Children's Health
Supporting Your Child's Health
at Every Stage
Trusted resources, expert guidance, and curated tools to help parents navigate childhood development, vaccinations, sleep, and more.
Emergency Services & Preparedness
When Every Second Counts
CPR and Resuscitation Training
SickKids — Learn life-saving CPR and resuscitation techniques designed for families.
Visit SickKids CPR ResourcesSick Kids Hospital
Canada's most research-intensive hospital and the largest centre dedicated exclusively to improving children's health.
Visit SickKidsPatient Resources & Education
Tools and Guidance for Growing Families
A curated collection of trusted resources covering vaccination, development, feeding, sleep, autism support, and positive parenting.
The Newman Breastfeeding Clinic — International Breastfeeding Centre
Breastfeeding support by Dr. Jack Newman — expert guidance for nursing families.
Cookies and Cribs — Sleep Consulting
Promoting Healthy Independent Sleep Habits
Children's Treatment Network (CTN)
CTN supports over 33,000 kids and youth with disabilities and developmental needs. We provide intake, service navigation and coordinated service planning, assessment and diagnostic services, specialized clinics and rehabilitation services, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech language therapy.
Curious Neuron
Emotional resilience for you and your child.
Nurtured First
Effective Parenting Courses and Resources
Lovevery
Discover what your child is capable of with The Play Kits — By Age. Stage-based play and guidance designed by experts to support your child's development.
Parenting Courses — Triple P Positive Parenting
Positively influence your child's skills and development — this full toolkit of tips and ideas really works!
Recommended Reading
Books on Children
Children: the Challenge: The Classic Work on Improving Parent-Child Relations
Raising Your Spirited Child
Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
The Wonder Weeks: A Stress-Free Guide to Your Baby's Behavior
Everything a new parent needs to know about their baby's 10 magical "leaps" — and when to expect them — in a new, modern sixth edition of The Wonder Weeks.
Twelve Hours' Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old: A Step-by-Step Plan for Baby Sleep Success
There is no bigger issue for healthy infants than sleeping through the night. In this simple, straightforward book, Suzy Giordano presents her amazingly effective "Limited-Crying Solution" that will get any baby to sleep for twelve hours at night — and three hours in the day — by the age of twelve weeks old.
The Happiest Baby on the Block; Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition: The New Way to Calm Crying
Never again will you have to stand by helplessly while your little baby cries and cries. There is a way to calm most crying babies — usually in minutes!
The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep: Simple Solutions for Kids from Birth to 5 Years
Parenting Your Child to Sleep: Establishing Healthy Sleep Habits in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool
Several of these books address infant and child sleep. Explore our Sleep Medicine resources →
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— Dr. Michael Varenbut
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