get the kids helping in the kitchen
    • Healthy eating resources to download
    • Eating well at home
    • Filling tummies on a budget
    • Easy, cheap and tasty family recipes
  • Healthy helpers
    • Meet Grace MacKenzie
    • Meet Erin Davies
    • Meet Lorna Cooper
    • Meet Gillian Beattie
    • Meet Lynsey MacFadyen
    • Meet Gabrielle Jondet
    • Meet Vicki Leaver
    • Meet Claire Burrell
    • Meet Kelly Crawford
    • Meet Agnes Anderson
    • Meet Sabina Sekowska
    • Meet Judith McLean
    • Meet Julie Given
    • Meet Lucy Milne
  • Healthy hints
    • All you need to know about snacking
    • Simple healthy meal swaps
    • All you need to know about sugar
• Community & Support
  • Useful websites and places for advice
    • NHS & Child Health Support
    • Early Years Information & Support
    • Parenting, Working & Your Rights
    • Support and contact information for your Baby Box
    • Pregnancy Information & Support
  • Breastfeeding
    • Breastfeeding support
      • Breastfeeding support from grandparents
      • The National Breastfeeding Helpline
      • Breastfeeding stories
      • Finding breastfeeding support
      • Breastfeeding support from friends and family
      • Breastfeeding support from dads and partners
  • Stillbirth
    • What is stillbirth and how can you reduce your risk?
    • Reducing the risk of stillbirth – resources
    • Stopping smoking
    • Going to sleep on your side
    • Monitoring your baby’s movements
    • Supporting you after a stillbirth
• Feeding
  • Weaning & first foods
    • Weaning tips
    • Weaning recipes
    • Safety first for first foods: preparing, storing and reheating food
    • What to eat: first foods, textures and tastes
    • What can my baby eat?
    • Milk and other drinks
    • First foods on a tight budget
    • Choking
    • When introducing first foods isn't going to plan
    • The benefits of first foods at 6 months
    • Guide to introducing solid foods at 15 months and beyond
    • Guide to introducing solid foods: 7-12 months
    • Gagging
    • Guide to introducing solid foods: 12-15 months
    • Guide to introducing first foods: 6 months
    • What to expect when you try first foods
  • Your feeding options
    • Common questions about feeding a newborn baby
    • Formula feeding
    • Exclusive breastfeeding: why choose to breastfeed?
    • Mixed feeding: breast milk and formula
    • Planning your feeding options
  • Breastfeeding
    • Breastfeeding in different situations
      • Breastfeeding and caring for other children
      • Breastfeeding twins and more
      • Breastfeeding premature and sick babies
      • Breastfeeding and caesarean section
    • Common breastfeeding challenges
      • Breastfeeding sleepy and reluctant babies
      • Signs your baby isn't getting enough milk
      • Refusing the breast
      • Jaundice
      • Tongue-tie
      • Sore and cracked nipples
      • Thrush
      • Mastitis
      • Engorgement
      • Leaking breasts
      • Oversupply of breast milk
      • Low breast milk supply
      • Early large weight loss
      • Poor weight gain
    • Getting started
      • Learning your baby's cues
      • Breastfeeding positions
      • Correct attachment
      • Frequent feeding and cluster feeding
      • Coping with breastfeeding at night
      • How breastfeeding works
      • Starting to breastfeed
      • Feeding checklist
      • How do I know my baby's getting enough breast milk?
    • Looking after yourself
      • Getting a new bra for breastfeeding
      • Breastfeeding friendly clothes
      • Coping with breastfeeding at night
      • Changes to your body and breasts
      • Breastfeeding and diet, alcohol and medication
    • Keeping going
      • Getting out and about while breastfeeding
      • Top tips for carrying on with breastfeeding
      • Breastfeeding past 6 months
      • Breastfeeding and returning to work
      • How to stop breastfeeding
    • Breastfeeding support
      • Breastfeeding support from grandparents
      • The National Breastfeeding Helpline
      • Breastfeeding stories
      • Finding breastfeeding support
      • Breastfeeding support from friends and family
      • Breastfeeding support from dads and partners
  • Expressing
    • Breast milk storage and bottle hygiene
    • The Scotland wide donor milk bank
    • Expressing your breast milk
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding and coronavirus
    • Breastfeeding and coronavirus
    • Formula feeding and coronavirus
    • Pregnancy and coronavirus
    • Pregnancy, breastfeeding and the coronavirus vaccine
• Health & Development
  • Nappy changing, potty training and toilet tips
    • Top tips to help nappy time be a happy time
    • Toilet training
    • How to toilet train your toddler
    • Starting potty training
    • Potty training: top tips for success
    • Troubleshooting for toilet training
  • Keeping your family safe
    • Making your home the safest place
    • Staying accident free at home
    • Online safety
    • Staying safe when you’re out and about
  • Stillbirth
    • What is stillbirth and how can you reduce your risk?
    • Reducing the risk of stillbirth – resources
    • Stopping smoking
    • Going to sleep on your side
    • Monitoring your baby’s movements
    • Supporting you after a stillbirth
  • Baby milestones
    • When will my baby be able to hold their head up?
    • When will my baby start holding and grabbing things?
    • Tummy time with your baby
    • When will my baby roll over?
    • When will my baby crawl?
    • When will my baby sit up?
    • When will my baby start to walk?
    • When will my baby walk independently?
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding and coronavirus
    • Breastfeeding and coronavirus
    • Formula feeding and coronavirus
    • Pregnancy and coronavirus
    • Pregnancy, breastfeeding and the coronavirus vaccine
• Play & Learn
  • Indoor activities and games
    • Fun games to play with your baby
    • Having fun indoors with your baby
    • Having fun indoors with your toddler
    • Ball games to play with your toddler
    • Kitchen activities for little ones
    • Fun games to play with your toddler
    • Things to do before you’re 3
    • Free fun games to pass the time
    • Making bath time fun time for your baby or toddler
    • Keeping active indoors
    • Things to do indoors with your child
    • Things to do indoors with your toddler
    • Things to do indoors with your baby
    • Things to do for teens
    • Activities to do indoors with multiple children
    • PlayTalkRead craft activities
    • Halloween
  • Outdoor activities and games
    • Having fun outdoors with your baby
    • Having fun outdoors with your toddler
    • Keeping the kids happy out and about
    • Play outdoors
    • Halloween
    • Tips for teens to get outdoors and get active
    • Getting out and about with a child with disabilities
    • Outdoor activities for multiple children
  • PlayTalkRead roadshow
    • PlayTalkRead roadshow
  • Out the house
    • Keeping toddlers busy when you’re out and about
    • Free fun games to pass the time
    • Tips to avoid a strop at the shop
    • Getting your toddler out of the house
    • Getting out and about with a child with disabilities
  • Maths challenge
    • Deputy First Minister’s summer maths challenge 2018
    • Deputy First Minister’s Easter holiday maths challenge 2018
    • Christmas Holiday 2017 – Deputy First Minister’s maths challenge
    • Deputy First Minister’s Christmas maths challenge 2018
    • Deputy First Minister's Easter Holiday maths challenge 2019
    • Deputy First Minister's Summer Maths Challenge 2019
    • Deputy First Minister's Christmas Maths Challenge 2019
    • Deputy First Minister's Spring Maths Challenge 2020
    • Escape from Lochdonia Manor maths challenge
  • Gàidhlig (Gaelic)
    • Top tips to help them learn Gaelic
    • Gaelic resources and advice for parents
    • Deputy First Minister's Easter Holiday maths challenge 2019
    • Deputy First Minister's Christmas Maths Challenge 2019
  • At home & in the evening
    • Tips for keeping them happy after school
    • How to calm the kids down with a story
    • 25 screen-free activities to wean kids off their screens
    • Top tips to keep kids busy and avoid a strop
    • 12 tips for reducing your kids' screen time
    • Making bath time fun time for your baby or toddler
    • How to help your toddler to brush their teeth
    • Top tips for story time
    • Getting your toddler out of the house
    • How to get your baby or toddler dressed without the stress
  • Early Learning and Childcare options for 0-5 year olds
    • Have you discovered the big benefits of ELC?
    • Things to consider when choosing ELC
    • What’s your child entitled to?
    • When your child needs some additional support
    • How do I know if the ELC setting is high quality?
    • Get to grips with childcare costs and benefits
    • What to pack for nursery, playgroup or a childminder
    • Top tips for getting ready to start nursery
    • Early Learning and Childcare in Scotland is changing
    • Helping your child with worries about nursery or childcare
    • Scottish childcare and nurseries and coronavirus
    • Can my child defer starting school?
    • Early learning resources
    • Free milk and healthy snacks at ELC
  • Going to school
    • Making the jump from primary to secondary school
    • Top tips for saving on school costs
    • Fun games to get your child ready for school
    • Starting secondary school
    • Starting primary school
    • Preparing your child to go back to primary school
    • Scottish schools and coronavirus
    • Helping your child with their worries about going back to primary school
    • COVID-19 testing for staff and pupils
    • All about school meals
  • Supporting your child’s learning
    • Questions to ask kids about their day at school
    • How to help kids with their maths homework
    • How to help kids with their spelling homework
    • Supporting your child’s learning
    • Supporting children and young people with additional support needs
    • Supporting your teen’s learning
    • Supporting your child if they have to learn at home
    • Home education
  • Activity bags
    • P2 Read Write Count Activity Bag
    • P3 Read Write Count Activity Bag
    • P1 Bookbug bag
  • How to help your child feel confident and secure
    • Helping your child through play
• Sleeping
  • Sleeping tips
    • Getting your toddler to sleep
    • Getting your newborn to sleep
    • How to get your baby to sleep
    • What to do if your toddler keeps waking in the night
    • What you need to know about sleep and your toddler
    • Top tips for bedtime
    • Ideas to help get your toddler to sleep
    • A guide to your baby sleeping through the night
    • What is sleep training?
    • How to cope when you aren’t getting any sleep
    • How much sleep should my baby have?
    • Sleeping tips for older children and teenagers
  • Safer sleep
    • Safer sleeping tips
    • Common questions about safer sleep
    • Bed-sharing with your baby
    • Safer sleep for twins
• Pregnancy & First Days
  • Wellbeing during pregnancy
    • Looking after yourself during pregnancy
    • How depression and anxiety can sometimes affect new mums
  • Labour and birth
    • Top tips for labour and birth
    • Common labour and birth questions
  • Pregnancy tips
    • First trimester (0-13 weeks) tips
    • Second trimester (14-27 weeks) tips
    • Third trimester (28-40 weeks) tips
    • Common pregnancy questions
  • First few days
    • Tips for the first few days with a newborn
    • Bathing your newborn
    • Getting to know your baby
    • Common questions new parents ask
    • Meeting your baby for the first time
    • Why is my baby crying?
  • Wellbeing for new parents
    • Looking after yourself with a newborn
    • How depression and anxiety can sometimes affect new mums
    • Mental health support for new mums
  • Stillbirth
    • What is stillbirth and how can you reduce your risk?
    • Reducing the risk of stillbirth – resources
    • Stopping smoking
    • Going to sleep on your side
    • Monitoring your baby’s movements
    • Supporting you after a stillbirth
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding and coronavirus
    • Pregnancy and coronavirus
    • Mental health support for new mums
    • Pregnancy, breastfeeding and the coronavirus vaccine
• Money & Your Rights
  • Money saving tips
    • Money and budgeting tips
    • Top tips for saving money before your baby arrives
    • Ways you can save on rent, council tax and bills
    • Four ways to get a handle on debt
    • Save money by shopping second-hand
  • Benefits, grants & support
    • Supports and benefits available to parents
    • Best Start Grant
    • Who are the Money Talk Team?
  • Early Learning and Childcare options for 0-5 year olds
    • Have you discovered the big benefits of ELC?
    • Things to consider when choosing ELC
    • What’s your child entitled to?
    • When your child needs some additional support
    • How do I know if the ELC setting is high quality?
    • Get to grips with childcare costs and benefits
    • What to pack for nursery, playgroup or a childminder
    • Top tips for getting ready to start nursery
    • Early Learning and Childcare in Scotland is changing
    • Helping your child with worries about nursery or childcare
    • Scottish childcare and nurseries and coronavirus
    • Can my child defer starting school?
    • Early learning resources
    • Free milk and healthy snacks at ELC
  • Money Talk Team
    • Who are the Money Talk Team?
    • Are you missing out on money that's yours?
    • How the Money Talk Team saved one dad £35 a week
  • Help with work
    • Working from home tips and ideas
    • Returning to work after lockdown
    • Help looking for work
  • EU citizens
    • EU Citizens: Staying in Scotland after Brexit

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