Read about your newborn baby's first movements and reflexes after birth. The grasping reflex, crawling reflex and startle reflex are discussed.
Learn all about your newborn baby's eyesight, hearing, and senses of taste, touch and smell.
Learn about newborn nutrition, routine care and everyday health issues as well as some common physical and emotional adjustments to life after pregnancy.
Learn about making sleep time easier and safer for your newborn baby.
Discover the physical and behavioural signs that your baby may be ill and learn when to take your baby to a health-care provider.
How to effectively make bath time easier for your newborn. Information on giving a newborn baby a sponge bath is provided, as well as safety tips.
Learn about your newborn baby's nutritional requirements and how to successfully feed them.
Read about the proper sleep time for babies. Learn several ways of avoiding sleep time problems. Several tips to make sleep time easier are included.
Read about various types of breathing problems in newborn babies and the care that is provided to help them.
Learn about the different types of newborn screening and what to do if your baby has positive newborn screening results.
Crying in newborns is part of normal development. Learn how to effectively recognize the different types of cries your newborn baby might have.
How to effectively keep your newborn baby safe and comforted. Tips, such as holding them to offer proper head support, are included.
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 the Apgar score, which is used to assess a newborn baby's well-being using five categories: heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes and skin colour.
Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.
Learn about biliary atresia, a liver disease in babies, and the new screening program that is used to help identify babies with biliary atresia earlier.
Learn about the various skin conditions and birthmarks that can arise in a newborn baby.
Read about the symptoms of neonatal withdrawal syndromes and approaches to treatment.
A fever can be a sign that the body is fighting an infection. Learn how to properly care for your baby, toddler or child with a fever.
Read about infections and the immune system of premature babies. A premature baby is susceptible to infection because their immune system is immature.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) occurs when a fetus is infected with a virus called cytomegalovirus. Learn more about how cCMV happens, the signs and symptoms of cCMV and how it is diagnosed and treated.
Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies, which vary on the degree of prematurity and the severity and number of any complications.
Read about various behavioral problems that premature babies may develop as they grow. In general, the most premature babies are more at risk.
