Just a reminder of child vaccinations, check up and review schedules as well as interpreting height and weight charts.

Coughs and colds that go around nurseries are a natural part of childhood and nigh on impossible to avoid. The typical child, for example, will have had an average of 8 colds in the first 18 months of life.

Many people are confused about the facts behind the MMR vaccine. Here are ten Top Myths and Top Truths abou the MMR vaccine, so you can be sure you are doing the right thing.

When my child has a temperature should I give him Ibuprofen, Paracetamol or a combination of both?

When your child has a fever both these drugs are entirely appropriate, and you can use either or both.

Knowing how best to take your child's temperature when you are worried she may have a fever can be very confusing. Here are many ways of measuring a temperature: by mouth, under the arm, in the ear or in the rectum.