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Sleep tips: How to help your child get a good night's sleep

Sleep brings many physical and mental benefits. Follow these tips to help your child fall asleep and stay asleep through the night.

Changing insulin requirements

Insulin requirements will change as your child grows and develops. Learn why this is required and when to make adjustments.

Croup

Croup is a viral infection that causes airway inflammation, making it difficult to breathe. Learn about the symptoms and treatment of croup.

Bed-wetting (nocturnal enuresis) in children

Find information about how old most children are when they develop good bladder control at night. Also learn about some of the causes of bed-wetting and what you can do to help your child.

Adrian's scoliosis story

Read about the experiences of teenagers who have had scoliosis surgery and their first hand accounts of their fears, relationships, and recovery.

Medications for epilepsy

Read about various anti-epileptic drug therapies available for your child.

Avoiding high and low blood sugar episodes when a child has diabetes

Find out why understanding the relationships between food, insulin, activity and high or low blood sugar readings is important for diabetes management.

Hydroxyurea for sickle cell disease

Your child needs to take a medicine called hydroxyurea. This information sheet explains what hydroxyurea does and how it is given to your child. It also explains what side effects, or problems, your child may have when they take this medicine.

Clinic visits and follow-up tests after a kidney transplant

Depression: Treatment with psychotherapy and lifestyle changes

​Find out how different types of psychotherapy and lifestyle changes can help ease depression.

Clinic visits and follow-up tests after a liver transplant

Fever in babies and children

A fever can be a sign that the body is fighting an infection. Learn how to properly care for your baby, toddler or child with a fever.

Sleep problems in children

​Learn about some of the common problems your child may have when falling asleep and staying asleep and what you can do to help your child sleep well.

In-hospital hemodialysis

Find out what is involved in in-hospital hemodialysis and its benefits.

Your three-sentence health summary

A three-sentence health summary is a short statement about your health history, treatment and concerns. Learn how to create your own three-sentence health summary.

Hemophilia: Understanding prophylaxis

Learn why preventing bleeds is the best way to manage hemophilia.

What causes seizures?

Learn about what causes seizures, the different types of seizures and what the concept of the seizure threshold means.

Periodic fever adenitis pharyngitis aphthous ulcer (PFAPA) syndrome

Information about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment of periodic fever adenitis pharyngitis aphthous ulcer (PFAPA) syndrome.

Burn injury: Information for parents with a child staying at the hospital

Advice for parents with a child who is staying at the hospital and being treated for a burn injury.

Exercise and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

Stress

Foot and ankle: Clubfoot - Treatment with a boots and bar orthosis

Clubfoot is a malformation of the foot present at birth that causes the foot to be turned inward and downward. Learn about how it is treated with the boots and bar orthosis, and how to take care of your child.

Sickle cell disease and problem solving: Going through Steps 1 to 5

If you have completed the five steps of the Bright IDEAS system and are not satisfied with the result, you might need to go back and try Steps 1 to 5 again. Read through the case study for an example of what this can look like.

Transplant: Impact on siblings

Learn how a child's transplant can affect their siblings and how you can help them adjust.

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare inherited disease that can cause recurring lung, ear and sinus infections. Find out how the condition is caused and treated and the long-term outlook for children with PCD.