In this film, Chiropractic physician, Dr Estelle Nella explains how safe, gentle adjustments on infants can help alleviate colic, ear infections and asthma.
Once your baby is born, it's important to check his state of health in case he needs special care. Nurse Kara Schafer talks us through the checks she performs on a newborn baby.
In this film, Nurse Kara Schafer checks a newborn baby's heart, lungs and temperature, then she measures his head and body and cleans him as dad watches on.
Cot death, or Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, claims the lives of one baby every day in Britain. In this film Dr Richard Wilson explains that while nobody knows precisely what causes it, there are several theories which are being studied worldwide.
A mother talks about the grief she felt after baby died from cot death. Bearevement counselling enabled her to cope; and also keeping alive the memory of her daughter.
A mother speaks of the emotional trauma of waking up in the night to find her 10 week old daughter dead. She tells us of the desperate efforts to resuscitate her and her feelings when it became clear there was nothing she could do.
The Baby Channel meets three-year-old Jonathon who has acute lymphocytic leukemia. His paediatrician explains that although this is the most common type of childhood leukemia, it is still extremely rare and the survival rate is 80%.
The role of the police, coroner and judicial system in investigating a cot death. One mother talks of the anger she felt at the accusatorial nature of the process that followed the death of her baby.
Although nobody knows the exact cause of cot death, experts agree there are some things parents can do to reduce the risks. Ann Deri-Bown of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths has some good advice for worried parents.