App launched to support new dads in Oxfordshire
New dads in Oxfordshire can now benefit from an app designed to support them on their journey through parenthood.
DadPad offers practical advice and key insights into child development, and is available for free for all expectant and new fathers across the county.
Councillor Kate Gregory, the county council's cabinet member for public health and inequality, said: "Parenthood, although exciting, can be a very daunting time too, and most of us will face plenty of anxiety along the way.
"We know too that new dads have traditionally been an under engaged group by maternity and perinatal services.
"We hope that the app will enable more dads, and their partners, to feel more confident going into parenthood."
The app covers topics such as feeding, bonding, home safety, self care, holding, changing, and cleaning a baby.
Julian Bose, director of Inspire Cornwall CIC, which worked alongside Oxfordshire County Council's public health team to develop the app, said: "The DadPad was created because babies don't come with a set of instructions, and dads told us that there was important information that they wanted to be given on what to expect and how to care for their baby.
'With technology playing such a big part in everyone's lives today, developing an app to complement the existing DadPad seemed the obvious next step.
"This has opened a world of possibilities in delivering new content and features and, crucially, getting updates and news out to the dads quickly and easily."
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