Crying in newborns is part of normal development. Learn how to effectively recognize the different types of cries your newborn baby might have.
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 the possible causes of colic and ways to treat it. Colic, though upsetting for you and your baby, often goes away by three or four months of age.
Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.
Read about the assessment of pain in babies. From birth, babies are capable of feeling pain very acutely. Learn about tests that are run, such as the PIPP.
Discover the physical and behavioural signs that your baby may be ill and learn when to take your baby to a health-care provider.
All babies are born relationship ready. Babies are also born with attachment-based behaviours (crying) that cue their caregiver when they are in distress and need them close. Learn how the baby’s cry and the caregiver’s response to the cry develops the attachment relationship.
Diarrhea causes frequent, loose bowel movements. Read about the causes of diarrhea in babies and children and how to prevent dehydration.
Learn about making sleep time easier and safer for your newborn baby.
Read about newborn babies at birth. Physical changes at birth, the physical exam at birth, and the first four weeks of life are discussed.
Read about assessment of pain in babies, which relies mostly on observing behaviours. For example, newborns are quick to respond to a heel prick.
Learn about newborn nutrition, routine care and everyday health issues as well as some common physical and emotional adjustments to life after pregnancy.
This page provides recommendations to encourage development in babies aged six weeks, who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU, or who require care from a neonatal follow-up clinic.
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.
This page describes various types of chromosomal problems that can occur in newborn babies. Down syndrome (trisomy 21), trisomy 18, trisomy 13, and various other conditions are discussed.
Read about social and emotional development in babies. A sharp incline in alertness and response to environment is to be expected.
Learn how a baby's system of attachment develops over the first year of life. Attachment will solidify as a baby's memory develops.
Learn about cognitive development, or the ability to think, over the first six months of a baby's life. Improvements in depth perception are to be expected
Read about neonatal abstinence syndrome. In-depth information regarding the effects of certain drugs and available types of treatment are included.
Read about different characteristics and types of infant temperament. For example, mood is a temperament characteristic, and its type could be positive.
This page provides recommendations to encourage development in babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU, or who require care a neonatal follow-up clinic.
Discusses pain management for common childhood pain and injuries such as ear infections, colic, and injections.
Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies, which vary on the degree of prematurity and the severity and number of any complications.
Play gives babies the opportunity for social interaction and learning. Find examples of appropriate toys for hospitalized babies from birth to 12 months.
GERD causes the backwards movement of food and acid from the stomach into the esophagus. Learn how you can help your child manage GERD.