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.

Ear ache

Ear ache
Ear ache is very common in children, and frequentl...

Mumps

Mumps
Mumps is a common viral infection, often causing n...

Meningitis

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

Measles

Measles
Measles is very infectious....

Good Advice

Breast is best!
Because it is a food designed specifically for human babies, containing everything they need to grow and flourish.

Roseola

Roseola
This affects young children less than two years old.