Babies (BBC)
Advice about all the common challenges and information about developmental milestones in your baby's first year.
Dad Talk
Provides opportunities for dads to talk on and offline, enables dads to access informtion and support that is specifically targeted at fathers.
Mumsnet: by parents for parents
Offers advice and information for parents and families - anything from pregnancy to starting school to troubled teens. The website has parents' chatrooms.
National Childbirth Trust (NCT)
Offers antenatal classes, local branch groups, and social and educational events. Telephone helplines for parents available.
Netmums
A family of local websites covering the UK. Each site offers information on everything from where to find playgroups and how to eat healthily to where to meet other mothers, and has a range of parenting advice from pregnancy to teens.
Parentline Scotland
Free, confidential, parent support helpline for anyone caring for a child in Scotland. You can call about any problem, however big or small.
Pregnancy (BBC)
Comprehensive pregnancy guide including pregnancy signs, pregnancy stages, pregnancy problems, and mother and baby health.
Young parents survival guide (OPFS)
The guide has key information and advice for young parents including information for dads, coping with doctors, hospitals and clinics, housing issues and continuing your education.
Capability Scotland
Works with families with disabled children and disabled people of all ages. Run a telephone advice service.
Contact a Family
Information, advice and support to parents and carers of children with any special need or disability. Has a telephone helpline.
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Support, advice and information for families of children and babies with cystic fibrosis through helplines and publications and online services.
Downs Syndrome Scotland
Provides support, advice and information to people with Down's syndrome, their parents, carers and professionals.
Enable Scotland
Offers a range of services for children and adults with learning difficulties and support for families, including a helpline.
Grapevine Disability Information Service
Confidential advice and information for disabled people and their families in Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian. Telephone and text phone helpline available.
Kindered Scotland
Advice and information for parents and families looking for help with their child's additional support needs. Telephone helpline service.
Scottish Spina Bifida Association
Information, helpline, family support and local support groups for parents and carers of a baby with spina bifida and spina bifida children.
Sleep Scotland
Support to families of children and young people with additional support needs and severe sleep problems. Telephone helpline available.
Action for Sick Children (Scotland)
Information and advice on any aspect of caring for a sick child or young person. Also provides support to families and children at hospital and signposting to other sources of help.
Action on Postpartum Psychosis
A network of women across the UK and further afield who have experienced postpartum psychosis, offering information and support.
Allergies (BabyCentre)
Useful information about allergies including baby allergy symptoms, baby allergy testing, asthma, eczema and hayfever.
Allergy UK
Charity providing information on allergy, food intolerance and chemical sensitivity. Telephone helpline available.
Birth Trauma Association
Supports all women who have had a traumatic birth experience leading to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Breastfeeding Network
Network of breastfeeding support centres across the UK, including Scotland. Helpline and a useful website with breastfeeding tips and information.
Children first aid (British Red Cross)
Help on treating a wide range of baby and children first aid emergencies, including choking, unconsciousness, resuscitation, high temperatures and burns.
Cleft Lip & Palate Association (CLAPA)
Offers local parent-to-parent support through its nation-wide network, a specialist service for parents seeking help feeding babies with clefts and much more.
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Support, advice and information for families of children and babies with cystic fibrosis through helplines and publications and online services.
Existing health problems in pregnancy (NHS Choices)
Information about health conditions that can affect your pregnancy and your baby: diabetes, congenital heart defect, asthma, overweight, epilepsy, mental health problems, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease.
Fun First Foods
Information on the different stages of weaning: what weaning is, when to start weaning. Offers advice about food and allergies.
Healthy Start
Free food vouchers for low income families with children under 4 and pregnant women - exchanged for milk, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and infant formula milk.
Home Link
Provides support and befriending to families with young children who are under stress and experiencing difficulties in South Edinburgh and Midlothian.
Miscarriage Association
Information, helpline and other support for people affected by pregnancy loss through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or molar pregnancy.
NHS 24
If you or your child is feeling ill call the NHS 24 helpline. Alternatively use the self-help guide on the website.
NHS Inform
NHS Scotland's health information service. Includes a health A-Z, common health questions, local and national support groups directory, and news on health issues.
Pregnancy and Parents Centre
Edinburgh based charity offering birth preparation workshops, baby health therapies and breastfeeding support to new parents.
Scottish Cot Death Trust
Provides a wide range of support for bereaved families and information about how to reduce the risks of cot death.
Scottish Spina Bifida Association
Information, helpline, family support and local support groups for parents and carers of a baby with spina bifida and spina bifida children.
Together for Short Lives
Information about what care and support is available for families of children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. They have a helpline.
Your babys sleep (BabyCentre)
Series of articles covering a range of sleep-related issues from establishing good sleep habits, to your baby's breathing, to the pros and cons of co-sleeping.
Child Maintenance Options
Impartial information for both parents about child maintenance after divorce and separation. Telephone helpline service is provided.
Citizens Advice Scotland
Network of centres (CABs) all over the country, giving advice on money and rights, including consumer rights, discrimination and employment rights.
Kinship care (Adviceguide)
Rights and financial information for carers of a relative or family friend's child - from Citizens Advice Scotland. A specialist telephone helpline is also available.
Maternity Action
Information about employment rights, welfare benefit rights and health care rights for parents. They have a helpline.
Money for Mums
Lots of information about family finances. Includes advice about benefits, tax credits, childcare vouchers, savings and returning to work.
Paying for Childcare
Website where you can find out about the financial support you may be able to receive to help with the costs of childcare.