Toddler

Toddler health

Learn everything you need to know about caring for your toddler's health, including good nutrition, handling common ailments, and avoiding health hazards.

New hope for kids with serious food allergies

New hope for kids with serious food allergies

Peanut butter for babies and a pill to block anaphylactic reactions—the latest research on serious food allergies is good news for families.

Wendy Haaf

How to prepare for your child's first dental visit

How to prepare for your child's first dental visit

How to get this lifelong relationship off on the right foot.

Cori Howard

Think packaged foods for kids are healthy? Think again

Think packaged foods for kids are healthy? Think again

Some parents assume packaged foods prepared for kids are healthy options. But a new study shows that more than seven out of 10 toddler meals contain too much sodium.

Karen Robock

Healthy Family Challenge Fitness Plan: Week 1

Healthy Family Challenge Fitness Plan: Week 1

Get your family excited about healthy active living with this weekly Healthy Family Challenge!

Stacy Irvine

Healthy Family Challenge Fitness Plan: Week 3

Healthy Family Challenge Fitness Plan: Week 3

Get your family excited about healthy active living with this weekly Healthy Family Challenge!

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Sponsored: The Whole Tooth

Sponsored: The Whole Tooth

Find out all about oral health routines for your kid.

Sponsored by P&G

Is your child getting enough sleep?

Is your child getting enough sleep?

Is your child getting enough sleep? Here's why getting enough sleep—and the right kind of it—is key to your child’s health and well-being (and yours, too).

Marissa Stapley Ponikowski

Febrile seizures: What you need to know

Febrile seizures: What you need to know

Febrile seizures are scary for parents, but can be common in kids this age.

Melissa Carter

Video: How to teach kids proper jumping and landing

Video: How to teach kids proper jumping and landing

Teaching children proper jumping and landing can help to prevent injuries, and give fundamental movement skills that they can build on.

Stacy Irvine

Video: How to play the Alphabet Game

Video: How to play the Alphabet Game

Teach your children fundamental movement and literacy skills and spatial awareness with this easy game that's fun for the whole family.

Stacy Irvine

What you need to know about the chicken pox vaccine

What you need to know about the chicken pox vaccine

Why are kids these days immunized against chicken pox? What you need to know about the varicella vaccine.

Wendy Haaf

What you need to know about cavities

What you need to know about cavities

Lisa Kadane

Tooth care for toddlers

Tooth care for toddlers

What you need to know about tooth care for toddlers.

Lisa Kadane

Watching your toddler's weight

Watching your toddler's weight

Round tummies and chubby thighs are adorable. But they can also be concerning for parents who wonder whether they need to alter their child’s diet.

Meg Payne

Lisa says: Molars. Need I say more?

Lisa says: Molars. Need I say more?

Lisa van de Geyn

Keep your toddler healthy this cold and flu season

Keep your toddler healthy this cold and flu season

Susan Spicer

Can parents prevent peanut allergies?

Can parents prevent peanut allergies?

Peanut allergies are on the rise in children. Can they be prevented in the womb or early childhood?

Elizabeth Goldenberg

Oral hypersensitivity

Oral hypersensitivity

Diane Sacks, paediatrician

First-aid kit checklist

First-aid kit checklist

Are you prepared for a midnight mishap or after-school scare? Here's what you need to build the ultimate first-aid kit.

Karan Smith

How to store your medicine safely

How to store your medicine safely

Karan Smith