Maternal and Child Health resources

The home of trusted breastfeeding support, education and advocacy.

Find resources, workshops, connect with other mums, and much more.

Visit the Australian Breastfeeding Association website.

This support is available if you delivered your baby with an Eastern Health service.

• Angliss Hospital (babies need to be less than 3 weeks of age since discharge)
  03 9764 6309

• Box Hill Hospital
  03 8396 8385

• Yarra Ranges Health
  03 9091 8888

For more information visit the Eastern Health website.

Lactation Consultants, Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ) provides support for both breastfeeding mothers and lactation consultants in Australia and New Zealand.

Visit the LCANZ website to find a lactation consultant near you.

For breastfeeding lactation support you can attend a day stay program at Mitcham Private Hospital Lactation Clinic.

This program is for babies up to 6 months, and is held in a small group setting. Your baby does not need to have been birthed at the Mitcham Private Hospital to attend this program.

Cost: $100, which includes morning tea and lunch.

For more information visit the Mitcham Private Hospital website.

Information about child health, including fact sheets on development, behaviour, nutrition, activity, wellbeing, identity, health, safety and trauma.

Visit the Better Health Channel.

Find information about:

• Why is my baby so unsettled?
• Impacts of an unsettled baby on your mental health
• Seeking help and support for coping with an unsettled baby
• COPE app and more.

Visit the COPE website.

The INFANT program (INfant Feeding, Active play and NuTrition) is a free program designed to help parents and families with feeding and active play to give their baby the best start to life.

You will be joined by other parents whose babies are about the same age over four face-to-face sessions led by a Maroondah MCH professional to cover important topics such as:

• introducing solids
• food refusal and fussy eating
• tummy time
• active play ideas
• and the role that parent wellbeing plays in your baby’s life.

Visit the INFANT program webpage.

Find information out about introducing solid foods to your baby from the Better Health Channel including:

• Breast milk and formula
• Signs your baby is ready for solids
• Knowing when to introduce solids
• Food suggestions
• Allergies and vegetarian diets
• Where to get help, and more.

Visit the Better Health Channel.

Learn more about Maternal and Child Health services in Victoria on the Better Health Channel including: 

• About Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services
• Maternal and Child Health centres throughout Victoria
• What Maternal and Child Health centres provide
• Aboriginal MCH services
• Your first contact with the service
• How often should I visit?
• Maternal and Child Health Line after-hours services

Visit the Better Health Channel.

Find out more information about the ten (10) key age/stage visits. The visits focus on optimising child and family health, wellbeing, safety, learning and development.

Information will be added to your child’s 'green book' at each of these 10 key ages and stages maternal and child health service visits:

• at birth – this first visit is at your home, but the following visits are at a maternal and child health centre
• two weeks
• four weeks
• eight weeks
• four months
• eight months
• one year
• 18 months
• two years
• three and a half years.

Visit the Better Health Channel.