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.

Measles

Measles Measles is very infectious.

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, ...

Diarrhoea

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

Sticky Eyes

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

Sore Throat

Sore Throat
Pharingitis and tonsillitis - this is very common, especially between the ages of four and seven.

Meningitis

Meningitis: how to recognise the symptoms
Many parents will be familiar with the "rash that doesn't go away" sign that a baby or toddler may have Meningitis, but the rash is more likely to come in the final stages of the infection or not at all. Seek medical help by looking for other, earlier symptoms.