Learn about various eye conditions that can arise during infancy, such as uncoordinated eyes, crossed eyes, and teary eyes.
Learn all about your newborn baby's eyesight, hearing, and senses of taste, touch and smell.
Learn about the different types of newborn screening and what to do if your baby has positive newborn screening results.
Learn about your newborn baby's nutritional requirements and how to successfully feed them.
Read about your newborn baby's first movements and reflexes after birth. The grasping reflex, crawling reflex and startle reflex are discussed.
Discover how cataracts develop in children and how they can be treated.
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.
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.
Learn what to expect when a child receives a custom-fitted eye after an enucleation.
Learn about strokes occurring in newborns. Stroke is caused by a blockage of the blood vessels in the brain and can happen at any age. Stroke occurs as frequently in newborns as in the elderly, yet it often goes unrecognized and untreated.
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.
Learn about making sleep time easier and safer for your newborn baby.
Read about various types of breathing problems in newborn babies and the care that is provided to help them.
Learn what to consider and expect when deciding on a routine newborn circumcision, as well as how to take care of your newborn child after they are circumcised.
Learn about the various skin conditions and birthmarks that can arise in a newborn baby.
Children with Down syndrome may be at a higher risk for some medical conditions. Learn what these conditions are and how to manage them.
Learn about the development of a baby's vision in the first year of life, including the development of spatial perception and depth perception.
Learn about the signs and symptoms of hearing loss in babies and toddlers and what happens during the infant hearing screening process.
Most changes in stool are from a diet change, but some may need medical attention. Learn the signs, symptoms and treatments for unusual stool.
Learn about the SickKids interprofessional outpatient clinic for newborn babies to assist in the diagnosis and non-operative treatment of DDH.
Read about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of neonatal seizures.
If you have JIA, regular eye exams are very important for detecting early signs of eye inflammation. Learn what happens during an eye exam.
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 eye examinations, the optometrist’s role and the equipment used, so you can prepare your child, and yourself, for the vision test.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
