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.
Read about various types of breathing problems in newborn babies and the care that is provided to help them.
Learn about the different types of newborn screening and what to do if your baby has positive newborn screening results.
Learn about making sleep time easier and safer for your newborn baby.
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.
Read about various behavioral problems that premature babies may develop as they grow. In general, the most premature babies are more at risk.
Read about your newborn baby's first movements and reflexes after birth. The grasping reflex, crawling reflex and startle reflex are discussed.
Information for parents about trisomy 18, a rare genetic condition that causes developmental delay and affects many different organ systems.
Learn about your newborn baby's nutritional requirements and how to successfully feed them.
Information for parents about trisomy 13, a rare genetic condition that causes developmental delay and affects many different organ systems.
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.
Take a detailed look at the types of eye conditions that can occur in young people with arthritis. These conditions include uveitis, cataracts and glaucoma. Learn about some of the potential treatments for these conditions.
Read about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of neonatal seizures.
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 the importance of routine health care. Also find information about the importance of sleep and physical activity and how much your child should be getting.
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 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.
Find information about how your eyes work and what happens when you take your child for an eye exam. You can also learn about basic first aid for eye injuries, and different types of eye conditions and how they are treated.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
Discover how cataracts develop in children and how they can be treated.
Young people with arthritis are at risk of eye inflammation, called iritis. This page describes the use of eye drops and other medications to control eye inflammation. It also explains the importance of having regular eye checks if you have arthritis.
Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.
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 biliary atresia, a liver disease in babies, and the new screening program that is used to help identify babies with biliary atresia earlier.
