Best Start for Life & Healthy Children Programme

All families need support from time to time to help their babies and children thrive, whether that’s from friends, family, volunteers, or practitioners. Our ambition is for every family to receive the support they need, when they need it. All families should have access to the information and tools they need to care for and interact positively with their babies and children, and to look after their own wellbeing. In Birmingham we have signed up to deliver the ‘Best Start for Life’ strategy and part of this involves ensuring parents & carers have access to the best resources to support both them and their young people’s health and wellbeing. The Apps below have been commissioned in Birmingham to support new parents, new Dads and service staff with effective evidence-informed advice and guidance. We’ll be continually adding more resources to these pages so please bookmark this link and share the QR code with anyone you think might benefit.

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Baby Buddy is an award-winning app full of trusted information for mums, dads, and caregivers during pregnancy, birth and the baby’s first year.
It’s free to use and will help you with every aspect of parenting from pregnancy to toddler.



Developed with experts from the NHS and Dad’s themselves, Dad Pad gives new dads and dads-to-be the latest knowledge and practical skills necessary to support themselves and their partner, so that babies get the best possible start in life.



With content in over 30 languages, Essential Parent is an expert-led digital library that supports parents & carers as well as professional health and social care staff with guidance through 0–19 years (or 25 with special educational needs and disabilities)



50 Things to Do Before You’re 5 is a menu of fun, affordable ideas for play and learning with your 0-4  year old in Birmingham. Get daily inspiration from these simple and engaging activities that preschoolers will love!

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Birmingham City Council is excited to offer you free, premium access to EasyPeasy – an app full of parenting tips, advice and activities for you and your 0-5 year olds. With EasyPeasy, you can transform everyday family moments into playful and enriching connection experiences that will support your child’s development with materials you will already have access to at home.


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