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.
How to effectively give a baby a bath, either in the baby tub or the "big" tub. Considerations for bathtub safety are provided.
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 the common causes of chronic lung disease in premature babies and the ways to diagnose and treat it.
Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Read about apnea of prematurity, which is a condition in which premature babies take unusually long pauses (usually more than 20 seconds) between breaths.
Learn about the guidelines for daily physical activity, sleep and screen time for babies, children and teens.
Discover the physical and behavioural signs that your baby may be ill and learn when to take your baby to a health-care provider.
Learn about making sleep time easier and safer for your newborn baby.
The recommendations in this article are for parents who are expressing and storing breast milk for their hospitalized babies. Breast milk acts as a medicine in babies who are sick or premature, and has the right nutritional balance for your baby.
Very premature babies are at risk for metabolic bone disease, a condition that affects their bone health and increases the risk of fractures.
Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.
Learn about newborn nutrition, routine care and everyday health issues as well as some common physical and emotional adjustments to life after pregnancy.
Learn how an ostomy impacts your baby's day-to-day activities and about considerations for protecting the stoma and ostomy pouch.
Learn about what a premature baby needs to eat and how they can get proper nutrition.
Learn about your newborn baby's nutritional requirements and how to successfully feed them.
Recommendations for babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU to help improve neurodevelopment at eight months.
Learn all about your newborn baby's eyesight, hearing, and senses of taste, touch and smell.
Learn how your baby's spina bifida is repaired with surgery either before or after they are born. Also learn what happens after surgery and how to take care of your baby at home.
Read about various behavioral problems that premature babies may develop as they grow. In general, the most premature babies are more at risk.
Recommendations for babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU to help improve neurodevelopment at 12 months.
Learn about patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in premature babies and the treatments available for it.
Read about intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), or bleeding in the brain, in premature babies.
