Infant Mental Health Awareness Week

Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (June 12-18, 2023) provides an annual opportunity to discuss the importance of babies’ mental health and wellbeing as well as some of the issues that affect it.

As noted by the Parent Infant Foundation, research shows that the experiences and relationships we have in the earliest years of our lives, including before birth, impact the development of our brains. Stress and adversity experienced during pregnancy can have a negative impact on babies’ physical and mental health as they grow, but this doesn’t have to be the case. The services in place to support mothers, birthing people, partners and families in pregnancy can make a huge difference.

Access resources from The World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) whose central aim is to promote the mental wellbeing and healthy development of infants throughout the world.