Best Beginnings

Norwich communities working together on Maternal Mental Health

On Thursday March 15th healthcare professionals, stakeholders in maternity and mental healthcare, and members of the community came together for the Baby Buddy™ event: ‘Norwich Communities working together on Maternal Mental Health’ Read more
Baby Buddy in Solent

Baby Buddy finally part of business-as-usual in Solent Read more
New Maternity Rights Films Launched!

Best Beginnings and Maternity Action have worked in partnership to develop three new films highlighting maternity rights in the workplace. Read more
Being a parent with obsessive compulsive disorder

Obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD is often mentioned, but not necessarily understood. Pam is a Best Beginnings family member, London Marathon runner and author of the Obsessive Compulsive Mother blog. We spoke with Pamela Milne about how her condition influenced her journey to parenthood and how she found support. Read more

Best Beginnings is a charity working to give every child in the UK the best start in life.

About us

Baby Buddy, the multi-award winning free app for parents and parents-to-be

The multi-award winning free app for parents and parents-to-be

Out of the Blue

Promoting mental health for parents and their children

Small Wonders

Supporting you when your baby is sick or premature

From Bump to Breastfeeding

Following real mothers' stories to find out how

Blog - reflections, opinions and experiences

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Latest news

Camilla Warren supporting Best Beginnings

A London mum of three and inventor of Talltape rolled up height chart, Camilla is very passionate about storing memories of children's development and has generously offered to support Best Beginnings by donating £1 from the sale of each one of the large Tree of Life Talltape charts. Read more
Top 20 locations of app downloads as a percentage of its birth cohort!

Want to see how your locality is getting on in the national table? By the end of March 2018, 32.7% of the Redcar & Cleveland birth cohort were using Baby Buddy. Read more
Baby Buddy launches in Newham!

On Wednesday May 30th 2018, Manor Park Community Children’s Centre (MPCCC) hosted the launch of the Baby Buddy app in Newham and has now completed its embedding workshops; a process that included Co-creation & Planning workshops and a Perinatal Mental Health module. Read more