Bringing Baby home

Additional Tips,
Articles, & Videos

Welcome to OneChiFam, an online resource dedicated to helping Chicago families grow up healthy and happy. On this page, you’ll find links to resources that complement your Bringing Baby Home workbook.

Part 1

Caring for Your Baby

Going Home with Baby

Illinois child passenger safety requirements

Natural, hygienic nose suction for babies

Feeding

Tips for new parents

Breastfeeding Support

Feeding Your Newborn

Breastfeeding FAQs

Guidance for switching formulas

Resources for pumping moms

Sleeping

Safe Sleep

Crying

Parent support for fussy babies

The 5 S’s: soothing techniques for babies

Health and Safety

The dangers of secondhand smoke

Car seat safety guidance for families

Preventing harm to children in hot cars

Illinois child passenger safety requirements

Avoiding poisonings at home

Constipation warning signs

Learn how vaccines work

CDC vaccine information and immunization schedules

Printable vaccination schedules and preventable diseases info

Help spread the word about vaccines in your community

All about vaccines: The Immunization Action Coalition

Common immunization questions

Car seat safety guidance for families

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Center

Part 2

Helping Your Baby Learn and Grow

Milestones

CDC’s developmental milestones

CDC’s developmental milestone tracker app

Videos showing children’s development from 2 months to 5 years

Developmental milestones and videos

Talking/Singing Reading/Playing

Child learning resource

Reach Out & Read Illinois: resources for low-income children

Chicago Public Library

How play skills develop from birth to age 3

Tummy Time

Sleep & tummy time

Safe infant sleep basics

Tummy time basics

Screen Time

Media guidance from HealthyChildren.org

Zero to Three: Supporting healthy connections for babies

Common Sense Media: Trusted ratings created with families in mind

Family TV programming

Media research and innovation lab

Celebrating Your Cultural Heritage

Resources for teaching children about race

Tools for healthy communication about race from the APA

Bilingualism

Language activities from the BBC

Comics for kids about the science of language

Bilingual resources for parents dual-language children

Video with quick tips about children’s language learning

Activities Around Town

Chicago Park District

Chicago Public Library

Chicago-area activities to do with your kids

The Chicago Tribune

Part 3

Resources for New Parents

Healthy Parents After Birth

Postpartum checkups: When to go and what to know

Choosing Child Care

Child care centers and homes support

Accredited child care programs and providers

Birth Spacing and Family Planning Options

Find the birth control method that’s right for you

Birth control resources from Planned Parenthood

Family planning resources from IDPH

Domestic Violence

24/7 hotline for domestic violence

Programs, policies and campaigns to end violence

National coalition against domestic violence

City of Chicago assistance for domestic violence victims

Safe Haven

Illinois laws on safe haven for babies

For Teen Parents

Information and assistance for teen parents in Illinois