Learn about the different types of newborn screening and what to do if your baby has positive newborn screening results.
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a rare but serious disease that affects the bowels of premature or newborn infants. Learn more about the symptoms, causes and treatment of the condition.
Learn all about your newborn baby's eyesight, hearing, and senses of taste, touch and smell.
Read about your newborn baby's first movements and reflexes after birth. The grasping reflex, crawling reflex and startle reflex are discussed.
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 your newborn baby's nutritional requirements and how to successfully feed them.
A premature baby is susceptible to infection because their immune system is immature. Read more about infections and the immune system of premature babies.
Learn about making sleep time easier and safer for your newborn baby.
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) occurs when a fetus is infected with a virus called cytomegalovirus. Learn more about how cCMV happens, the signs and symptoms of cCMV and how it is diagnosed and treated.
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.
Learn about hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn and ABO incompatibility and how it can affect your fetus and/or newborn, as well as how it is treated.
Learn about strokes occurring in newborns. Stroke is caused by a blockage of the blood vessels in the brain and can happen at any age. Stroke occurs as frequently in newborns as in the elderly, yet it often goes unrecognized and untreated.
Most changes in stool are from a diet change, but some may need medical attention. Learn the signs, symptoms and treatments for unusual stool.
Read about various types of breathing problems in newborn babies and the care that is provided to help them.
Learn what meconium is and what meconium-related conditions can occur in newborns.
Learn about the signs and symptoms of hearing loss in babies and toddlers and what happens during the infant hearing screening process.
Learn about newborn nutrition, routine care and everyday health issues as well as some common physical and emotional adjustments to life after pregnancy.
Read about the Apgar score, which is used to assess a newborn baby's well-being using five categories: heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes and skin colour.
How to effectively keep your newborn baby safe and comforted. Tips, such as holding them to offer proper head support, are included.
Learn about the various skin conditions and birthmarks that can arise in a newborn baby.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
Meningitis is an infection of the fluid and protective layers of tissue around the brain and spinal column. Read about the causes of meningitis as well as prevention and treatment.
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 causes, diagnosis and treatment of neonatal seizures.
