Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.
Read about different characteristics and types of temperament and how you can match your parenting approach to your child’s behavioural style.
Your baby will go through many changes in their first year of life. Find out how their nutrition needs change and how you can support their physical development, communication and transition to other caregivers.
Find out which substances teens use most often, and why, and what to do if you are concerned about your teen’s substance use.
Hospitalization may interfere with a child's normal development. Learn ways to help your child cope including play, familiar objects and planning ahead.
The Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Clinic assesses babies who have been admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Cardiac Critical Care Unit (CCCU) and may be at risk for developmental issues. Learn about what you can expect during your baby's development and how you can help your child achieve developmental milestones.
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 safety of vaccines, their side effects, how they are given and what they protect your child against.
Learn how to prevent, recognize and treat dehydration and other heat-related illnesses in children.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Read about various behavioral problems that premature babies may develop as they grow. In general, the most premature babies are more at risk.
Read about the sensory systems, sensory development in the first 18 months of a baby’s life and how your baby may be influenced by sensation. Suggestions such as gentle rocking, skin to skin contact, swinging and movement input are provided.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
Learn about what a premature baby needs to eat and how they can get proper nutrition.
Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.
Learn about the common causes of chronic lung disease in premature babies and the ways to diagnose and treat it.
Very premature babies are at risk for metabolic bone disease, a condition that affects their bone health and increases the risk of fractures.
Learn all about your newborn baby's eyesight, hearing, and senses of taste, touch and smell.
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 behavioural strategies such as biofeedback and CBT. These strategies can be used for effective pain management for children.
What to do when a premature baby leaves the Hospital: A variety of important points for parents of premature babies to keep in mind.
Learn about your newborn baby's nutritional requirements and how to successfully feed them.
Discover the physical and behavioural signs that your baby may be ill and learn when to take your baby to a health-care provider.
Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.
Read about the various health-care team members who care for babies admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
