The Blalock-Thomas-Taussig (BTT) shunt helps babies with certain heart defects get enough oxygen until they can have surgery to fix the defect.
Play gives babies the opportunity for social interaction and learning. Find examples of appropriate toys for hospitalized babies from birth to 12 months.
The holiday season is officially here! Check out these simple holiday safety tips to keep the entire family safe while you celebrate.
An overview of the causes, symptoms, treatment options, and prevention of this rare, but harmful, condition in children.
Fat is an essential part of your child or teen’s diet. Learn why, and how to make sure your child is getting enough of the right kind of fat.
Learn about the development of a baby's vision in the first year of life, including the development of spatial perception and depth perception.
Learning to hold their head and trunk up is one of the earliest movement skills your child will develop.
Tummy time is an important activity to help strengthen the muscles your child needs to develop more advanced movement skills such as sitting, crawling, standing, and hand and finger skills.
Find out how parents and caregivers can encourage and reinforce positive behaviour in children up to age 5 years, as well as manage and redirect unwanted behaviours.
If your infant has heart surgery, there are specific activity recommendations you must follow. Learn how to help your infant recover after heart surgery.
The main symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder are divided into four categories. Learn about these symptoms and about diagnosis.
Read about different characteristics and types of infant temperament. For example, mood is a temperament characteristic, and its type could be positive.
Hospitalization may interfere with a child's normal development. Learn ways to help your child cope including play, familiar objects and planning ahead.
Learn about cognitive development, or the ability to think, over the second six months of a baby's first year. Attempts at speech are to be expected.
Accidentally swallowing button batteries can cause life-threatening injury. Learn what to do if your child swallows a button battery.
Learn helpful tips when talking to your child about illness.
Relaxation with imagery involves imagining yourself in a pleasant place or situation and relaxing your muscles to improve blood flow. Learn how to practise relaxation with imagery.
Children growing up with phenylketonuria (PKU) need to incorporate health care into their normal routines. Read about encouraging proper development.
A pacemaker is a small device that uses electrical impulses to control the speed and rhythm of your child's heartbeat. Learn how to care for your child with a pacemaker.
Play gives toddlers an opportunity for learning and social development and it may also help to alleviate stress. Find out about play activities for hospitalized toddlers.
Learn about how pain is assessed in toddlers and preschoolers. At this age, children can usually indicate the amount, type, and location of pain.
Cancer, treatments, stress and other factors can cause fatigue. Learn about the symptoms of cancer-related fatigue and how to manage it.
How to effectively keep your newborn baby safe and comforted. Tips, such as holding them to offer proper head support, are included.