RBR: Indispensable Parent-Friendly Resource for the First 5 Years of a Child’s Life
Do you often wonder if your child is healthy, growing and developing normally? On the free Rourke Baby Record (RBR) website, you can find reliable parent-friendly resources to help answer your questions.
The website’s information is evidence-based and also utilized by physicians and health care providers as an health supervision guide for the first five years of a child’s life.
Information Sheets are divided by specific ages, to suitably answer your questions on feeding, safety, development, vaccination, and other common issues for babies.
(1-2 Weeks | 1 Month | 2 Months | 4 Months | 6 Months | 12 Months | 18 Months | 2-3 Years | 4-5 Years)
According to the RBR website, you can browse for a specific issue “By Topic” or “By Age” of your child, using the links on the sides of this page, or you can search for a topic. These will bring you to reliable resources about normal child growth and development, along with information on common health topics such as feeding, injury prevention, vaccinations, and some common illnesses.
History
The RBR was originally developed in 1979 by Dr. Leslie Rourke, now Professor Emerita of Family Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and by Dr. James Rourke, Professor of Family Medicine and former Dean of Medicine at Memorial University.
The Rourke Baby Record is endorsed by the Canadian Paediatric Society, College of Family Physicians of Canada and Dietitians of Canada.