Home visiting, by public health nurses, after the baby is born helps parents with questions related to managing their baby's health and safety needs.  Hospital nurses and social workers provide information on "new baby visits" to parents before they leave the hospital.  The Public Health Services also sends information on available services via a congratulatory postcard to all parents in the county who have newborn babies.

Public health nurses provide the following free services:

• Information on infant growth and development, safe sleeping positions, feeding (breast and formula feeding), infant hygiene, home safety, immunizations, and other information as needed
• Weigh, measure growth, and conduct a brief physical assessment
• Provide education and referral resources needed for postpartum care for mom
• Promote and educate safe sleep for babies via DVD, and provide a newborn halo sleeper

To request a new baby visit, call (715) 395-1304 and ask for the Intake Nurse.

• Text4baby:  Text4baby is a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health.  An educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), text4baby provides pregnant women and new moms with information they need to take care of their health and give their babies the best possible start in life.  Women who sign up for the service, by texting BABY (BEBE for Spanish) to 511411, will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to their due date or baby's date of birth.
• University of Wisconsin Extension
• Center for Disease Control
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Northland Breastfeeding Coalition
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Halo Sleep Sacks