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Dry skin leaves many children itchy and uncomfortable. The winter months are often tough on everyone’s skin, including children. The air is drier in general, and home heating systems adds to the dryness. Sun exposure and chlorine or salt pool water contribute to dry skin in the summer. No matter what the cause, treating your child’s skin prevents further skin irritation and prevents additional dryness.

It’s hard as a parent to see your toddler coughing, especially if that coughing is keeping her up at night. You might be tempted to reach for some cough medicine to help her sleep. It’s important, however, to resist the urge to treat your toddler’s cough with over-the-counter medications. In 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning that cough and cold medicines marketed for children can have serious side effects in children under the age of 2.

It’s normal for children to cough once in a while, but a recurring cough can be alarming for both you and your child. Recurring coughs are defined as those that last for a long time or return again and again, according to DrPaul.com. Recurring coughs are a symptom, which means they have an underlying cause. The key to stopping the coughing is to find and treat the cause.

While your baby can’t speak up and tell you that he has a sore throat, you’ll probably be able to tell when his throat hurts him by its bright red color and by changes in his behavior. Since it hurts to swallow, he may not want to eat or may cry when you try to feed him. Most sore throats in infants are caused a cold or the flu, although some babies may have allergies, tonsillitis, or in rare cases, strep throat.