Vaccination
Expanded immunization program in Ontario
To protect vulnerable people and reduce the costs of health care, the Government of Ontario added three vaccines to the immunization program funded by the public sector.
Child
Vaccination
Dyspraxia
Developmental dyspraxia : the invisible handicap
Children affected with dyspraxia generally look very normal and seem to function normally. Nonetheless, they are often unable to be entirely autonomous. Let’s take a better look at dyspraxia.
September 2, 2011
Difference and Handicaps
Special childcare services
There are over a thousand childcare services in Quebec, 80% of which are childcare centers (CPE) and home childcare services. If most of them offer traditional services, some stand out by their unique clientele.
August 29, 2011
Infections, Diseases and Booboos
Fever
Fever in itself is not a disease. It is a symptom resulting from a disease, most often from an infection such as the flu or another childhood disease.
August 29, 2011
Infections, Diseases and Booboos
When should you go to the emergency room?
Big scratches? Little accident? Fever? Suspicious spots? Sure, your child is not well but should you go to the emergency room? Motherforlife helps you decide whether or not you should go.
August 22, 2011
Bath
Bathing your baby
Giving your baby a bath is keeping him clean, of course, but it is also a great moment of relaxation, pleasure and complicity. Bath time is a privileged moment to share with him.
August 8, 2011
Learnings
Developmental effects of music on young children
Regardless of their age, music is an integral part of children’s lives. The more they are exposed to it, the better their overall development.
July 24, 2011
Sexuality
Baby discovers his sexuality
Soon after birth, the newborn experiments his sexuality! It is already present in utero and it keeps developing the whole life through, even though it is expressed differently according to your age.
July 20, 2011
Learnings
First Steps Toward Reading and Writing
These fundamental skills are developed from early childhood. They play a role in how well your child will succeed in school.
July 10, 2011
Behaviours and Discipline
Should we worry about aggressive behaviour?
The seriousness and frequency of aggressive acts is what differentiates a child that acts “normally” from a child with a chronic behavioural problem. Should we be worried about it?
June 12, 2011
Teeth
Little history of the Tooth Fairy
When a child starts losing his milk teeth, he discovers one of the mythical childhood characters : the tooth fairy!
June 5, 2011
Behaviours and Discipline
Little emperors
Who are they and what are the causes of this growing social phenomenon? What can we do as parents to avoid having a little emperor?
