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Infant and Toddler HealthLearn about infant and toddler health
Babies are a joy. They can also be a little overwhelming at times. When is a fever something to worryabout? What’s the difference between colic and normal crying? What immunizations does your toddlerneed? Our topics can help you find the answers to these and other common parenting questions.
Get help making decisions or find how-to tips in our Growth and Development topics and topics suchas:
Toilet Training.
Croup: Managing a Croup Attack.
Thumb-Sucking: Helping Your Child Stop.
Ear Infection: Should I Give My Child Antibiotics?
Healthy Habits for Kids.
Health A-Z Conditions-Procedures Drugs & Supplements Interactive Tools
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Quick Tips: Giving Over-the-Counter Medicines to Children.
Health Topics
Abdominal Gas and Colic
Abdominal Pain, Age 11 and Younger
Alcohol Effects on a Fetus
Amblyopia
Appreciating Your Child's Personality
Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Panel (AJGP)
Asthma in Children
Asthma: Overuse of Quick-Relief Medicines
Atopic Dermatitis
Avoiding Mercury in Fish
Avoiding Temper Tantrums
Babies' Sleep Position and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Barking Coughs in Children
Birthmarks
Biting
Blocked Tear Ducts
Blocked Tear Ducts: Probing Procedures
Bonding With Your Baby
Bonding With Your Newborn
Bottle-Feeding
Bottle-Feeding: Weaning a Toddler
Bottle-Feeding: When Baby Doesn't Want to Stop
Breast-Feeding
Breast-Feeding a Sick Baby
Breast-Feeding After a C-Section
Breast-Feeding After Breast Surgery
Breast-Feeding More Than One Child
Breast-Feeding Positions
Breast-Feeding: Avoiding Toxic Substances
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Breast-Feeding: Baby's Poor Weight Gain
Breast-Feeding: Hindmilk
Breast-Feeding: Waking Your Baby
Breast-Feeding: Weaning a Toddler
Breast-Feeding: When Baby Doesn't Want to Stop
Breath-Holding Spells
Breath-Holding Spells: Helping Your Child Avoid Injury
Breath-Holding Spells: Keeping a Record
Bronchiolitis
Brushing a Child's Teeth
Brushing and Flossing a Child's Teeth
Burping a Baby
Caring for Baby's Nails
Caring for Your Baby's Nasal Cannula
Cataracts in Children
Celiac Disease
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy: Bathing and Grooming Tips
Cerebral Palsy: Controversial Treatments
Cerebral Palsy: Early Signs
Cerebral Palsy: Help for Speech Problems
Cerebral Palsy: Safety Tips
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Chickenpox: Preventing Skin Infections
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Abuse: Signs of Neglect
Child Car Seats
Child Care Providers: Licensing Standards
Child Care Providers: Safe Child-Staff Ratio and Group Size
Child Care: Interviewing Care Providers
Child Care: Qualifications for Providers
Child Care: When to Keep Your Child at Home
Child Safety: Air Pollution
Child Safety: Bathing
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Child Safety: Bicycles and Tricycles
Child Safety: Fires
Child Safety: Guns and Firearms
Child Safety: Streets and Cars
Child Safety: Strollers and Shopping Carts
Child Safety: Washing Toys to Prevent Germs
Children and Malaria: Reducing the Risk
Choking Rescue for Babies
Choking Rescue Procedure (Heimlich Manoeuvre)
Choosing Child Care
Chronic Lung Disease in Infants
Chronic Lung Disease in Infants: Caring for Your Baby
Circumcision
Classification of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
Classification of Hydrocephalus
Classification of Juvenile Arthritis
Cleaning Your Young Son's Natural (Uncircumcised) Penis
Cleaning Your Young Son's Natural Penis
Cleft Lip
Cleft Palate
Cleft Palate Treatment After Surgery
Cleft Palate: Feeding Your Baby
Club Foot
Cognitive Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Cognitive Growth in Newborns
Colds
Colic
Colic: Harmful Treatments
Communicating Effectively With a Child Care Provider
Complications of Ear Infections
Complications of Whooping Cough
Congenital Heart Defects
Congenital Hydrocele
Congenital Hydrocephalus
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Congenital Torticollis
Connection Between Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
Constipation, Age 11 and Younger
Corporal Punishment
Cough Symptoms in Children
Coughs, Age 11 and Younger
Cow's M ilk Sensitivity in Babies
Cradle Cap
Craniosynostosis
Crib Safety
Croup
Crying, Age 3 and Younger
Crying: Tired or Overstimulated
Cup-Feeding
Cystic Fibrosis
Dealing With Emergencies
Dehydration
Dehydration: Drinking Enough Fluids
Dental Care From Birth to 6 Months
Dental Checkups for Children and Adults
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Developmental Problems: Testing
Diaper Rash
Diarrhea, Age 11 and Younger
Diseases That Affect Breast-Feeding
Doctors Who Treat Cleft Lip and Palate
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence: Checklist of Things to Take When You Leave
Domestic Violence: Getting a Protective Order
Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome: Helping Your Child Eat Independently
Ear Infections
Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
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Early Disease Detection
Emotional and Social Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Emotional and Social Growth in Newborns
Epinephrine for Croup
Evaluating Pain in a Child
Evaluating Your Child's Hearing
Failure to Thrive
Feeding Your Child Using Division of Responsibility
Feeding Your Infant
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Caring For Your Baby
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Signs That Your Child Needs to Be Evaluated
Fever Seizures
Fever, Age 11 and Younger
Fifth Disease
First Aid for Head Wounds in Children
Fontanelles and Sutures of the Infant Skull
Gastroesophageal Reflux in Babies and Children
Getting Children to Brush Their Teeth
Getting Enough Calcium and Vitamin D
Glucocorticoids for Croup
Goniotomy for Glaucoma
Group B Streptococcal Infections in Newborns
Group Child Care Centre Policies
Growth and Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Growth and Development, Ages 12 to 24 Months
Growth and Development, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Growth and Development, Newborn
Gynecomastia
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Handwashing
Head Injuries in Children: Problems to Watch For
Head Injury, Age 3 and Younger
Headaches in Children
Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years
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Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years
Healthy Eating for Children
Healthy Habits for Kids
Heat Rash
Heat Waves
Heat-Related Illnesses
Heatstroke Prevention: Acclimating to the Heat
Heatstroke Prevention: What to Wear
Help for Anger Problems
Helping Children During Immunizations
Helping Your Newborn Learn
Hip Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Hip Problems, Age 11 and Younger
Hirschsprung's Disease
Hospital Policies and Breast-Feeding
How Asthma Develops in Children
Hypospadias
Hypothyroidism in Infants, Children, and Teens
Immunization Safety
Immunizations
Immunizations for Premature Infants
Immunizations: Questions Parents Ask
Impetigo
Importance of Immunizations
Inguinal Hernia: Surgery in Children
Interactive Tool: From Embryo to Baby in 9 Months
Introducing Solid Foods to Your Baby
Intussusception
Jaundice in Newborns (Hyperbilirubinemia)
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Adult Treatments That May Be Used in Children
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Balancing Rest and Activity
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Deciding About Total Joint Replacement
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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Features of DMARD and SSARD Drugs
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Inflammatory Eye Disease
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Range-of-Motion Exercises
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: School Partners
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Serial Casting
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Stretching and Strengthening Exercises
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Treatment With Heat, Cold, or Water
Kangaroo Care for Premature Infants
Kawasaki Disease
Kawasaki Disease: Criteria to Diagnose
Kernicterus
Language Development in Newborns
Language Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Lead Poisoning
Lice: Cleaning Lice From Combs, Clothing, and Other Items
Lice: Removing Nits From Hair
Managing Your Toddler's Frustrating Behaviours
Measles (Rubeola)
Meningitis and Listeria Monocytogenes
Meningitis: Long-Term Problems
Milestones for 3-Year-Olds
Molluscum Contagiosum
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Nail Problems and Injuries
Nausea and Vomiting, Age 11 and Younger
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Newborn Rashes and Skin Conditions
Newborn Reflexes
NICU: Communicating With the Staff
Nursery Equipment Safety Checklist
Nurturing Your Child to Improve Learning and Attention
Nutrition While Breast-Feeding
Object Stuck in a Child's Airway
Orchiopexy for Undescended Testicle
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Pavlik Harness
Pediatric Preparation for Medical Tests
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Phototherapy for Jaundice in Newborns
Physical Abuse: Common Injuries in Children
Physical Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Physical Growth in Newborns
Picky Eaters: Planning Nutritious Meals
Playground Safety
Precautions for Sharing a Bed With an Infant
Premature Infant
Premature Infant: Safe Travel With Your Baby
Premature Infant: Signs of Overstimulation
Preventing Breath-Holding Spells in Children
Preventing Choking
Preventing Poisoning in Young Children
Protecting Your Child From Drowning Hazards
Public Areas and Exposure to Infections
Pyloric Stenosis
Questions About Inguinal Hernia Surgery
Quick Tips: Baby-Proofing Your Home
Quick Tips: Getting Baby to Sleep
Quick Tips: Giving Over-the-Counter Medicines to Children
Quick Tips: Successful Breast-Feeding
Radial Head Subluxation
Radiation Exposure: Risks and Health Effects
Rash, Age 11 and Younger
Recurrent Abdominal Pain (RAP)
Recurrent Ear Infections and Persistent Effusion
Reducing Biting in Children Ages 8 to 14 Months
Reducing Biting in Teething Babies
Repair of Choanal Atresia
Respiratory Problems, Age 11 and Younger
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
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Reye Syndrome
Roseola
Rotavirus
RSV: Risk of Complications
Rubber Bulbs
Rubella (German Measles)
Safety Around Irrigation Canals
Scalp Problems
Screening for Hearing Problems
Sensory and Motor Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Sensory and Motor Growth in Newborns
Separation Protests: Helping Your Child
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Signs That Your Baby Is Getting Enough Breast M ilk
Speech and Language Development
Speech and Language Development: Helping Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Speech and Language Development: Red Flags
Speech and Language Milestones, Ages 1 to 3 Years
Speech and Language Milestones, Ages 3 to 5 Years
Speech and Language Milestones, Birth to 1 Year
Spina Bifida
Spitting Up
Sponge Bath for a Child's Fever
Stimulate Your Baby's Learning
Storing Breast M ilk
Strabismus
Stress in Children and Teens
Stress Management
Stuttering
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Taking Care of Yourself When Your Baby Is Fussy
Tay-Sachs Disease
Teething
Teething: Common Concerns
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Temper Tantrums
Thinking About Child Safety
Thrush
Thumb-Sucking
Thumb-Sucking Vs. Pacifier Use
Tips for Parents of Children With Epilepsy
Toilet Training
Toilet Training: Knowing When Your Child Is Ready
Tongue-Tie
Tooth Development in Children
Toxoplasmosis During Pregnancy
Trabeculotomy for Glaucoma
Treating Asthma in Babies and Younger Children
Tuberculosis in Infants and Children
Tubes for Ear Infections
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Caring for Your Child
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Emotional Issues
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Safe Exercise
Type 1 Diabetes: Children Living With the Disease
Types of Strabismus
Umbilical Cord Care
Umbilical Hernia in Children
Undescended Testicle
Urinary Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Using Vaporizers and Humidifiers
Violent Behaviour
Ways to Comfort a Baby in the Hospital
Weaning
Well-Child Visits
What to Expect When You Have an Extremely Premature Infant
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Your Toddler: Safe Ways to Explore
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Medical Tests
Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) in Blood
Bilirubin
Body Temperature
Cranial Ultrasound
Galactosemia Test
Lead
Phenylketonuria (PKU) Test
Stool Analysis
Sweat Test
Tay-Sachs Test
Urine Test
Medications
Antenatal Corticosteroids for Fetal Lung Development
Antibiotics for M iddle Ear Infection
Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Hormone Therapy for Undescended Testicle
Make a Wise Decision
ADHD: Should My Child Take Medicine for ADHD?
Blocked Tear Ducts: Should My Baby Have a Probing Procedure?
Circumcision: Should I keep my son's penis natural?
Ear Infection: Should I Give My Child Antibiotics?
Ear Problems: Should My Child Be Treated for Fluid Buildup in the Middle Ear?
Umbilical hernia: Should my child have surgery?
Take Action
Asthma in Children: Helping a Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler and Mask Spacer
Croup: Managing a Croup Attack
Diabetes in Children: Checking Blood Sugar in a Child
Diabetes in children: Counting carbs
Diabetes in Children: Dealing With Low Blood Sugar
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Last Revised: April 26, 2012Author: Healthwise StaffMedical Review: Adam Husney, MD, MD - Family Medicine
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