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RECALL: P.K. Douglass Inc.’s Rubber Bath Ducks

RECALL: P.K. Douglass Inc.’s Rubber Bath Ducks

P.K. Douglass Inc. has recalled their rubber ducks due to a possible choking hazard.

Today's Parent

Frostbite: Signs, symptoms and treatment

Frostbite: Signs, symptoms and treatment

Here's how to recognize and treat frostbite — and how to prevent it in future.

Erin Pooley

McDonald's released a new statement about peanut allergies, and people are #notlovinit

McDonald's released a new statement about peanut allergies, and people are #notlovinit

Jessica Spera

Why the cervix is so important during pregnancy

Why the cervix is so important during pregnancy

At your cervix: this body part is a key player during pregnancy and childbirth.

Bonnie Schiedel

Baby poop colour guide

Baby poop colour guide

Baby poo is crazy. But what's normal and when should you worry? This baby poop colour guide will save you from scary Google image searches.

Today's Parent

Ask Dr. Dina: What causes a fever and how can I treat it?

Ask Dr. Dina: What causes a fever and how can I treat it?

Flushed cheeks, hot forehead, shivers—your kid has a fever. Now what? Dr. Dina Kulik has all the answers.

Dr. Dina Kulik

Diastasis recti symptoms and how to treat it

Postpartum care

Diastasis recti symptoms and how to treat it

Abdominal muscles don’t always snap back into place after having a baby, and that belly bulge may be a sign of a diastasis recti. Here's what to do.

Jessica Leeder

Don’t cut the cord too soon! Experts say that a brief pause after birth benefits most newborns

Don’t cut the cord too soon! Experts say that a brief pause after birth benefits most newborns

Waiting 30 seconds to a minute after birth to cut the umbilical cord helps gives newborns an extra surge of oxygen-rich blood.

Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press

5 clever ways to give medicine to a preschooler

5 clever ways to give medicine to a preschooler

Check out these genius tricks for administering medicine to a preschooler who’s refusing it.

Bonnie Schiedel

Ask Dr. Dina: What can we do to help when our kid gets carsick?

Ask Dr. Dina: What can we do to help when our kid gets carsick?

Here’s how to deal with a carsick kid and what you can do to help your queasy little one.

Dr. Dina Kulik

3 ways to improve your kid's gut health after antibiotics

3 ways to improve your kid's gut health after antibiotics

Worried about your kid's gut health? We asked scientists and a dietitian to weigh in on how you can increase your kid's microbes and set him up for life.

Sydney Loney

Why your baby's gut bacteria is so important

Why your baby's gut bacteria is so important

Since babies are born with a gut bacteria count of zero, it's crucial to build it up in the first few months and years. Here's how and why to do it.

Nancy Carr

Ask Dr. Dina: My daughter keeps cracking her knuckles. Will it cause any permanent damage?

Ask Dr. Dina: My daughter keeps cracking her knuckles. Will it cause any permanent damage?

The constant cracking may sound icky but there's no need to worry.

Dr. Dina Kulik

Ask Dr. Dina: What's the best way to treat my kid‘s racking dry cough?

Ask Dr. Dina: What's the best way to treat my kid‘s racking dry cough?

Paediatrician Dr. Dina Kulik recommends safer alternatives to cough syrups.

Dr. Dina Kulik

Autism in girls may help reveal the disorder’s secrets

Autism in girls may help reveal the disorder’s secrets

Many girls with autism don’t have the same symptoms of autism as boys do. Understanding the gender effect could mean new ways of diagnosing and treating it.

Lindsey Tanner, The Associated Press

Why women should consider getting the HPV vaccine

Why women should consider getting the HPV vaccine

With HPV on the rise among women in their 30s and 40s, it's not just your kid who you should consider getting vaccinated. Here are five things you need to know about the HPV vaccine.

Flannery Dean

Now's not the time to say "I told you so" to Maria Kang

Now's not the time to say "I told you so" to Maria Kang

A couple of years ago, I wrote an open letter to Maria Kang, the "no excuses mom," listing my excuses. Now, I'm on her side.

Katie Dupuis

10 plant-based beauty products you'll love

10 plant-based beauty products you'll love

Erin Finlayson

Sick day remedies: do they work?

Sick day remedies: do they work?

Our medical adviser Dina Kulik, paediatrician, emergency room doc and mom of three, weighs in on the must-haves and the stuff you can skip.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

Whooping cough vaccine great for babies, but its protection doesn't last long

Whooping cough vaccine great for babies, but its protection doesn't last long

Study shows the vaccine that protects kids from the highly contagious whooping cough is only effective in the short term.

The Canadian Press