REPORT: Babies in Lockdown

Source: Babies in Lockdown
Date: 05 August 2020

Best Beginnings, Home-Start UK and the Parent-Infant Foundation have published a report looking at the impact of the coronavirus crisis on babies and their parents of all backgrounds across the UK. Findings from 5,474 respondents to a survey include: 68% of parents felt the changes brought about by COVID-19 were affecting their unborn baby, baby or young child; 34% of respondents believed that their baby’s interaction with them had changed during the lockdown period; 61% of parents shared significant concerns about their own mental health; and in the post natal period only 11% of parents of under twos saw a health visitor face-to-face.

Report: https://babiesinlockdown.info/