Health visitors appointment?

Has anyone else had their health visitor appointment booked in yet?
I don’t remember being seem by the HV before baby was born with my first, so am wondering what this visit is about. The HV is popping round next week and it’s say on the letter it’s a 60 mins appointment!!

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We had this with our first, it was just a check to see how everything was, if we had any questions, went through safe sleep advice, general advice and stuff about pets as we have a dog. Just asked us some questions x

I didn’t have one with my first but did this time a few weeks ago. Thought it was an absolute waste of time tbh as they just talked about all the stuff I already knew from my first - safe sleep, feeding, crying etc. Did get a timetable of free summer activities for my toddler though which was the only useful bit 😂

We've got to go to a family hub for ours so no idea what to expect

I haven't heard from HV yet, how many weeks are you all?

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