Learn how a baby's system of attachment develops over the first year of life. Attachment will solidify as a baby's memory develops.
Read about different types of attachment that a baby or child might develop. Attachment issues, such as disorganized attachment, are discussed.
All babies are born relationship ready. Babies are also born with attachment-based behaviours (crying) that cue their caregiver when they are in distress and need them close. Learn how the baby’s cry and the caregiver’s response to the cry develops the attachment relationship.
Learn how to effectively foster and promote a secure attachment pattern between you and your baby or child. Also learn how to provide experiences that create trust by making your infant and child feel understood and comforted.
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 about newborn nutrition, routine care and everyday health issues as well as some common physical and emotional adjustments to life after pregnancy.
Learn about attachment, and the social and emotional development of babies. Explore topics such as bullying, anger management, resilience, puberty, sexuality and sleep.
Blood tests can help your health-care team diagnose cancer and see how your treatment is working. Discover how blood tests are done, the types of blood tests and why they are done.
Learn what to expect when your child has a tracheotomy and is fitted with a tracheostomy tube.
Learn about the benefits of providing oral immune therapy to your hospitalized baby using expressed breast milk.
The Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Clinic assesses babies who have been admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Cardiac Critical Care Unit (CCCU) and may be at risk for developmental issues. Learn about what you can expect during your baby's development and how you can help your child achieve developmental milestones.
This page provides recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in four month old babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU.
Learn about DSM-5, the new criteria for diagnosing autism that were introduced in 2013.
This page provides recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies aged six weeks, who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU.
An ingrown toenail occurs when the side of the nail grows into the surrounding skin. Learn what causes this condition and how it can be treated.
Learn about the safest areas of the body for insulin injection and the importance of rotating insulin injection sites.
Learn about the development of a baby's vision in the first year of life, including the development of spatial perception and depth perception.
Separate fact from fiction with up-to-date and accurate information on the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.
An essential list of books, videos, and websites to aid new parents in raising a child to the best of their abilities.
The human papillomavirus (HPV) is an infection that spreads through sexual contact. The HPV vaccine protects against the most common strains of the virus.
Learn about ongoing cancer research and your teenager's role in research and clinical trials.
Curiosity is the most powerful ingredient in learning. Find tips on how to nurture curiosity in your child.
Find out how cancer research works, what clinical trials are and what role you play in research.
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.
Medulloblastoma is the most common form of brain cancer among children. Learn more about medulloblastoma symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.
