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Your child's hearing and vision will be discussed with you at various Well Child checks before your child turns 4 years of age. If your child does have a hearing or vision problem, finding it early is good for their learning and development.

Measles can be a serious illness. Make sure your tamariki (children) are vaccinated against measles. Immunisation is the best protection.

Mild jaundice is common in pēpi (babies), but baby jaundice is not always normal. If your baby has yellow skin or eyes and pale poo or dark (yellow or brown) wee, your baby needs a special blood test. See a health professional or midwife as soon as possible.

Protect tamariki (children) against measles. It can be very dangerous and spreads faster than almost any other illness. Vaccination is the best protection against measles.

Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) is a kidney disease that mostly affects tamariki (children). The main symptoms are blood in the wee and sometimes puffy eyes.

From 2 to 5 years after cancer treatment has finished, your child or young person will transfer into long-term follow-up care. This focuses on long-term problems that may be the result of the disease or treatment. Remember, many rangatahi (young people) do not develop any long-term problems.

Febrile seizures are a common childhood problem. They happen in tamariki (children) between the ages of 6 months and 6 years.

Depression is a serious illness that can make it hard to do everyday activities. It is important to get help if you think your child may be depressed.

Anxiety is a common and natural feeling that everybody experiences. If anxiety is significantly impacting your child's life, it's important to get help.

If your child has cancer, please talk to your child's healthcare team before using any complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) for your child. Some CAM treatments, even vitamins, can interfere with standard medical treatment or can be unsafe for your child with cancer. 

When your child is getting ready to go home from hospital, feelings of excitement can be mixed with feelings of anxiety for everyone in the whānau (family). 

If your child has had a cancer diagnosis, you and your whānau (family) should know that you are not alone. Support is available.

Find out about some techniques you can use to help your child cope with their cancer treatment.

Play is how tamariki (children) make sense of the world around them. In hospital, it helps them to express their feelings and worries, understand what is happening and cope with treatment. This information is for child cancer patients in hospital but is also relevant to any child in hospital.

Sometimes, if your child has lost a lot of weight or has not been eating very well for a period of time, they may need tube feeding. 

Some medicines used during cancer treatment can temporarily change the way food tastes for your child. This can affect their appetite and enjoyment of meals.