Infant and Toddler Health
Learn about infant and toddler health
Babies are a joy. They can also be a little overwhelming at times. When is a fever something to worry about? What’s the difference between colic and normal crying? What immunizations does your toddler need? Our topics can help you find the answers to these and other common parenting questions.
Get help making decisions or find how-to tips in our Growth and Development topics and topics such as:
Health Topics
- Abdominal Pain, Age 11 and Younger
- Alcohol Effects on a Fetus
- Alcohol or Drug Use During Pregnancy
- Amblyopia
- Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Panel (AJGP)
- Asthma in Children
- Atopic Dermatitis
- Birth Defects Testing
- Birthmarks
- Biting
- Blocked Tear Ducts
- Bottle-Feeding
- Breast-Feeding
- Breast-Feeding Positions
- Breast-Feeding Techniques
- Breath-Holding Spells
- Bronchiolitis
- Brushing a Child's Teeth
- Brushing and Flossing a Child's Teeth
- Celiac Disease
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chickenpox (Varicella)
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Child Car Seats
- Choking Rescue Procedure (Heimlich Maneuver)
- Choosing Child Care
- Chronic Lung Disease in Infants
- Circumcision
- Cleaning Your Young Son's Natural (Uncircumcised) Penis
- Cleft Lip
- Cleft Palate
- Clubfoot
- Colic
- Communicating Effectively With a Child Care Provider
- Congenital Heart Defects
- Congenital Hydrocele
- Congenital Hydrocephalus
- Congenital Torticollis
- Constipation, Age 11 and Younger
- Coughs, Age 11 and Younger
- Cradle Cap
- Craniosynostosis
- Crib Safety
- Croup
- Crying, Age 3 and Younger
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Dealing With Emergencies
- Dehydration
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
- Diaper Rash
- Diarrhea, Age 11 and Younger
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Down Syndrome
- Ear Infections
- Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
- Early Disease Detection
- Evaluating Your Child's Hearing
- Family Life Cycle
- Feeding Your Infant
- Fever Seizures
- Fever, Age 11 and Younger
- Fifth Disease
- First Fever Seizure in a Child
- Fontanelles and Sutures of the Infant Skull
- Gastroesophageal Reflux in Babies and Children
- Goniotomy for glaucoma
- Group B Streptococcal Infections in Newborns
- Growth and Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
- Growth and Development, Ages 12 to 24 Months
- Growth and Development, Ages 2 to 5 Years
- Growth and Development, Newborn
- Gynecomastia
- Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
- Head Injury, Age 3 and Younger
- Headaches in Children
- Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years
- Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years
- Healthy Eating for Children
- Healthy Habits for Kids
- Heat Rash
- Heat Waves
- Hip Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
- Hip Problems, Age 11 and Younger
- Hirschsprung's Disease
- Hypospadias
- Immunizations
- Impetigo
- Interactive Tool: From Embryo to Baby in 9 Months
- Intrauterine fetal blood transfusion for Rh disease
- Intussusception
- Jaundice in Newborns (Hyperbilirubinemia)
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Kawasaki Disease
- Kernicterus
- Lead Poisoning
- Managing Your Toddler's Frustrating Behaviors
- Measles (Rubeola)
- Molluscum Contagiosum
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
- Nausea and Vomiting, Age 11 and Younger
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis
- Newborn Rashes and Skin Conditions
- Nursery Equipment Safety Checklist
- Nutrition While Breast-Feeding
- Orchiopexy for undescended testicle
- Pediatric Preparation for Medical Tests
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)
- Playground Safety
- Postpartum Depression
- Precautions for Sharing a Bed With an Infant
- Premature Infant
- Preventing Poisoning in Young Children
- Protecting Your Child From Drowning Hazards
- Public Areas and Exposure to Infections
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Quick Tips: Baby-Proofing Your Home
- Quick Tips: Giving Over-the-Counter Medicines to Children
- Radial Head Subluxation
- Rash, Age 11 and Younger
- Recurrent Ear Infections and Persistent Effusion
- Repair of Choanal Atresia
- Respiratory Problems, Age 11 and Younger
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
- Reye Syndrome
- Roseola
- Rotavirus
- Rubella (German Measles)
- Scalp Problems
- Sensory Integration Dysfunction
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Signs That Your Baby Is Getting Enough Breast Milk
- Speech and Language Development
- Spina Bifida
- Spitting Up
- Strabismus
- Stress in Children and Teens
- Stuttering
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Symptoms of a Concussion in Children
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Teething
- Temper Tantrums
- Thumb-Sucking
- Toilet Training
- Tongue-Tie
- Tooth Development in Children
- Toxoplasmosis During Pregnancy
- Trabeculotomy for glaucoma
- Tubes for ear infections
- Type 1 Diabetes: Children Living With the Disease
- Umbilical Cord Care
- Umbilical Hernia in Children
- Undescended Testicle
- Urinary Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
- Urinary Tract Infections in Children
- Vaccine Information Statements
- Weaning
- What to Expect When You Have an Extremely Premature Infant
- Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Make a Wise Decision
- ADHD: Should my child take medicine for ADHD?
- Blocked tear ducts: Should my baby have a probing procedure?
- Breast-feeding: Should I breast-feed my baby?
- Circumcision: Should I keep my son's penis natural?
- Ear infection: Should I give my child antibiotics?
- Ear problems: Should my child be treated for fluid buildup in the middle ear?
- Umbilical hernia: Should my child have surgery?
Take Action
- Asthma in children: Helping a child use a metered-dose inhaler and mask spacer
- Breast-feeding: Learning how to nurse
- Croup: Managing a croup attack
- Diabetes in children: Checking blood sugar in a child
- Diabetes in children: Counting carbs
- Diabetes in children: Giving insulin shots to a child
- Diabetes in children: Preventing high blood sugar
- Diabetes in children: Preventing low blood sugar
- Hip dysplasia: Caring for your child in a body (spica) cast
- Stress management: Helping your child with stress
- Thumb-sucking: Helping your child stop
Last Updated: May 6, 2008
Author: Debby Golonka, MPH
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
