Discover the physical and behavioural signs that your baby may be ill and learn when to take your baby to a health-care provider.
You can still work on breastfeeding while your baby is in the hospital. Learn how to prepare for breastfeeding and recognize your baby’s feeding cues.
Crying in newborns is part of normal development. Learn how to effectively recognize the different types of cries your newborn baby might have.
Read about the various types of health care professionals who may need to treat a baby who is very ill. Answers from Canadian Paediatric Hospitals.
Read about pumping or hand expressing your breast milk when you will be away from your breastfed baby during feeding time. Learn how to help the pumping process go more smoothly.
Learn how your baby's spina bifida is repaired with surgery either before or after they are born. Also learn what happens after surgery and how to take care of your baby at home.
Learn how to make the most of your network to get the support you need when a child has a long-term illness.
Read about coping with the challenges of taking care of a child who is ill. These challenges can have a huge impact on the relationship between parents.
When you tell your child about the operation depends on your child's age and how anxious you think your child will be. Use the ages on this page as a guideline.
Learn the signs that your baby is ready to feed themselves and find out how to keep them safe while they eat solid foods.
Learn about infantile spasms, a type of epilepsy. Learn how infantile spasms are diagnosed and treated, and who can help you and your baby.
In bilateral choanal atresia both sides of the nasal passage are blocked by bone or soft tissue. Learn what happens during surgery and how to take care of your child at home.
Learn how to cope with emotional, social and financial stress as a family when your child has a burn injury.
Learn about managing your baby's crying. Keeping calm and comforting your baby will often help soothe them.
Information on the extremely difficult task of helping siblings adjust to their sibling suffering from a brain tumour.
Learn how you can help siblings cope, after your child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT).
Learn how to care for your baby and use the Pavlik harness orthosis.
Nipple tenderness is normal in the first week of breastfeeding, but pain is not. Learn how to prevent and treat sore nipples.
Learn about the possible causes of colic and ways to treat it. Colic, though upsetting for you and your baby, often goes away by three or four months of age.
It is important to pay attention to infant mental health, especially for babies with congenital heart disease (CHD). Learn how to read your baby's cues and how you can help your baby achieve their developmental milestones.
Cancer can change the way your body looks and the way you feel about it. Read about ways that may help you cope with changes in how you feel about your body.
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.
Having scoliosis surgery can be a very emotionally difficult experience for a teenager. Learn about common stressors as well as how to cope with them.
Learn how and when to introduce different food textures to your child.
Discover the various stages of your baby's nutrition and how to handle issues such as spitting up.
