The INFANT (INfant Feeding, Active play and NuTrition) Program is designed to help families with feeding and active play, to give their baby the best start to life.
INFANT consists of 4 FREE face-to face group sessions for mums, dads and carers; delivered by a local Accredited Practicing Dietitian.
INFANT sessions and the companion app My Baby Now will help you learn about:
- Understanding and responding to your baby’s cues/signs
- When and how to introduce solid foods and a sippy cup
- Active play you can do together
- Strategies for limiting screens
- Experiences, strategies and tips from other parents
INFANT is based on more than 15 years of research led by the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University, Australia.
About the INFANT Program
The Infant Program a free program designed to help you get healthy eating and active play with your baby right from the start.
We know from research at Deakin University that getting the food and activity stuff right is very important to you as parents. It is not always easy to know the best way, whether this is your first child or whether you’re an experienced parent.
The Infant Program is a 4 session lifestyle program delivered to parents of young infants over the first year of life.
7 key messages are the focus of each session and the program is provided in an information and support sharing format.
Key Messages:
These key messages are explored throughout each session and their relevance to each age group is discussed accordingly.
- Feeding is a Learning Curve
- Snack on Fruit and Veg
- Tap into Water
- Colour Every Meal with Fruit & Veg
- Off and Running
- Eat Together, Play together
- Parents Provide, Kids Decide
Location & Booking
Group sessions are led by an Accredited Practicing Dietitian when your baby is 3,6,9 and 12 months old
The program is held at Community Health, 125 Campbell St. Swan Hill, from 10:30am until 12:00noon.
Call Community Health at (03) 5033 9337 to book in for the INFANT Program.
Bookings are necessary, however, you can register once for all sessions.
Group sessions are held as follows:
Click on Session for more information.
Session 1: When your baby is 3 months
Includes maternal health & wellbeing, breastfeeding support, baby’s taste and tummy time.
When: 1st Monday of the month
Session 2: When your baby is 6 months
A Physiotherapist joins us for this session on how you are going with introduction of foods, reducing allergy risk, sweet drinks activity, sitting up active play.
When: 2nd Monday of the month
Session 3: When your baby is 9 months
Moving on to finger foods, minimizing fussy eating, tips for carers, crawling active play. A Speech Pathologist comes along to this session.
When: 3rd Monday of the month
Session 4: when your baby is 12 months
Meal time rules and routines, planning ahead, snack ideas, easy meal preparation, walking active play.
When: 4th Monday of the month
Resources
My Baby Now App
The INFANT Program supported by a phone app called My Baby Now.
Developed by experts at Deakin University and the University of Sydney, the My Baby Now app provides trustworthy, up-to-date advice on feeding and active play to support parents of babies under 18 months.
Visit this link for app access: https://is.gd/parentMBN
INFANT Key Messages Booklet
Looking at the Eat Together, Play Together and Switch Off to Play and Eat messages and suggested activities to do with your little one.
INFANT Program Brochure
Information on the INFANT Program delivered here in Swan Hill!
Find more local Children Services provided by Swan Hill District Health here:https://www.shdh.org.au/our-services/children/
