Toddler | Health

With two children, it's usually double the trouble when there's something infectious going around. Although there's nothing much you can do to prevent the normal childhood illnesses, you can make sure your little ones are protected against anything nastier by keeping their immunisation schedules up-to-date.
Read Key Health Points For Both Your Children

Parties are an excellent excuse for a junk food binge. Here's how to limit the damage without being a spoil-sport.
Read Birthday Party Binges

Many new parents - and some experienced ones, too - are uncertain about how to give medicine.
Read Just a spoonful of sugar

'All you wanted to know about contacting health professionals for your new baby'
Read Contact with health professionals

To help you decide when to watch and wait, and when to call your doctor.
Read If your baby gets ill

Regular tests and check-ups, combined with an awareness of your family's medical history and risk factors, can prevent problems developing at a later stage. Mums need to make sure they don't skip breast examinations, cervical smears and mammograms, and children's eyesight and hearing tests can alert you to issues before they start interfering with progress at school.
Read Your Family Health History

It's important to remember to look after your own health as well as that of your growing family. Take regular exercise, drink plenty of water, and opt for healthy snacks like raw vegetables and fruit.
Read Look After Your Diet And Well-Being

Exercise little and often - you'll soon see the benefits and feel good too. There's no need to sweat at the gym and you can even tone your stomach in bed!
Read A Little Exercise Effort Makes All The Difference

My 22-month-old has begun to go to a day nursery. I've heard that children are ill a lot during the first year of close contact with other children. To boost her immune system, I started to give her deodorised garlic tablets, but then I got concerned about other ingredients and whether they are safe to give to a baby. They are: dicalcium phosphate, microcrystalline cellulose, vegetable stearic acid, croscarmellose sodium, vegetable magnesium stearate and colloidal silicon dioxide. And do you have any other ideas on how to boost a baby's immune system?
Read How can I build up my 22-month-old's immune system?

We all know the importance of learning to conserve our natural resources but it can be fun and educational too! Simple environmentally friendly changes to the daily routine, like walking to school or opting for the stairs over lifts, can make a big difference both to your health and that of the planet.
Read Getting The Family Into Green Habits

Many common childhood infectious illnesses have all but been eliminated.
Read Beating the 'bad bugs'