If your child gags when given pureed foods that are not smooth, it may be because of a sensitive gag reflex. Read tips for overcoming a sensitive gag reflex.
Read about the causes and treatments for reflex epilepsy, a rare condition in which seizures are set off by specific stimuli such as flashing lights.
To mark Nutrition Month, find out about tube feeding, special diets, food allergies and sensitivities, bowel conditions and more.
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 more about the options for transitioning and helpful resources for transgender youth and their families.
Read about your newborn baby's first movements and reflexes after birth. The grasping reflex, crawling reflex and startle reflex are discussed.
Find out how to help your child manage a soy allergy.
A teenager with epilepsy will need to transfer management of their epilepsy to an adult care setting. Find out about transitioning smoothly from paediatric to adult care.
Learn the signs and symptoms to look for when your baby is teething and how you can help to soothe your baby's gums.
When teens take more responsibility over their hemophilia care, they start the process of transition. Learn how transition impacts their lives.
Find out when to start feeding a baby solid food, how to tell when they are ready to start eating solids, and tips for introducing solids.
Read about when you will need to transition to adult care, why this is necessary, and advice from other teens who have made the transition.
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.
Discover how to help a tube-fed child gradually adjust to feeding by mouth.
Learn about some of the things you can expect when the time comes for your teen to transition to an adult health-care centre.
Tube weaning is the process of safely transitioning from a feeding tube to eating and drinking by mouth. Learn about tube weaning, assessing oral feeding readiness, managing associated risks and follow-up care.
Learn about increasing enteral feeds in a child with intestinal failure to help them achieve enteral autonomy.
An overview of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) outlining symptoms and treatments, including lifestyle changes that can help.
An in-depth list of recommended foods for older babies. Healthy choices of nutritious foods are provided, and allergenic foods are discussed.
Learn why good nutrition during leukemia is so important and how to manage nutritional side-effects of chemotherapy.
Learn about challenges a child who has had leukemia will face as they transition into adulthood.
Find out how to help your child manage an allergy to tree nuts such as almonds, pecans, cashews or hazelnuts.
An overview of how to help your child when they are choking. Along with hands-on CPR training, this information can help save your child’s life.
Discover the various stages of your baby's nutrition and how to handle issues such as spitting up.
