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Temperament in your baby and child

Read about different characteristics and types of temperament and how you can match your parenting approach to your child’s behavioural style.

Baby's first year

Your baby will go through many changes in their first year of life. Find out how their nutrition needs change and how you can support their physical development, communication and transition to other caregivers.

Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Clinic (NNFU)

The Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Clinic assesses babies who have been admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Cardiac Critical Care Unit (CCCU) and may be at risk for developmental issues. Learn about what you can expect during your baby's development and how you can help your child achieve developmental milestones.

Behavioural strategies for pain management

Learn about behavioural strategies such as biofeedback and CBT. These strategies can be used for effective pain management for children.

Anxiety: Overview

Learn about the causes of anxiety, how to tell if your child has an anxiety disorder and how best to respond.

Factors affecting pain assessment

Learn about the factors that affect pain assessment such as our emotions, behaviour and cultural attitudes to pain.

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD): Overview

Find out the main factors contributing to OCD, its key features, and what you can do to help your child.

How to set limits (children up to 5 years of age)

Learn about why children need limits, the challenges of limit setting and how to appropriately use consequences and time outs.

Eczema: Coping with eczema

Learn how to help your child and your family cope with eczema (atopic dermatitis).

Blood work: Helping your child get ready

Many children are afraid of having blood work done. Learn about effective distraction and explanation techniques for children of different ages.

Anxiety and anxiety disorders

Click on icons to learn about the physical and behavioural symptoms of an anxiety disorder. Then, scroll down for things to try when feeling anxious.

Appetite slump in toddlers

An easy-to-understand overview of loss of appetite in toddlers, and tips on how to improve feeding at mealtimes.

Crying: What you can do

Learn about managing your baby's crying. Keeping calm and comforting your baby will often help soothe them.

Intestinal rehabilitation program (IRP)

Learn what an intestinal rehabilitation program is, which areas of care are involved in an intestinal rehabilitation program and how they help children with managing intestinal failure.

Pasteurized food and babies

Learn the difference between pasteurized and unpasteurized foods so you can safely feed your baby solids.

Chronic pain

Learn about chronic pain in children and teens. Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than three months and requires various pain management techniques.

Overview of learning and education in the premature baby

Although many premature babies do not encounter any academic problems, some do. For example, up to 50% of very low birth weight (VLBW) babies will have some problems in school by Grade 3.

Pain in newborns and babies

Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.

Hemophilia: What happens during a bleed?

Teens living with hemophilia can find out what happens during a bleed. Learn about the symptoms of a bleed.

Bath time for newborn babies

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.

I'm Tired of it! - COVID-19 Feelings and What You Can Do About Them

It's been a while since COVID-19 started, and that can bring up a lot of different feelings.

Behavioural and learning issues

Read about various behavioral problems that premature babies may develop as they grow. In general, the most premature babies are more at risk.

Outcomes for premature babies

Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.

Babies: How can you tell if your baby is ill?

Discover the physical and behavioural signs that your baby may be ill and learn when to take your baby to a health-care provider.

Sensory development and suggestions for babies: The first 18 months

Read about the sensory systems, sensory development in the first 18 months of a baby’s life and how your baby may be influenced by sensation. Suggestions such as gentle rocking, skin to skin contact, swinging and movement input are provided.