Accidentally swallowing button batteries can cause life-threatening injury. Learn what to do if your child swallows a button battery.
Every day, parents and caregivers make choices about what products to buy for their children. Learn what to look for to keep your kids safe and to prevent injuries from consumer products.
The holiday season is a great time for children, but it can also lead to injuries. Read these simple tips to keep kids safe during the holidays.
Learn how to identify signs of poisoning in your child, and how to treat and prevent it.
It is important to keep your child as healthy as possible before a heart transplant. Learn about what happens while you are waiting for a donor heart to become available.
Discover what ibuprofen does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Find tips for introducing spoon feeding and cup drinking to your child with cleft lip and/or cleft palate and making the experience enjoyable.
Your child needs to take the medicine called ondansetron. This information sheet explains what ondansetron does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Learn how Botox injections into the salivary glands can help treat your child's excessive drooling.
Learn about tightness of the foreskin, or phimosis, and how it is treated.
Find out how to help your child with swallowing food after EA/TEF repair.
Description of next steps parents or caregivers can take while waiting for an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) assessment for their child.
When a child goes through scoliosis surgery, the whole family is affected in many ways. Suggestions for coping with family during this stressful time.
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.
Your child needs to be given a medicine called topiramate. This information sheet explains what topiramate does and how to give it to your child. It also explains what side effects or problems your child may have when they take topiramate.
Information for children, adolescents and their families about eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a disorder that involves inflammation and swelling of the esophagus.
There are various complementary and alternative therapies that are available in the treatment of JIA. Learn the difference between complementary and alternative therapies and how to tell which ones are safe for your child.
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is an infection that causes warts and possibly cancer. Learn about how it is passed on, treated and prevented.
Learn what to expect when your child comes to the hospital for surgery. Everyone’s surgical journey is different and may look different depending on the hospital you are at.
Your child needs to take the medicine called baking soda mouthwash. This information sheet explains what baking soda mouthwash does, how to make it, and how to give it.
Read about the symptoms of self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTS) as well as treatments and long-term outlook.
Your child needs to take the medicine called atropine. This information sheet explains what atropine does, how to give it and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
