Baby Bites
Prenatal to PreK Nutrition Toolkit
CHEF’s Baby Bites: Prenatal to PreK Nutrition Toolkit is here to help you raise a healthy, happy family and serve as your nutrition guide from family planning to raising your growing family. Your baby’s ability to grow, learn, and thrive starts in the womb and starts with you.
Prenatal Care
Pregnancy is an exciting time of change for a family. As a mother, each bite you take is another opportunity to care for yourself and your baby. This section will follow each of your prenatal visits with key development milestones, nutrition information, and expert advice to help you have a successful pregnancy.
Well-Child Care
Parenthood is filled with many exciting new experiences that can be adventurous, challenging, and rewarding. Our job as a parent is to care for and raise our child to the best of our ability. This section is here to offer support and resources as you raise your child from birth to three years old. Each step follows the Texas Health Steps Well Child Checkup schedule with developmental milestones, nutrition information, expert advice, and much more.
Additional Resources
Check out these additional resources to support you during your pregnancy and after the birth of your child.
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Your Texas Benefits is the one-stop shop to apply for government assistance programs in Texas. One application can help to determine if you are eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and
the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs.
- Healthy Texas Women provides a variety of women’s health and family planning services at no cost to eligible, low-income women between 15 to 44 years old. These services help women plan their families, whether it is to achieve, postpone, or prevent pregnancy.
- Hear Her Texas is a maternal health campaign from the Texas Department of State Health Services committed to helping prevent maternal mortality and morbidity. This campaign aims to empower women and their support networks, along with providers, caregivers, friends, and family to listen and act when a mother is not feeling well.
- The Nurse-Family Partnership empowers first-time moms and their families to transform their lives and create better futures for themselves and their babies. Educated nurses regularly visit first-time moms, starting early in pregnancy and continuing until the child’s second birthday.
- Need a pediatric primary care provider or specialist for your child? CHRISTUS Children’s network has over 25 pediatric specialties covered, ensuring top-quality care for your little ones.
Hear Her Texas
Doctors In Your Area
Nurse Family Partnership for First Time Parents to Succeed
American Pregnancy Association
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