Toddler Health

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• Diagnosis and Tests
• Prevention and Risk Factors
• Treatments and Therapies

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Summary

Most young children get sick. It is hard for parents to know what is serious. You can learn what the common warning signs are. In the end, trust your intuition. If you are worried about your toddler, call your health care provider right away.

Well-child visits are important to your toddler's health. Toddlers will get their recommended vaccines during these visits. Routine exams and screenings help you and your kids prevent and treat health problems as well as chart their growth and development.

Start Here

• Infants and Toddlers (Ages 0-3) - Raising Healthy Children (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Medical Care and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Medical Care and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Diagnosis and Tests

• Chest Pain in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Elimination Problems in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Feeding Problems in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Fever in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Mouth Problems in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Nausea and Vomiting in Infants and Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish

Prevention and Risk Factors

• Hearing Evaluation in Children (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Treatments and Therapies

• How to Give Your Child Medicine (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Treating Vomiting (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish

Related Issues

• Daily Medicine Record for Your Child (Food and Drug Administration)
• Talking to Your Child's Doctor (Nemours Foundation)
• Toddler Nutrition: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
• Well-Child-Care - A Check-Up for Success (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Specifics

• All about Sleep (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Common Childhood Orthopedic Conditions (Nemours Foundation)
• Coughing (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Ear Infections (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Febrile Seizures (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Also in Spanish
• Fever and Taking Your Child's Temperature (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Questions and Answers: Runny Nose (with Green or Yellow Mucus) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Repeated Infections in Children (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Vomiting (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)
• Your Child's Vision (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Statistics and Research

• FastStats: Child Health (National Center for Health Statistics)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Questions Can Answer Questions About Mechanisms of Preschoolers' Selective Word Learning.
• Article: Automatized analysis of children's exposure to child-directed speech in reschool settings:...
• Article: The Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in...
• Toddler Health -- see more articles

Find an Expert

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Also in Spanish
• Find a Pediatrician or Pediatric Specialist (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation)

Patient Handouts

• Your Baby's First Vaccines: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF