Health Topics

Do Toddlers Sleep? The good news is that once asleep, most toddlers sleep through most but not all nights, without waking mum, dad or...

Headaches in children are common and usually aren't serious. Similar to adults, children can develop different types of headaches,...

For a child and their parents, gaining control over their bladder and bowel is a key developmental milestone like learning to walk and...

What exactly is the belly button? During pregnancy the placenta and developing baby are connected to each other by the umbilical cord. ...

The soft spot or fontanelle is another example of the amazing design of the human body. At birth there are several fontanelles or soft...

Tic disorders are fairly common in children. Tics are involuntary movements which wax and wane. Tics tend to start in early life and can...

Many babies have a watery discharge from one or both eyes for some time after birth. Some are caused by a blockage in one or both...

Travelling, whether to a package holiday in Spain, or backpacking in North Africa has a new dimension when you take a young baby with...

Chickenpox (varicella) is a common, childhood infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It’s most common in children and is...

It can be very concerning to see your baby or child having bouts of diarrhoea and vomiting. This helpful information aims to explain...

Q) My 5 year old daughter is having consistent sleep problems and we are so tired! You'd have thought we'd have been used to the tired...

Urinary tract infections are seen quite commonly in children more so in girls than boys. They can present as bladder infections...