If your child gags when given pureed foods that are not smooth, it may be because of a sensitive gag reflex. Read tips for overcoming a sensitive gag reflex.
Read about the causes and treatments for reflex epilepsy, a rare condition in which seizures are set off by specific stimuli such as flashing lights.
To mark Nutrition Month, find out about tube feeding, special diets, food allergies and sensitivities, bowel conditions and more.
Your baby will go through many changes in their first year of life. Find out how their nutrition needs change and how you can support their physical development, communication and transition to other caregivers.
Learn more about the options for transitioning and helpful resources for transgender youth and their families.
Read about your newborn baby's first movements and reflexes after birth. The grasping reflex, crawling reflex and startle reflex are discussed.
Find out how to help your child manage a soy allergy.
When teens take more responsibility over their hemophilia care, they start the process of transition. Learn how transition impacts their lives.
Learn the signs and symptoms to look for when your baby is teething and how you can help to soothe your baby's gums.
A teenager with epilepsy will need to transfer management of their epilepsy to an adult care setting. Find out about transitioning smoothly from paediatric to adult care.
Find out when to start feeding a baby solid food, how to tell when they are ready to start eating solids, and tips for introducing solids.
Read about when you will need to transition to adult care, why this is necessary, and advice from other teens who have made the transition.
Discover how to help a tube-fed child gradually adjust to feeding by mouth.
Read about motor development in the first six months of a baby's life. Milestones such as head control, sitting up and rolling over are discussed.
Learn about some of the things you can expect when the time comes for your teen to transition to an adult health-care centre.
An in-depth list of recommended foods for older babies. Healthy choices of nutritious foods are provided, and allergenic foods are discussed.
Learn about increasing enteral feeds in a child with intestinal failure to help them achieve enteral autonomy.
An overview of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) outlining symptoms and treatments, including lifestyle changes that can help.
Find out how to help your child manage an allergy to tree nuts such as almonds, pecans, cashews or hazelnuts.
Learn why good nutrition during leukemia is so important and how to manage nutritional side-effects of chemotherapy.
Learn about the transition to adult health care for teenagers with heart conditions.
If your child has a burn learn how to care for them between visits to the outpatient clinic at the hospital.
An overview of how to help your child when they are choking. Along with hands-on CPR training, this information can help save your child’s life.
Discover the various stages of your baby's nutrition and how to handle issues such as spitting up.
