Learn about the benefits of tummy time and how to encourage your baby to spend supervised awake time on their stomach.
If your infant has heart surgery, there are specific activity recommendations you must follow. Learn how to help your infant recover after heart surgery.
Learn about flat head syndrome and how it is treated.
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.
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.
Learning to hold their head and trunk up is one of the earliest movement skills your child will develop.
Sometimes infants do not gain weight at the rate they are supposed to. Find out ways to increase your baby's caloric intake in a healthy manner.
Fixing a cleft lip involves two operations. Learn about the operations and what you need to know before, during and after both surgeries.
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 proper sleep time for babies. Learn several ways of avoiding sleep time problems. Several tips to make sleep time easier are included.
Learn how to care for your baby and use the Pavlik harness orthosis.
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 about why your child might need a fixed abduction brace to treat developmental dysplasia of the hip, risks of the treatment, and how to care for your child in a fixed abduction brace.
This page provides recommendations to encourage development in babies aged six weeks, who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU, or who require care from a neonatal follow-up clinic.
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.
Recommendations for babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU to help improve neurodevelopment at eight months.
This page provides recommendations to encourage development in babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU, or who require care a neonatal follow-up clinic.
Find out how to safely hold and support your baby or child with osteoporosis.
How to effectively give a baby a bath, either in the baby tub or the "big" tub. Considerations for bathtub safety are provided.
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 baby’s airways.
Learn about managing your baby's crying. Keeping calm and comforting your baby will often help soothe them.
Discover the various stages of your baby's nutrition and how to handle issues such as spitting up.
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.
Helpful tips on holding and dressing a baby. Though they are not as fragile as they look, it is important to handle your baby gently for them to feel safe.
Learn how a corrective helmet is worn and helps correct the shape of your child's skull over time.
