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Tips from keeping your child cool to using lots of moisturiser - check the top 10 tips when caring for your child with eczema.

The Ministry of Health recommends exclusive breastfeeding for around the first 6 months of your baby's life and then continuing once your baby starts solids until 12 months and beyond to give your baby the best start in life.

All pēpi (babies), tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people) receiving palliative care have unique needs. Over the course of your child’s serious illness, your healthcare team will support your child’s needs and discuss plans with you.

Community water fluoridation is an effective, safe and affordable way to prevent and reduce tooth decay for everyone.

Whooping cough can make pēpi (babies) very sick and some pēpi can die. Having whooping cough immunisation in pregnancy protects pēpi in their first weeks of life. Start vaccinating pēpi the day they turn 6 weeks old to keep protecting them.

Glucose monitoring is important for tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people) with diabetes. 

Infant botulism is a very rare condition. Honey is a known source of the bacteria spores that cause botulism. Pēpi (babies) should be at least 12 months old before they eat honey.

There are many formulas available.

Only cow's milk formula for pēpi (babies) under 12 months.

Tamariki (children) and pēpi (babies) who are not responding and not breathing normally will need CPR.

Labelled photos to give you some finger food ideas for your baby from 8 to 12 months.

Being food smart is Oscar Kightley's passion - clean, cook, chill and you'll be food smart too.

Some suggestions for first foods.

Whānau Āwhina Plunket is a Well Child provider. It is Aotearoa New Zealand's largest provider of support services for the development, health and wellbeing of tamariki (children) and whānau (family).

The B4 School Check is a free health and development check for your 4 year old. It's the final Well Child Tamariki Ora check. It helps give your child the best start at school. Remember to take your child's My Health Book with you to the check.

The Well Child Tamariki Ora programme is a series of health visits and support that are free to all whānau (families) for tamariki (children) from around 6 weeks up to 5 years of age.