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. Keeping calm and comforting your baby will often help soothe them.
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.
Discover the physical and behavioural signs that your baby may be ill and learn when to take your baby to a health-care provider.
Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Learn about newborn nutrition, routine care and everyday health issues as well as some common physical and emotional adjustments to life after pregnancy.
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.
Learn about making sleep time easier and safer for your newborn baby.
Diarrhea causes frequent, loose bowel movements. Read about the causes of diarrhea in babies and children and how to prevent dehydration.
GERD causes the backwards movement of food and acid from the stomach into the esophagus. Learn how you can help your child manage GERD.
This page provides recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies aged six weeks, who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU.
Learn about various eye conditions that can arise during infancy, such as uncoordinated eyes, crossed eyes, and teary eyes.
Discusses pain management for common childhood pain and injuries such as ear infections, colic, and injections.
A hernia is a bulge that develops in the body. Learn about common types of hernias found near the belly or the groin.
Learn how a baby's system of attachment develops over the first year of life. Attachment will solidify as a baby's memory develops.
Helpful tips on holding and dressing a baby. Though they are not as fragile as they look, it is important to handle your baby gently for them to feel safe.
Learn the signs and symptoms to look for if you think your baby may have pyloric stenosis (a narrowing or blockage between the stomach and the small intestines).
This page provides recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in four month old babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU.
Read about the symptoms of neonatal withdrawal syndromes and approaches to treatment.
Learn about some of the common problems your child may have when falling asleep and staying asleep and what you can do to help your child sleep well.
Play gives babies the opportunity for social interaction and learning. Find examples of appropriate toys for hospitalized babies from birth to 12 months.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
Learn about cognitive development, or the ability to think, over the first six months of a baby's life.
Very premature babies are at risk for metabolic bone disease, a condition that affects their bone health and increases the risk of fractures.
