This hub follows a baby's arrival in the order parents meet the questions. It begins before the birth, with providers and places to deliver, moves through the first weeks home, then the money and paperwork with deadlines attached, then the baby's own health and safety, and ends with childcare, groups and getting out of the house. Most of the pages are written for Utah County specifically: which local hospital has which NICU level, which library runs a baby storytime on which morning, which county office does the free car-seat check.
If you are expecting, read Having a Baby in Utah Valley and then Birth Centers vs Hospitals. If the baby is already here, The First Six Weeks is the page to keep open; it lays out the warning signs and the deadlines week by week. Student couples should add Student Parents at BYU and UVU for the campus daycare and programs.
Once the baby is home, the Baby's First Year checklist lays out the first twelve months item by item, each one linked to the guide that states it, and keeps your ticks in this browser.
Before the birth
- Having a baby in Utah Valley: Where people give birth, hospital or midwifery care, and the pregnancy timeline.
- Choosing an OB-GYN or midwife: How the three kinds of provider differ, and how to switch.
- Doulas and midwives: What Utah's statutes allow each to do, and what insurance covers.
- Birth centers or hospitals: Six delivering hospitals and three birth centers, and which have a NICU.
The first weeks home
- The first six weeks: Week by week: warning signs, deadlines, free help lines and the postpartum visit.
- Breastfeeding support: The free WIC warmline, hospital clinics, a weekly free class and pump coverage.
- Postpartum mental health: Who to call, what screening looks like, and the support groups.
- The new dad's guide: Leave law in plain English and the 30-day insurance deadline.
- The new parent survival guide: Stroller walks, what is open at 3 a.m., and accepting help.
- NICU families: Each unit's level, visiting rules and webcams, and sibling care.
- Twins and multiples: How benefits count each baby, gear times two, and double-stroller trails.
Money and paperwork
- WIC, Medicaid and Baby Your Baby: Current income limits with effective dates, and the county's WIC clinics.
- Diaper and baby-gear help: Where free diapers and formula come from, since SNAP and WIC do not cover diapers.
Baby's health and safety
- Finding a pediatrician: When to choose, after-hours care, and CHIP and Medicaid.
- Car-seat checks: Utah's restraint law and the free health department checks.
- Baby's first winter: Inversion days, RSV season, coats in car seats and safe sleep.
- Sleep training and sleep consultants: What the research and the AAP say, and how to vet a consultant.
- Pediatric dentists: The first visit and what Utah's 2025 fluoride ban changes.
Care, company and getting out
- Nannies, au pairs and the ward co-op: The childcare that is not daycare, with the IRS and State Department rules.
- Mom groups and playgroups: How they form here, where to look outside a ward, and starting one.
- Library storytimes: Baby, toddler and Spanish storytimes, city by city.
- Baby classes: BYU's free parent and infant music class, swim, sign and sensory.
- Postpartum fitness: Rec center childcare ages, postnatal yoga and stroller trails.
- Eating out with a baby: Mother's rooms, family restrooms and Utah's breastfeeding law.
- Flying with a baby from PVU: The family lounge, TSA rules for milk and formula, and lap-infant rules.
- Newborn and maternity photos: When to book and the safety questions to ask.
- Utah's baby names: The state's 2025 top names and how they differ from the nation's.
Next door on the site
Hospital-by-hospital detail is on the Health hub, including Orem Community Hospital and Timpanogos Regional. For a Latter-day Saint family, The Baby Blessing in Utah Valley explains the Sunday and the gathering, including for relatives who are not members. Once the baby is walking, childcare and daycare, toddler activities and the Families hub take over.
Every guide
Every page in this hub, 27 in all.
Newly checked
- Baby Classes in Utah Valley: BYU's Free Parent/Infant Music Class, Parent-and-Baby Swim, Kindermusik, Sign Language and the Free Library Option updated October 20, 2026
- Eating Out With a Baby in Provo and Orem: What We Could Verify About Changing Tables and Nursing Rooms, Utah's Breastfeeding Law, Play Cafes, and the Questions to Ask Before You Go updated October 20, 2026
- Baby's First Winter in Utah Valley: Inversion Days, RSV Season, the Car Seat Coat Rule, Safe Sleep When It's Cold, and Where to Go Indoors updated October 20, 2026
- Birth Centers vs Hospitals in Utah Valley: Every Place You Can Give Birth, and the NICU Question That Should Come First updated October 20, 2026
- Car-Seat Checks in Utah Valley: Utah's Law Word for Word, the Free Health Department Checks, and the Other Stations to Call First updated October 20, 2026
- Diaper Help and Baby-Gear Help in Utah County: Where Free Diapers Come From, Who Gives Formula, and the Car Seats, Cribs and Clothes That Fill the Gaps updated October 20, 2026
Frequently asked
Where can I get a car seat checked for free?
The Utah County Health Department runs free car seat checks. The car-seat guide has the details, along with Utah's child restraint law word for word.
Is there free breastfeeding help?
Yes. The WIC breastfeeding warmline is free and open to anyone, not only WIC families, and the breastfeeding guide also lists hospital lactation clinics and a weekly free class.
Does WIC pay for diapers?
No. Neither SNAP nor WIC covers diapers. The diaper help guide explains where free diapers in Utah County come from instead.
Are baby sleep consultants licensed in Utah?
No, it is not a licensed profession in Utah. The sleep guide covers what studies show about sleep training, what the AAP says, and how to vet a consultant or skip one.