Discover the physical and behavioural signs that your baby may be ill and learn when to take your baby to a health-care provider.
Learn about how newborns and infants are safely transported from a community hospital or nursing station to a hospital that can provide the necessary expertise to care for sick premature or term babies.
Learn about how families and the health-care team work together to make important decisions about the care of babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Read about your newborn baby's first movements and reflexes after birth. The grasping reflex, crawling reflex and startle reflex are discussed.
Learn about your newborn baby's nutritional requirements and how to successfully feed them.
Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.
Learn all about your newborn baby's eyesight, hearing, and senses of taste, touch and smell.
Read about the various health-care team members who care for babies admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Learn about several types of lines and catheters inserted into a vein that are used for vascular access on a premature baby or ill newborn.
Read about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) in newborn babies.
Learn about the SickKids interprofessional outpatient clinic for newborn babies to assist in the diagnosis and non-operative treatment of DDH.
Learn about the different types of newborn screening and what to do if your baby has positive newborn screening results.
Read about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in newborn babies.
Learn about making sleep time easier and safer for your newborn baby.
Very premature babies are at risk for metabolic bone disease, a condition that affects their bone health and increases the risk of fractures.
Read about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of neonatal seizures.
Read about the Apgar score, which is used to assess a newborn baby's well-being using five categories: heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes and skin colour.
Learn about hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn and ABO incompatibility and how it can affect your fetus and/or newborn, as well as how it is treated.
Crying in newborns is part of normal development. Learn how to effectively recognize the different types of cries your newborn baby might have.
How to effectively make bath time easier for your newborn. Information on giving a newborn baby a sponge bath is provided, as well as safety tips.
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a rare but serious disease that affects the bowels of premature or newborn infants. Learn more about the symptoms, causes and treatment of the condition.
Learn about the supports available to families coping with pregnancy and infant loss, including perinatal palliative care.
Learn about biliary atresia, a liver disease in babies, and the new screening program that is used to help identify babies with biliary atresia earlier.
Read about various nutrition and feeding consultants, such as dietitians and lactation consultants, who work to ensure that babies and children with heart conditions receive proper nutrition.
Read about various behavioral problems that premature babies may develop as they grow. In general, the most premature babies are more at risk.
