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.

Meningitis

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

Measles

Measles
Measles is very infectious....

Vomiting

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

Good Advice

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

Chickenpox

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

Tummy Troubles

Tummy Troubles
Tummy upsets in small children are common and can be caused by all kinds of things. Most are not serious but with good habits and reading the signs of illness, you can help to stop them becoming a problem.