Key Websites
Rourke Baby Record (RBR)
Nova Scotia RBR
http://rcp.nshealth.ca/chartforms/nova-scotia-rourke-baby-record
Parent resources (Handouts for parents for each visit based on age)
http://rourkebabyrecord.ca/parents
Healthy Babies, Healthy Families: Postpartum and Postnatal Guidelines
http://rcp.nshealth.ca/publications/healthy-babies-healthy-families-postpartum-postnatal-guidelines
Well Baby Care in Nova Scotia
A presentation highlighting content in the 2017 RBR/NS RBR)
Loving Care
A series of four books for parents of children from birth to 3 years developed by the Nova Scotia Department of Health & Wellness in partnership with Public Health Services.
http://rcp.nshealth.ca/publications/loving-care
Baby Friendly Initiative
http://breastfeedingcanada.ca/BFI.aspx
Powdered Infant Formula (PIF)
Recommendations for the Preparation and Handling of Powdered Infant Formula (Health Canada)
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/infant-nourisson/pif-ppn-recommandations-eng.php
Introduction of solids
Infant feeding (Health Canada)
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/infant-nourisson/index-eng.php
Infant led feeding (bottle-fed babies)
http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/feeding-tools/bottle-feeding
Pacifiers
Recommendation for use of pacifiers - Canadian Paediatric Society Position Statement
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2791559
Pain Reduction Strategies (e.g. during immunization)
Centre for Pediatric Pain Research (IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University)
http://pediatric-pain.ca/for-health-professionals/
‘The Power of a Parent’s Touch’ video
http://pediatric-pain.ca/power-of-a-parents-touch
‘It Doesn’t Have to Hurt’ video
http://pediatric-pain.ca/it-doesnt-have-to-hurt
Pain management during immunization (Immunize Canada)
http://immunize.ca/en/parents/pain.aspx
Back to Sleep/Safe Sleep
Safe Sleep – Public Health Agency of Canada (has quick links to brochures and a video)
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/dca-dea/stages-etapes/childhood-enfance_0-2/sids/jsss-ecss-eng.php
Joint Statement on Safe Sleep (Government of Canada, Canadian Paediatric Society, Canadian Institute for Child Health Canadian Association for the Prevention of SIDS)
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS)/Postnatal Depression Screening
A systematic review and meta-analysis validating the EPDS
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00404-022-06525-0
Postpartum Sexual Health
http://postbabyhankypanky.com/
Additional Websites
Immunization (Childhood)
Canadian Immunization Guide
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cig-gci/index-eng.php
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI):
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/naci-ccni/index-eng.php
Measuring Growth
WHO Growth Charts for Canada
http://www.cps.ca/tools-outils/who-growth-charts
www.dietitians.ca/growthcharts
http://rourkebabyrecord.ca/growth_charts.asp
Preterm growth charts (Fenton)
http://rcp.nshealth.ca/chartforms/newborn-growth-charts
Nutrition
Infant Feeding (Health Canada)
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/infant-nourisson/index-eng.php
Nutrition for Healthy Term infants: Recommendations from Birth to Six Months
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/infant-nourisson/recom/index-eng.php
Nutrition for Healthy Term infants: Recommendations from Six to 24 Months
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/infant-nourisson/recom/recom-6-24-months-6-24-mois-eng.php
Breastfeeding
LaLeche League Canada
Medications/substances and breastfeeding
MotherToBaby
https://mothertobaby.org/ or the Canadian affiliate https://www.chusj.org/en/soins-services/P/Pharmacie/Centre-IMAGe
Canada’s Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines/Women and Cannabis
https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/lrcug_professional-pdf.pdf
http://bccewh.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/InfoSheet-Women-Cannabis0308.pdf
Injury Prevention
Child Safety Link (IWK)
Car Seat Safety - Child Safety Link (see Child Passenger Safety section)
http://childsafetylink.ca/child-passenger-safety/car-seat-safety-resources/
OTC cough/cold medications
Medication in Kids under Six (Government of Canada):
http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/kids-enfants/illness-maladie/under-age6-moins-eng.php
Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
The Period of Purple Crying