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.

Diarrhoea

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

Mumps

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

Measles

Measles
Measles is very infectious....

Good Advice

Breast is best!
Because it is a food designed specifically for hum...

Roseola

Roseola
This affects young children less than two years ol...

Rubella

Rubella
Rubella is usually a mild illness and is often not recognised, the child simply being 'under the weather'.

Sticky Eyes

Sticky Eyes
Usually there is no underlying infection, and simple salt-water washes are sufficient.