Family Resources

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Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Women and Newborn Health: Pregnancy: Find helpful pregnancy advice and support for western Sydney mums

Breastfeeding your Baby: A NSW Health booklet with helpful breastfeeding information

Encourage and Support Breastfeeding Fact Sheet: Information on breastfeeding benefits, tips and supports for mothers

Giving your baby the best start brochure: Learn about the benefits of breastfeeding and the best foods to give your baby when they start solids.

Breastfeeding and returning to work brochure: Learn practical ideas to help you continue to breastfeed when you return to work.

Women and Newborn Health: Breastfeeding information: Find information, resources and support on breastfeeding for western Sydney mums

Seek pregnancy care early- brochure: Stay safe and seek pregnancy care early, available in 6 languages

Introduction to solids

Starting Family Foods brochure: Find practical advice on how to introduce your baby to solid foods.

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Teach your baby to drink from a cup brochure: Learn how to teach your baby to drink from a cup.

Healthy lunchboxes and snacks

Healthy lunchbox foods factsheet: Find out how to pack a healthy lunchbox with food ideas from the 5 food groups.

Smart snack swaps factsheet: Discover some quick and simple healthy snack swaps for the lunchbox.

Choose Water as a Drink Fact Sheet: Learn how much water children should drink everyday, practical tips to encourage children to drink more water and how much sugar is in some different drinks.

Choose Healthy Snacks Fact Sheet: Find ideas for healthy snack foods, tips for planning healthy snacks and what foods to avoid eating everyday.

Eat More Fruit and Vegetables Fact Sheet: Learn how much fruit and vegetables we should be eating everyday and practical tips on how to eat more.

Healthy lunchboxes and snacks information: Use this fact sheet to find snack ideas for lunchboxes and some more tips to help you pack a healthy lunchbox.

Australian Guide To Healthy Eating: Use this plate model to show the recommended amounts of food we should eat from each of the 5 food groups.

Healthy Lunchbox website: Find a range of healthy lunchbox tips and recipes as well as a practical lunchbox builder activity.

Healthy eating and drinking

Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (including serve sizes): Learn how much of the five food groups we should be eating, and what makes up a serve, available in 11 languages

Choose Water as a Drink Fact Sheet: Learn how much water children should drink everyday, practical tips to encourage children to drink more water and how much sugar is in some different drinks.

Eat More Fruit and Vegetables Fact Sheet: Learn how much fruit and vegetables we should be eating everyday and practical tips on how to eat more.

Choose Healthy Snacks Fact Sheet: Find ideas for healthy snack foods, tips for planning healthy snacks and what foods to avoid eating everyday.

Milk Fact Sheet: Learn what types of milk are recommended for children of different ages and share this information with families.

Australian Dietary Guidelines: Find up to date advice about the amounts and kinds of food your family should to eat for health and wellbeing.

Tips for eating healthy: Learn practical ways to encourage your family to eat healthy.

Healthy recipes

Healthy Recipes: Find a collection of simple, family friendly, healthy recipes to cook with your family.

Heart Foundation Recipes: Find kid-friendly recipes that are quick to make, healthy and delicious!

Fussy eating

Dinnertime with Isla (video)

Video storybook for children to encourage fuss-free mealtimes (produced by SLHD)

Fuss Free Mealtimes Poster: Find tips on how to create fuss free mealtimes at home (produced by SLHD)

Fuss Free Mealtime Factsheet: Need some more tips on how to create fuss free mealtimes? Produced my SLHD, also available in 5 other languages

Physical activity and reducing screen time

Get Active Each Day Fact Sheet: Learn how much activity your kids should be doing everyday and practical tips to be more active.

Turn off the Screens Fact Sheet: Learn how much time your children should spend in front of screens and how you can manage screen time at home.

National physical activity and screen time recommendations for children 0-5 years years: Learn the current national physical activity, screen time and sleep recommendations for children 0-5 years.

Physical activity guidelines 5-12 year olds

National physical activity and screen time recommendations for children 5-12 years: Learn the current national physical activity, screen time and sleep recommendations for children 5-12 years.

National physical activity and screen time recommendations for children 13-17 years: Learn the current national physical activity and screen time for adolescents aged 13-17 years.

Tips to get active: Learn practical ways to encourage your family to have an active lifestyle.

Safe & Healthy Travel to School at any Age

Download our Active Travel flipbook for more information on the benefits of active travel and steps towards active travel independence.

Walking in Western Sydney

Find tips to increase walking in your day, heart foundation walking information and local council walking paths, sports grounds and parks and gardens information

Wellbeing and safety

Habits for healthy minds and bodies: Learn practical tips to help with mental health and wellbeing

Child Safety Handbook: A resource for parents, carers and teachers on topics essential to child safety.

Heat and your health

Plan for the heat: Tips to help you prepare your home and family before a heat wave comes

A healthy transition to high school

Tips to Get Ready for High School brochure: Healthy bodies lead to healthy brains, Here are 8 practical tips that may help your child perform better at school.

Translated healthy lifestyle resources

Translated Healthy Lifestyle Resources: Find information on healthy living for children and families available in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Persian, Hindi and Tamil.

Fact sheets for Aboriginal families

Water- the Best Drink for Healthy Kids: Water is the best drink for everyone. Read more for information on healthy drinks for children

Active Kids are Healthy Kids: Get kids moving everyday! Learn about how much activity and screen time kids should have and tips to help kids keep moving.

Healthy Food Grows Strong Kids: Eating healthy foods will help kids grow strong, healthy and happy. Find ideas for healthy food, snacks and breakfasts

Other healthy lifestyle information

Healthy Eating Active Living website

Find healthy eating and active living tips and programs. We can help you find one small change in your day that will help you (and your family) be healthier.

Go4Fun program

Go4Fun is a FREE 10-week healthy lifestyle program to help NSW 7-13 year olds lead healthier lives. Programs run during the school terms. Our qualified health professionals lead the fun and interactive sessions. Go4Fun encourages children and their families to become fitter, healthier and happier.