The Maternal & Child Health service offers a schedule of 10 appointments for children and their families from birth to school age. These 10 Key Age and Stage appointments include a home visit after birth, then centre visits at 2, 4 and 8-week, 4, 8, 12 and 18-month, and 2 and 3.5-year consultations. The Maternal & Child Health Service is a free health service available to all families living in the City of Monash. Families meet with registered nurses who have further training in midwifery and maternal and child health.
The MCH service provides information, guidance and support on the following topics and many more:
- child health and development
- maternal and family health
- infant feeding including breastfeeding and transition to solids
- community information and local supports
- safety and injury prevention
- sleep and settling
- toilet training
- infant and child behaviour
- child and parent relationships