Learn about what your newborn baby looks like at birth, including detailed descriptions of their head, face, eyes, skin, arms, legs, genitals and urine.
How to effectively keep your newborn baby safe and comforted. Tips, such as holding them to offer proper head support, are included.
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 all about your newborn baby's eyesight, hearing, and senses of taste, touch and smell. Trusted Answers provided by Canadian Paediatric Hospitals.
This page is an introduction to the Newborn Babies section of the Pregnancy & Babies resource centre. It gives definitions for "newborn" and "neonatal," both of which pertain to the first 28 days of life.
Learn about managing your baby's crying. Important tips, such as keeping calm, will likely contribute to making a considerable impact on how much they cry.
Learn about making sleep time easier and safer for your newborn baby.
Read about the Apgar score, which assesses a newborn baby's well-being using five factors: heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes and skin colour.
Most changes in stool are from a diet change, but some may need medical attention. Learn the signs, symptoms and treatments for unusual stool.
The arterial switch procedure is performed to correct transposition of the great arteries. Learn about the procedure and the associated risks.
Read about newborn babies at birth. Physical changes at birth, the physical exam at birth, and the first four weeks of life are discussed.
Learn what to consider and expect when deciding on a routine newborn circumcision.
Learn about what is involved in changing your baby's diaper. Helpful tips are provided, along with information on how to deal with diaper rash.
Read about your newborn baby's first movements and reflexes after birth. The grasping reflex, crawling reflex, and startle reflex are discussed.
Learn about the medical and surgical teams that work with premature babies. These might include a neonatologist and a paediatric surgeon.
Read about various nutrition and feeding consultants, such as dietitians, who work to ensure that premature babies receive proper nutrition.
Learn about the different types of newborn screening and what to do if your baby has positive newborn screening results.
Learn about newborn nutrition, routine care and everyday health issues as well as some common physical and emotional adjustments to life after pregnancy.
Crying in newborns is part of normal development. Learn how to effectively recognize the different types of cries your newborn baby might have.
Read about the proper sleep time for babies. Learn several ways of avoiding sleep time problems. Several tips to make sleep time easier are included.
Read about the various types of health care professionals who may need to treat a baby who is very ill. Answers from Canadian Paediatric Hospitals.
Learn about your newborn baby's nutritional requirements and how to successfully feed them.
Learn how to effectively keep your baby safe when using baby equipment, including change tables, cribs, strollers, carriers/slings, playpens and more.
Read about the routine health care your baby should receive and the importance of well-baby visits and immunizations.
Chickenpox, or varicella, is a common childhood infection caused by a virus. Read about vaccines and treating chickenpox at home.