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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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