Best Babies

Alberta Health Services - South Zone

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Best Babies is a free and confidential home visitation program that supports expectant parents and their baby under the age of 12 months.

Every pregnancy is a new experience. From the moment you learn of your pregnancy, there are plenty of things you can do to ensure the best for you and your baby.
Best Babies is a free and confidential home visitation program that supports expectant parents and their baby under the age of 12 months. We focus on:

  • Family strengths
  • Pregnancy and your family's needs
  • Increasing family's health and well-being
  • Supporting parents to strengthen their parenting and child development knowledge including developmental milestones
  • Building supportive networks and connections to resources and services

Best Babies offers individualized home visits which include:

Information and support regarding:

  • pregnancy and postnatal care
  • parent and baby interaction and attachment
  • child development including ASQ screening
  • social connections
  • healthy relationships
  • health and well-being
  • feeding baby and nutrition
  • budgeting
  • setting personal and family goals
  • connections to community services and groups and service coordination
  • addresses needs you may have about your pregnancy and other matters.
  • access to a lactation consultant and registered dietician
  • free nutritional resources such as free prenatal vitamins, supplements and food coupons, if eligible

For more information, visit the Before, During, and After Birth website


Affiliation: Bridges Family Programs Association of Southeastern Alberta
Key Provider: social workers (SWs)
Eligibility
Yes, You are eligible for the program if you are an expectant mother or you have a child under the age of 12 months, and you are experiencing adverse challenges such as meeting you and your family’s basic needs, current or past mental health or addiction issues, marital or family stressors, etc
Application Process
Service Access: By Appointment, Self-referral or via referral form available on our website, by phone or email.
Referral Process: No


Waiting Period: No,
Telephone
403-526-7473
Email
bridges@memlane.com
Languages
Interpreter/Translation services
Fees
Fee: No


Fee Reduction: N/A
Membership Fee: N/A
Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Yes -
Other disabled access: N/A -
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Last Verified On
September 23, 2024
Address
477 3 Street SE
Medicine Hat, AB, T1A 0G8
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Hours of Operation
Mon
08:30 AM to 04:30 PM
Tue
08:30 AM to 04:30 PM
Wed
08:30 AM to 04:30 PM
Thu
08:30 AM to 04:30 PM
Fri
08:30 AM to 04:30 PM

Closed 12:00 PM (noon) to 1:00 PM

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