baby health

6 tips for dealing with your kid's eczema

6 tips for dealing with your kid's eczema

Your child's skin has been red, patchy and itchy—could it be eczema? Here's how to beat the itch and halt future outbreaks.

Holly Bennett

Are alternative vaccine schedules safe?

Are alternative vaccine schedules safe?

If you’re worried about vaccines and considering delaying, forgoing or tinkering with the vaccine schedule, here’s what you need to know.

Dory Cerny

7 foods to feed your baby before age one

7 foods to feed your baby before age one

Here are the foods to feed your baby before age one, if you want them to have good eating habits later in life.

Today's Parent

How to treat baby diarrhea

How to treat baby diarrhea

Baby poo can be wildly unpredictable. So how do you know when it's abnormal and how do you deal? Read on for our guide to baby diarrhea.

Today's Parent

4 signs of baby constipation

4 signs of baby constipation

Worried about baby constipation? Here are some sure signs she's backed up.

Today's Parent

Recall: Nestle Good Start 2 Concentrated Liquid Infant Formula

Recall: Nestle Good Start 2 Concentrated Liquid Infant Formula

As a precautionary measure, Nestle Canada is recalling one of its infant formula products.

Today's Parent

Baby poop: Guide to texture, smell and frequency

Baby poop: Guide to texture, smell and frequency

From newborn to solid-food-eater: What to expect from each baby poop milestone.

Today's Parent

Have a uterus? Then say goodbye to alcohol—forever!

Have a uterus? Then say goodbye to alcohol—forever!

The new CDC recommendations on alcohol and pregnancy treat women as if they're stupid.

Rebecca Cuneo Keenan

Zika virus fact sheet

Zika virus fact sheet

The headlines are scary and new information is spreading as rapidly as the Zika virus seems to be. We've rounded up the latest.

Claire Gagne

Help soothe your baby during a shot

Help soothe your baby during a shot

If you need to soothe your baby during a shot, physical contact is key.

Today's Parent

8 things you need to know about the Zika virus

8 things you need to know about the Zika virus

I’m pregnant and went to the Caribbean—should I be freaking out about the Zika virus?

Claire Gagne

Rookie dad is hilariously grossed out while changing a diaper

Rookie dad is hilariously grossed out while changing a diaper

It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it. This determined dad won't let a little puke stop him from changing his baby's diaper.

Davina Sinnatamby

Babies casually barfing

Babies casually barfing

Babies doing what babies do best—being darn cute while barfing.

Jessica Albotra

Baby CPR: This video could save your kid's life

Baby CPR: This video could save your kid's life

This new video from St. John Ambulance teaches parents how to do baby CPR

Davina Sinnatamby

Introducing Babypod: The first-ever concert for your fetus

Introducing Babypod: The first-ever concert for your fetus

Forget singing to your baby! With this vaginal speaker, your baby can enjoy the soothing voice of Adele or Madonna.

Jessica Spera

4 things you should know about hemangioma

4 things you should know about hemangioma

"Hemangioma is a collection of blood vessels that form on the skin, sometimes called a strawberry. They can appear in the baby's first few months.

Lisa van de Geyn

9 baffling baby behaviours—and what they mean

9 baffling baby behaviours—and what they mean

Gagging? Fake coughing? We've decoded your tot's trying tricks. Here's how to learn how to understand and deal with your baby's behaviour.

Lisa Bendall

What you need to know about newborn jaundice

What you need to know about newborn jaundice

Jaundice is common in newborns so don't panic if your baby has it, but it can still be distressing. Here's how to treat and care for your baby's jaundice.

Raina Delisle

Pregnancies from hell: An incompetent cervix

Pregnancies from hell: An incompetent cervix

Due to an incompetent cervix, Tracy had to endure weeks of keeping her feet above her head in the hopes that gravity would keep the baby in place.

Ellie Tucker

Bonding with baby in the early days

Bonding with baby in the early days

Some women expect love to strike like a lightning bolt when their baby is born. But bonding is a process, not a moment.

Holly Bennett