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Baby and toddler health

Common health problems faced by babies and children under 2. Information about how parents can best support them.

Baby and toddler health articles

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baby crying
First aid: what to do if a baby is choking
Baby immunisations and vaccinations
Baby immunisations and vaccinations
Caring for a child with diarrhoea and vomiting
Caring for a child with diarrhoea and vomiting
Constipated baby
Constipation in babies: Q&A
Parent holding a coughing baby
Coughs, colds, sore throats and ear infections in babies
Child drinking
Dehydration in children: what to watch for
Baby walking
Developmental hip dysplasia in babies (DDH)
Mother holding toddler
Diarrhoea and vomiting in babies
boy lying in bed unwell
First aid: what to do if your child is unresponsive and not breathing
Baby in sunhat
Hot weather with a baby
little girl crying
How to treat children’s burns and scalds
Baby
Liver disease in babies: the signs to look out for
Baby
Meningitis in babies and children
Couple holding hands
Neonatal and infant death in the UK 
Man and baby
Postnatal care: checks for babies
Septicaemia
Septicaemia – what to look out for
mum with baby
The split bilirubin blood test
young mum and baby
What happens at your 6-week check-up
Baby spitting up
What is baby reflux? Symptoms and support
Plagiocephaly and brachycephaly or flat head syndrome in babies
What is flat head syndrome (plagiocephaly or brachycephaly)?
mum kissing newborn baby
What newborn jaundice is and what to look out for
Baby having temperature taken with a thermometer
What to do if your child has a high temperature or fever
Parent holding a crying baby and looking concerned
When to call the doctor about your baby

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