Dadpad: The essential guide for new dads
The essential guide for new dads…
As a new dad you will feel excited, but you may also feel left out, unsure and overwhelmed.
The DadPad can help
Developed with the NHS, the DadPad gives new dads and dads-to-be the knowledge and practical skills necessary to support yourselves and your partner, so that you baby can get the best possible start in life.
Using the DadPad brings many benefits, including helping and enabling dads to:
• Reduce their own anxiety by getting involved and gaining in confidence
• Learn how to create a strong bond and healthy attachment with their baby
• Build stronger family relationships by sharing the load and learning how to parent together
• Recognise the signs of postnatal depression, and other signs of mental ill-health, in both themselves and their partner, and learn how to get help early
The DadPad is also intended to assist health professionals engage and build relationships with new dads and dads-to-be.