the blue book or personal health record
When you have a baby, you will be given a Blue Book.
This will be your baby’s personal health record for their entire life.
The Blue Book contains information about development, health checks and services from birth to school age.
The Blue Book contains a guide to when to bring your child to routine health checks to check your child’s development is on track. This includes screening of all babies for hearing problems, called the NSW Statewide Infant Screening – Hearing Programs (or SWISH).
There are also other checks for movement, vision and language development.
When your child turns four, the health check will also include the Statewide Eyesight Preschooler Screening (StEPS), to check your child’s vision so any issues can be dealt with before starting school.
