Advice

Constipation
Health and Wellbeing
Constipation is when your child has hard poo, large poo or trouble pushing poo out. Children with constipation often don ...
Chicken pox
Health and Wellbeing
Chickenpox looks like a rash with red spots that turn into blisters. Use bicarbonate of soda and water or calamine lotio ...
Blocked tear duct
Health and Wellbeing
If your baby has a blocked tear duct, his eye will water constantly and he might have discharge from the eye when he wak ...
Birthmark
Health and Wellbeing
Babies can have various birthmarks. Most birthmarks fade with time, and specialised laser techniques can often fade or r ...
Bathing a baby over an arm
Health and Wellbeing
It is best to bathe newborn babies while holding them over your arm until the umbilical stump falls off and the umbilica ...
Nauseous child
Health and Wellbeing
When children are sick they tend to vomit more than adults do. Children usually get over vomiting very quickly. Dehydrat ...
Scabies
Health and Wellbeing
Scabies is a very itchy skin rash caused by small burrowing mites. It looks like red tracks and spots on the skin. Scabi ...
Rubella
Health and Wellbeing
"Rubella symptoms include fever, swollen lymph glands and a pale pink rash over the body. The main risk of rubella is a ...
Flatulence and passing wind
Health and Wellbeing
Flatulence, or passing wind, is normal and necessary. Your child usually doesn’t need treatment for it. If your child is ...