Tiny Happy People is a BBC website full of advice that may be helpful to you following appointments with your health visitor or family nurse. We cover everything from bonding with babies and toddlers, to speech and language development, to play ideas, as well as offering practical help with routines including changing nappies, bedtimes, feeding, weaning and potty training.
All of our advice and videos have been quality-checked by panels of professionals including health visitors, midwives and speech and language therapists.
Below you'll find a selection of resources suggested by a panel of health visitors that you might find useful following on from your appointments.
Just click the visit title in the menu to jump to the right resources for you.
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Antenatal visit
Pregnancy. collection
Here you will find content on a range of concerns you may have during pregnancy, as well as ideas for bonding with bump.
Parent Wellbeing. collection
Wellbeing advice for new mums and dads that might help in the run-up to your child's birth.
New birth visit
Reasons babies cry
A list of common reasons babies cry and ways to respond to them.
How to change a nappy and make it fun
A guide to changing nappies and making it a fun, comfortable experience for babies.
How touch is important to newborns. video
How your touch is important for early bonding.
How far newborn babies can focus. video
A video experiment demonstrating the importance of close face-to-face eye contact with newborns.
5 ways babies communicate from day one
5 different gestures babies often make that can tell you what they want - look out for these with your child.
6-8 week contact
Activities to try
Talk to newborns as much as possible. video
Ideas to boost the amount you talk to baby from day one.
Having a wiggle with baby. video
A video showing how they you can talk your newborn baby through simple exercises.
Bonding with your baby
25 easy ways to bond with babies
25 small, everyday activities you can do to strengthen bonds with your baby, now and as they grow, including links to video demonstrations.
What is tummy time? video
A video and article explaining 'tummy time', what it's good for and some ideas of how you can make the most of it with your baby.
What is baby massage?
An article explaining the benefits of baby massage.
3 month contact
Activities to try
Exercise time with baby. video
How you can chat your baby through simple muscle-strengthening exercises.
Singing rhymes all the time. video
Inspiration for singing to babies in all sorts of everyday situations.
Language development
Serve and return play with babies. video
Our Tools for Talking film for this age range explains how it's important to give babies space to respond when you chat and play with them.
Routine advice
Advice on routines. collection
Our routines advice section has videos and articles on everything from feeding to sleep and mealtimes.
Sleep advice. collection
Answers to your questions about sleep and sleep routines.
Weaning baby off the dummy. video
A video explaining how to try and wean babies off the dummy to help with their ability to speak.
1 year review
Activities to try
Pointing at and naming things. video
To introduce your baby to new words, try pointing at and naming the things they're interested in.
Naming facial features. video
Repeating words for parts of the face, combined with actions, helps your baby to learn them.
Language development
Why is shared attention so important? video
Our Speech Lab film for this age group demonstrates why paying attention to the same things as your baby helps them to engage in chat and play.
Why we sing nursery rhymes to kids
This article explains the benefits of singing rhymes over and over again to toddlers.
Parental wellbeing
Parent Wellbeing. collection
Wellbeing advice for both mums and dads.
Children's emotional development
Advice on children's emotional development. collection
Our emotional development section has films with simple advice for parents on a range of concerns.
2 year review
The importance of play
All about different types of play. collection
Articles all about different types of play and how they help children's learning and development - from sensory play, to playing pretend and arts and crafts.
Language development
How to help toddlers to build sentences. video
Our Tools for Talking film explains how you can help children build their words into longer sentences by repeating them back and adding to them.
Activities to try
Getting ready to go out. video
Getting dressed to go out can be a chance for children to learn how to follow simple instructions.
Routine advice
Advice on routines. collection
Our routines advice section has videos and articles on everything from feeding to sleep and mealtimes.
Tips for a calmer bedtime routine
Vicki Dawson from The Sleep Charity helps explain some simple ways to establish a good bedtime routine with kids.
Mealtime advice and recipes. collection
A collection of ideas for interaction around mealtimes as well as family-friendly recipe ideas.
Pre-school review
How can you help get children ready for starting school?
Helen Stroudley, Early Years Consultant at the charity Peeple shares her tips on getting children ready to start primary school.
Activities to try
Talking about the past. video
Thinking and talking about past events can be useful preparation for children starting school.
Exploring feelings through dance and play. video
Dance and play can be great for exploring preschoolers' feelings and helping them to express themselves.
Language development
Getting children talking about the past and future. video
A video showing how easy it can be to build talk about the past and future into daily routines with children.
Why children ask so many 'why?' questions and how to respond. video
An animation and article explaining why children ask so many questions and the best way to answer them for their learning.
Children with Additional Support Needs (ASN)
SEND and Speech and Language. collection
Our SEND section is full of articles and video case studies about conditions that affect children's speech abilities.
Speech and language development questions answered
Speech and Language Therapists' answers to parents' most common language development questions - could be useful for answering any queries you have from parents.
Speaking more than one language
Bilingual families' advice. collection
Our collection of articles and films with advice for bilingual households.
Questions on bilingualism answered
Speech and Language Therapist Monal Gajjar answers common questions on speaking multiple languages at home.
10 multilingual games for toddlers
Ideas for games that support toddler's ability to speak multiple languages.
Behavioural concerns and emotional development
Advice on children's emotional development. collection
Our emotional development section has films with simple advice for a range of concerns.
