A-Z Children's Health

Keeping your baby and toddler safe and healthy is a big part of your parenting job (and not the easiest part, either!). Find out how you can treat those inevitable colds, coughs, bumps, and spills, and learn what you can expect from some of the most common childhood ailments.

Chickenpox

Chicken Pox Chicken Pox is very common and highly infectious, but usually a mild illness in children.

Roseola

Roseola
This affects young children less than two years ol...

Sticky Eyes

Sticky Eyes
Usually there is no underlying infection, and simp...

Rubella

Rubella
Rubella is usually a mild illness and is often not...

Meningitis

Meningitis: how to recognise the symptoms
This short video produced by the British Red Cross

Coughs

Coughs
Most children will have at least six respiratory infections each year. These are almost always mild, last only a few days and have no consequences. Children will simply get a blocked, runny nose, may have a mild fever and feel slightly unwell. In young babies (who are nose breathers) feeding can become difficult for a couple of days.

Mumps

Mumps
Mumps is a common viral infection, often causing no symptoms at all.