Infant and Toddler Health

Learn about infant and toddler health

Babies are a joy. They can also be a little overwhelming at times. When is a fever something to worry about? What's the difference between colic and normal crying? What immunizations does your toddler need? Our topics can help you find the answers to these and other common parenting questions.

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Thumb-Sucking: Helping Your Child Stop.
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Abdominal Pain, Age 11 and Younger
Abuse: Signs of Abuse-Related Injuries
Abusive Head Trauma
Amblyopia
Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Panel (AJGP)
Asthma in Children
Asthma: Overuse of Quick-Relief Medicines
Autism and Vaccines
Babies and Older Adults Have an Increased Risk of Cold Injury
Baby's Daily Needs: What to Expect
Baby's Sleep Position and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Basic Dental Care
Basic Dental Care From Birth to 16 Years
Belly (Abdominal) Gas in Babies
Birthmarks
Biting
Blocked Tear Ducts
Bonding With Your Baby
Bonding With Your Newborn
Bottle-Feeding
Bowel Movements in Babies
Breastfeeding a Sick Baby
Breastfeeding and Your Milk Supply
Breastfeeding at Work
Breastfeeding Multiple Infants
Breastfeeding Positions
Breastfeeding When You Have Diabetes
Breastfeeding: Choosing a Breast Pump
Breastfeeding: How to Use a Breast Pump
Breastfeeding: Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs
Breastfeeding: Using Medicines Safely
Breastfeeding: Waking Your Baby
Breath-Holding Spells
Breath-Holding Spells: Keeping a Record
Bronchiolitis
Brushing and Flossing a Child's Teeth
Burping a Baby
Caring for a Baby's Nails
Caring for More Than One Baby
Cataracts in Children
Cerebral Palsy
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Chickenpox: Preventing Skin Infections
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Car Seats
Child Safety: Air Pollution
Child Safety: Bathing
Child Safety: Bicycles and Tricycles
Child Safety: Drowning Prevention in Pools and Hot Tubs
Child Safety: Guns and Firearms
Child Safety: Pets
Child Safety: Preventing Burns
Child Safety: Preventing Drowning
Child Safety: Preventing Falls
Child Safety: Streets and Motor Vehicles
Child Safety: Strollers and Shopping Carts
Child Safety: Washing Toys to Prevent Germs
Childhood Immunization Record
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Ages 0 to 6 Years
Children's Growth Chart
Choking Rescue for Babies
Choking Rescue Procedure: Heimlich Maneuver
Choosing Baby Bottles and Nipples
Choosing Child Care
Chronic Lung Disease in Infants
Circumcision
Cleaning Your Young Child's Natural (Uncircumcised) Penis
Cleft Lip
Cleft Palate
Cleft Palate: Feeding Your Baby
Clubfoot
Cognitive Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Cognitive Development, Ages 12 to 24 Months
Cognitive Growth in Newborns
Colds
Colic
Colic: Harmful Treatments
Combining Breastfeeding and Bottle-Feeding
Complications of Ear Infections
Congenital Heart Disease in Children
Congenital Hydrocele
Congenital Hydrocephalus
Congenital Syphilis
Congenital Torticollis
Constipation, Age 11 and Younger
Coping Strategies to Avoid Harming a Baby
Corporal Punishment
Coughs, Age 11 and Younger
COVID-19 Vaccine for Children
Cow's Milk Protein Allergy in Babies
Cradle Cap
Craniosynostosis
Crib Safety
Croup
Crying Child and Possible Abuse
Crying Child Who Is Not Acting Normally
Crying, Age 3 and Younger
Cystic Fibrosis
Dealing With Emergencies
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Developmental Problems: Testing
Diaper Rash
Diarrhea, Age 11 and Younger
Diet, Breastfeeding, and Colic
Domestic Violence
Down Syndrome, Ages 1 Month to 1 Year
Down Syndrome, Ages 1 to 5
Down Syndrome, Ages Birth to 1 Month
Drug Withdrawal in Newborns (Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome)
DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Ear Infections
Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Ear Tube Surgery
Ebola Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis)
Emotional and Social Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Emotional and Social Development, Ages 12 to 24 Months
Emotional and Social Growth in Newborns
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68)
Evaluating Pain in a Child
Failure to Thrive
Feeding Schedule for Babies
Feeding Your Child Using Division of Responsibility
Feeding Your Premature Infant
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Fever or Chills, Age 11 and Younger
Fever Seizures
Fever Temperatures: Accuracy and Comparison
Fifth Disease
Gastroesophageal Reflux in Babies and Children
Genetics
Goniotomy for Childhood Glaucoma
Group B Streptococcal Infections in Newborns
Growing Pains
Growth and Development Milestones
Growth and Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Growth and Development, Ages 12 to 24 Months
Growth and Development, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Growth and Development, Newborn
Gynecomastia
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Head Injury, Age 3 and Younger
Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years
Health Screening: Finding Health Problems Early
Healthy Eating for Children
Heat Rash
Helping Children During Immunizations
Helping Your Newborn Learn
High Blood Pressure in Children and Teens
Hip Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Hip Problems, Age 11 and Younger
Hirschsprung Disease
HIV Treatment in Children
Home Ear Examination
Hospital Policies and Breastfeeding
How Reading Helps Language Development
Hypospadias
Immunization Schedules
Immunizations for Premature Infants
Immunizations: Questions Parents Ask
Impetigo
Importance of Immunizations
Infant Crying
Infant Formulas
Infant Massage
Infantile Spasms (West Syndrome)
Introducing Foods to Your Baby
Intussusception
Iron Toxicity
Jaundice in Newborns (Hyperbilirubinemia)
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Kawasaki Disease
Kernicterus
Language Development Between 12 and 24 Months of Age
Language Development in Newborns
Lead Poisoning
Managing Your Toddler's Frustrating Behaviors
Measles (Rubeola)
Meningitis
Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Milestones for 2-Year-Olds
Milestones for 3-Year-Olds
Milestones for a 1-Year-Old
Milestones for an 18-Month-Old Child
MMR Vaccine (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella): What You Need to Know
MMRV Vaccine (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella): What You Need to Know
Molluscum Contagiosum
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP)
Nausea and Vomiting, Age 11 and Younger
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Nephrotic Syndrome
Newborn Rashes and Skin Conditions
NICU: Communicating With the Staff
Nightmares and Other Sleep Problems in Children
Nipple Shields for Breastfeeding Problems
Nursemaid's Elbow
Orchiopexy for Undescended Testicle
Orthopedic Surgery for Cerebral Palsy
Overfeeding a Baby
Pediatric Preparation for Medical Tests
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Physical Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Physical Development, Ages 12 to 24 Months
Physical Growth in Newborns
Playground Safety
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Polio Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Positional Plagiocephaly (Flattened Head)
Premature (Preterm) Infant
Premature Infant: Safe Travel With Your Baby
Preventing Breath-Holding Spells in Children
Preventing Tooth Decay in Young Children
Protecting Your Child From Infections
Pyloric Stenosis
Quick Tips: Babyproofing Your Home
Quick Tips: Getting Baby to Sleep
Quick Tips: Helping Children Take Medicine
Quick Tips: Safely Giving Over-the-Counter Medicines to Children
Quick Tips: Successful Breastfeeding
Rash, Age 11 and Younger
Respiratory Problems, Age 11 and Younger
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
Reye Syndrome
Roseola
Rotavirus
Rotavirus Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Rubber Bulbs
Safe Water for Mixing Infant Formula
Safety Plan: Preparing to Leave a Violent Relationship
Screening for Hearing Problems
Sensory and Motor Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Sensory and Motor Development, Ages 12 to 24 Months
Sensory and Motor Growth in Newborns
Separation Anxiety: Helping Your Child
Sickle Cell Disease: Splenic Sequestration
Signs That Your Baby Is Getting Enough to Eat
Speech and Language Delays: Common Misconceptions
Speech and Language Development
Speech and Language Development: Helping Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Speech and Language Development: Signs of Possible Problems
Speech and Language Milestones, Ages 1 to 3 Years
Speech and Language Milestones, Ages 3 to 5 Years
Speech and Language Milestones, Birth to 1 Year
Spina Bifida
Spitting Up
Sponge Bath for a Child's Fever
Staying Safe: After You Leave a Violent Relationship
Stimulate Your Baby's Learning
Storing Breast Milk
Strabismus
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Swallowed Air
Taking Care of Yourself When Your Baby Is Fussy
Tay-Sachs Disease
Teething
Teething Products
Teething: Common Concerns
Temper Tantrums
Temper Tantrums: Keeping a Record
Thinking About Child Safety
Thrush
Thumb-Sucking
Thumb-Sucking Versus Pacifier Use
Toilet Training
Toilet Training: Knowing When Your Child Is Ready
Tongue-Tie
Tooth Development in Children
Trabeculotomy for Childhood Glaucoma
Treating Asthma in Babies and Younger Children
Type 1 Diabetes in Children
Umbilical Cord Care
Umbilical Hernia in Children
Undescended Testicle
Urinary Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Using Vaporizers and Humidifiers
Vaccine Information Statements
Vaccine Safety
Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Vital Signs in Children
Ways to Comfort a Baby in the Hospital
Ways to Comfort a Crying Baby
Weaning
Well-Child Visits
What to Expect When You Have an Extremely Premature Infant
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Your Child and the Dentist
Your Child's First Vaccines: What You Need to Know
Your Toddler: Nutritious Meals for Picky Eaters
Your Toddler: Safe Ways to Explore

Bilirubin Test
Body Temperature
Cardiac Catheterization in Children
Cranial Ultrasound
Galactosemia Test
Lead (Pb) Test
Phenylketonuria (PKU) Test
Stool Analysis
Sweat Test
Tay-Sachs Test
Tympanocentesis for Ear Infections
Tympanometry

Amblyopia: Wearing an Eye Patch
Breastfeeding: Planning Ahead
Breathing Problems: Helping a Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler and Mask Spacer
Cystic Fibrosis: Helping Your Child Cough Up Mucus
Feeding Your Infant
Nutrition While Breastfeeding
Preventing Choking in Small Children
Preventing Poisoning in Young Children
Sibling Rivalry: Reducing Conflict and Jealousy
Sleep: Helping Your Children—and Yourself—Sleep Well
Stress Management: Helping Your Child With Stress

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Current as of: October 24, 2023

Author: Ignite Healthwise, LLC Staff

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