Learning to hold their head and trunk up is one of the earliest movement skills your child will develop.
Staying in a hospital can be difficult. Find out tips about how to make your hospital stay a little easier while you are recovering from scoliosis surgery.
Tummy time is an important activity to help strengthen the muscles your child needs to develop more advanced movement skills such as sitting, crawling, standing, and hand and finger skills.
This page is about play for preschoolers staying in the hospital.
Learn about cognitive development, or the ability to think, over the first six months of a baby's life. Improvements in depth perception are to be expected
An echocardiogram (or ‘echo’) is a special test that uses ultrasound (sound waves) to take pictures of the heart. Learn about how they are done, and how to help your child prepare for one.
Learn how to be well-prepared for your child's surgery so your day goes smoothly, avoid delays or cancellations.
You can position your infant on their stomach while they are awake and supervised to prevent head deformities and promote healthy child development. Learn about the benefits of tummy time, and how to encourage it for your child.
Learn how a direct radionuclide cystogram is done and how it shows any problems in the bladder.
A voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) uses X-rays to look at how well your child's bladder works during urination. Read about what to expect during a VCUG.
Learn about cognitive development, or the ability to think, over the second six months of a baby's first year. Attempts at speech are to be expected.
ESD and ESSB tests use X-rays and barium contrast to image a child's digestive tract. Find out what to expect during an ESD or ESSB test.
A guide on giving your child injections into the muscle (intramuscular) at home.
Discover how to use the 3P approach to manage chronic pain in a young child.
Sleep studies assess what is disrupting your child's sleep. Find out how to prepare your child, what to bring and what to expect during a sleep study.
Cardiopulmonary physiotherapy treatment (CPT) is used to clear mucus from the airways. Learn about the benefits of CPT and the different techniques you can learn to help clear your child’s airways.
As a parent, you can help your child if you learn as much as possible about their condition. You should also try to model calm behaviour and explain to your child what is going to happen using words they can understand.
The six-minute walk tests how well the heart is working and how much oxygen is in the blood during exercise. Learn about the six-minute walk.
An alveolar bone graft operation is done to close an alveolar cleft (gap in the bone of the upper jaw). Children who had a cleft lip and palate may have an alveolar cleft.
Read about what other teenagers with scoliosis went through when they had surgery.
Many children are afraid of having blood work done. Read effective distraction and explanation techniques for children of different ages.
A calorimetry test measures a child's resting metabolic rate. Learn about what happens during a calorimetry test as well as how to prepare your child.
Advice for parents with a child who is staying at the hospital and being treated for a burn injury.
Radiation therapy may be used to help treat a brain tumour. Learn how radiation therapy works and what you need to know before your child begins treatment.
Learn about motor development in the second half of a baby's first year of life. Milestones such as sitting up, standing, and walking are discussed.