Learning to hold their head and trunk up is one of the earliest movement skills your child will develop.
Staying in a hospital can be difficult. Find out tips about how to make your hospital stay a little easier while you are recovering from scoliosis surgery.
As a parent/caregiver, you can play an important role in preparing your child to come to the hospital. Learn about your child's surgery, ask questions and find out how you can prepare your child.
Tummy time is an important activity to help strengthen the muscles your child needs to develop more advanced movement skills such as sitting, crawling, standing, and hand and finger skills.
An echocardiogram (or ‘echo’) is a special test that uses ultrasound (sound waves) to take pictures of the heart. Learn about how they are done, and how to help your child prepare for one.
Learn about cognitive development, or the ability to think, over the first six months of a baby's life.
Learn about the benefits of tummy time and how to encourage your baby to spend supervised awake time on their stomach.
Learn how to give your child injections into the muscle (intramuscular) at home and tips to make the injections less painful for your child.
Learn how a direct radionuclide cystogram is done and how it shows any problems in the bladder.
How you prepare your child for surgery will depend on their age. Learn about different ways to prepare, from infants to teens.
A voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) uses X-rays to look at how well your child's bladder works during urination. Read about what to expect during a VCUG.
Learn strategies to help your child relax in the days before and on the day of surgery. Strategy categories include mind-body, movement and medication.
The six-minute walk tests how well the heart is working and how much oxygen is in the blood during exercise. Learn about the six-minute walk.
Learn about play for preschoolers staying in the hospital.
Discover how to use the 3P approach to manage chronic pain in a young child.
ESD and ESSB tests use X-rays and barium contrast to image a child's digestive tract. Find out what to expect during an ESD or ESSB test.
Radiation therapy may be used to help treat a brain tumour. Learn how radiation therapy works and what you need to know before your child begins treatment.
Learn about cognitive development, or the ability to think, over the second six months of a baby's first year.
Cardiopulmonary physiotherapy treatment (CPT) is used to clear mucus from the airways. Learn about the benefits of CPT and the different techniques you can learn to help clear your baby’s airways.
Cardiopulmonary physiotherapy treatment (CPT) is used to clear mucus from the airways. Learn about the benefits of CPT and the different techniques you can learn to help clear your child’s airways.
Learn about the development of a baby's vision in the first year of life, including the development of spatial perception and depth perception.
Sleep studies assess what is disrupting your child's sleep. Find out how to prepare your child, what to bring and what to expect during a sleep study.
It is not easy to talk to your child about surgery, but your child’s health-care team is here to support you in having this conversation. This page contains some conversation recommendations and suggestions to help you prepare your child.
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.
While DDH cannot always be prevented, there are hip healthy practices that may reduce the risk of developing DDH. Read about the practices and equipment that may help.
