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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.
Get help making decisions or find how-to tips in our Growth and Development topics and topics such as:
Toilet Training.
Croup: Managing a Croup Attack.
Thumb-Sucking: Helping Your Child Stop.
Ear Infection: Should I Give My Child Antibiotics?
Healthy Habits for Kids.
Quick Tips: Giving Over-the-Counter Medicines to Children.
Health Topics
Abdominal Gas and Colic
Abdominal Pain, Age 11 and Younger
Abuse: Signs of Abuse-Related Injuries
Abusive Head Trauma
Acetaminophen Use in Young Children
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
Barking Coughs in Children
Basic Dental Care
Basic Dental Care From Birth to 16 Years
Birthmarks
Biting
Blocked Tear Ducts
Bonding With Your Baby
Bonding With Your Newborn
Bottle-Feeding
Bottle-Feeding: Disadvantages for Babies
Bottle-Feeding: Weaning a Baby
Bottle-Feeding: When Baby Doesn't Want to Stop
Bowel Movements in Babies
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding a Sick Baby
Breastfeeding After a C-Section
Breastfeeding After Breast Surgery
Breastfeeding and Your Milk Supply
Breastfeeding at Work
Breastfeeding During Pregnancy
Breastfeeding Multiple Infants
Breastfeeding Positions
Breastfeeding When You Have Diabetes
Breastfeeding Your Newborn and an Older Child
Breastfeeding: Baby's Poor Weight Gain
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
Breastfeeding: Weaning a Baby
Breastfeeding: When Baby Doesn't Want to Stop
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 Diary
Colic: Harmful Treatments
Combining Breastfeeding and Bottle-Feeding
Comforting a Child Who Has a Respiratory Illness
Common Types of Birthmarks
Complications of Ear Infections
Congenital Heart Defects in Children
Congenital Hydrocele
Congenital Hydrocephalus
Congenital Syphilis
Congenital Torticollis
Constipation in Children
Constipation, Age 11 and Younger
Coping Strategies to Avoid Harming a Baby
Corporal Punishment
Cough Symptoms in Children
Coughs, Age 11 and Younger
Cow's Milk Protein Allergy in Babies
Cradle Cap
Craniosynostosis
Crib Safety
Croup
Crying Child and Possible Abuse
Crying Child That Is Not Acting Normally
Crying, Age 3 and Younger
Crying: Helping a Tired or Overstimulated Child
Cup-Feeding Baby With Breast Milk or Formula
Cystic Fibrosis
Dealing With Emergencies
Dehydration: Drinking Enough Fluids (Babies and Young Children)
Dental Checkups for Children and Adults
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Developmental Problems: Testing
Diaper Rash
Diarrhea, Age 11 and Younger
Diet, Breastfeeding, and Colic
Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome, Ages 1 Month to 1 Year
Down Syndrome, Ages 1 to 5
Down Syndrome, Ages Birth to 1 Month
Down Syndrome: Helping Your Child Eat Independently
Down Syndrome: Helping Your Child Learn to Communicate
Down Syndrome: Helping Your Child Learn to Walk and Use Other Motor Skills
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
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 Infant
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
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
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
Object Stuck in a Child's Airway
Oral Rehydration Solutions for Children
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 Choking
Preventing Poisoning in Young 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
Recurrent Abdominal Pain (RAP)
Recurrent Ear Infections and Persistent Effusion
Reducing Biting in Children Ages 15 to 36 Months
Reducing Biting in Children Ages 8 to 14 Months
Reducing Biting in Teething Babies
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 Breast Milk
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: Red Flags
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
Stimulate Your Baby's Learning
Storing Breast Milk
Strabismus
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Swallowed Air
Swallowed Button Disc Battery, Magnet, or Object With Lead
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 Symptoms After an Injury in Children
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
Weaning: Signs That Baby Is Ready
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
Medical Tests
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
Make a Wise Decision
Circumcision: Should I Keep My Son's Penis Natural?
Ear Infection: Should I Give My Child Antibiotics?
Ear Problems: Should My Child Be Treated for Fluid Buildup in the Middle Ear?
Umbilical Hernia: Should My Child Have Surgery?
Take Action
Amblyopia: Wearing an Eye Patch
Breastfeeding: Planning Ahead
Breathing Problems: Helping a Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler and Mask Spacer
Croup: Managing a Croup Attack
Cystic Fibrosis: Helping Your Child Cough Up Mucus
Nutrition While Breastfeeding
Preventing Choking in Small Children
Sibling Rivalry: Reducing Conflict and Jealousy
Sleep: Helping Your Children—and Yourself—Sleep Well
Stress Management: Helping Your Child With Stress
Current as of: June 6, 2022
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica MD - Family Medicine
This information does not replace the advice of a doctor. Healthwise, Incorporated, disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information. Your use of this information means that you agree to the Terms of Use. Learn how we develop our content.
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