A-Z Children's Health

Keeping your baby and toddler safe and healthy is a big part of your parenting job (and not the easiest part, either!). Find out how you can treat those inevitable colds, coughs, bumps, and spills, and learn what you can expect from some of the most common childhood ailments.

Chickenpox

Chicken Pox Chicken Pox is very common and highly infectious, but usually a mild illness in children.

Rubella

Rubella
Rubella is usually a mild illness and is often not...

Sticky Eyes

Sticky Eyes
Usually there is no underlying infection, and simp...

Vomiting

Vomiting
Almost all children will get diarrhoea or vomiting...

Meningitis

Meningitis: how to recognise the symptoms
This short video produced by the British Red Cross

Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea
Almost all children will get diarrhoea or vomiting at some stage, especially if taken to foreign countries on holiday.

Fever

Fever
Usually this is caused by common viruses such as 'flu, spotty illnesses like measles or ear and chest infections.