"Baby's 6-9 month review"

I'm a first time mum and was attending my 6-9 month review with baby. It was not a very enjoyable experience. It felt like it was a check list of questions and if you didn't say yes you were doing something wrong. There was no conversation around how things were going, instead it was how things were a "bad habit" or impractical advice.

It wasn't very baby led at all. When I tried to share any queries it seemed like they didn't want to know. I was directed to ask the doctor. Not much help when you can't get speaking to a doctor unless it's an emergency.

When asked about my mental health, there was a big emphasis on how what I said had to be written down and how my main health visitor might need to call me, as if I was saying something wrong. It wasn't enjoyable or supportive, but instead felt so clinical and like a tick box exercise.