Sick kid

How to Help Your Baby Through Their First Cold

How to Help Your Baby Through Their First Cold

When you’re deep in the trenches of parenting a sick baby, you’ll have all sorts of middle-of-the-night questions. We have answers.

Rebecca Cuneo Keenan

The Best Baby Cold Remedies—And The Ones You Should Avoid

The Best Baby Cold Remedies—And The Ones You Should Avoid

There may not be a cure for the common cold, but there are ways to help your baby feel more comfortable. Try these baby cold rememdies next time.

Rebecca Cuneo Keenan

If you're freaked about long COVID in kids, here are the facts

If you're freaked about long COVID in kids, here are the facts

Karolina Corin

What parents need to know about Canada's expected RSV resurgence

What parents need to know about Canada's expected RSV resurgence

Arisa Valyear

Is COVID more serious in kids today than it was when the pandemic started?

Is COVID more serious in kids today than it was when the pandemic started?

Allan Britnell

Is your kid faking sick? Here's what to do

Is your kid faking sick? Here's what to do

Pretending to be sick is nothing new, but during the pandemic, an exaggerated headache comes with a huge ripple effect. Here's how to deal with it.

Lisa Kadane

11 tricks for making a sick day less stressful

11 tricks for making a sick day less stressful

It sucks when kids are sick. You can use all the help you can get—so try these smart tips to make sick days less stressful.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

Home Remedies for Kids' Colds That Actually Work

Home Remedies for Kids' Colds That Actually Work

Drugstore cough and cold meds aren’t recommended for kids, but there are plenty of safe home remedies parents can do that are worth trying.

Bonnie Schiedel

Here's what a Toronto daycare looks like during coronavirus

Here's what a Toronto daycare looks like during coronavirus

"The children arrive one at a time, and my supervisor takes their temperature, then disinfects their bags, and escorts them to their classrooms."

As told to Andrea Yu, Toronto Life

How to prepare your kid for the coronavirus nasal test

How to prepare your kid for the coronavirus nasal test

What does it feel like? How long will it take? Will it hurt? How can I get my kid to stay still? Here's how to prepare for the coronavirus test for kids.

Claire Gagne

Here's what we now know about how coronavirus affects kids

Here's what we now know about how coronavirus affects kids

From COVID toes to Kawasaki-like reactions, here are some common kids coronavirus symptoms and what to do if you think your kid has it.

Wendy Glauser

What parents need to know about croup in kids

What parents need to know about croup in kids

Experts answer all your questions about croup in kids: What causes it, common symptoms, and how to treat this common childhood respiratory problem.

Heather Jones

Coronavirus: What parents need to know

Coronavirus: What parents need to know

We have updates and answers as the discovery of the first case in North America adds to fears of a global coronavirus outbreak.

Wendy Glauser

Everything You Need to Know About Treating Kids' Fevers

Everything You Need to Know About Treating Kids' Fevers

Is your child feeling warm? We asked the experts the best way to check for a fever in kids, how to treat it and when it’s time to head to the doctor’s.

Jill Buchner

Kids' Coughs: How to Tell When it's Serious

Kids' Coughs: How to Tell When it's Serious

When should you call the doctor? Use this primer to quickly identify different types of coughs and which one might be ailing your child.

Cheryl Embrett

This 12-year-old girl found the sweetest way to make hospital visits less scary

This 12-year-old girl found the sweetest way to make hospital visits less scary

Ella Casano dreamed up the plush teddy to conceal bags of IV fluid from young patients (herself included!) and we're totally inspired.

Amanda Naccarato

Everything you believe about the BRAT diet is wrong

Everything you believe about the BRAT diet is wrong

Don't limit kids with tummy troubles to bananas and rice. It turns out the BRAT diet for diarrhea isn’t the miracle fix your mom or doctor told you it was.

Kate Daley

Does chicken noodle soup really help your kid’s cold?

Does chicken noodle soup really help your kid’s cold?

Chicken soup is known as the ultimate feel-good dish. But is there any science to back up this soup’s claim to help cure sickness?

Kate Daley

How to treat a fever

How to treat a fever

You took your little one's temperature and they definitely have a fever. Here’s a step-by-step guide for how to treat it.

Today's Parent

How to take your kid's temperature

How to take your kid's temperature

There are so many ways to take your little one's temperature. We compare each method and show you how to do each to get the most accurate results.

Today's Parent