These guidelines are authored and published by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, the national professional association of pediatricians in India, and are shared here for parents' quick reference. Read More →

Parental Guidelines.

How To Take Care of My Child

Guidelines for Healthy Eating and Junk Food

Guidelines for Normal Sleep and Physical Activity

Guideline for Dental Care, Diapers, and Clothing

Guidelines for Prevention of Accidents and Injuries

Screentime Guidelines for Parents

Guideline for School and My Child: Parental Concerns Regarding Schooling

Guideline for Toys, Plays, And Sports

Guideline for Early Childhood Development

Guideline for Studies, Coaching, and Vocational Counseling

Guideline for Traveling with children

Preventing Diseases by Immunization

Guideline for Vaccination

Guideline for Dealing with Adverse Events Following Immunization

Behavioral and Developmental Issues

Guideline for Prepare Your Child to Deal with Bullying

Guideline for Thumb-sucking, Temper Tantrums and PICA

Guideline for Enuresis and Encopresis

Guideline for Stammering and Stuttering

Guideline for When and How Do I Suspect and Prevent Abuse in My Child?

Guideline for AUTISM

Guideline for Care of an Inattentive/Hyperactive Child

Guideline for When to Suspect Specific Learning Disability in Your Child?

Guideline for Care of a Child with Intellectual Disability

Is My Child Growing Well?

Guideline for How My Child Grows

Normal Development and When to Suspect Abnormal Development?

Guideline for When to Suspect Visual Impairment and Care of a Child with Visual Impairment?

Guideline for When to Suspect Hearing Impairment and Care of a Child with Hearing Impairment

Understanding My Adolescent Child

Guideline for Normal Psychosocial Development in Adolescents

Guideline for Attainment of Puberty

Guideline for Mental Health Issues in Adolescents

Guideline for Eating Disorders : Anorexia and Bulimia

Infections

Guidelines for Fever

Guideline for My Child has a Fever with Rash

Guideline for Typhoid

Guideline for Viral Hepatitis

Guideline for Suspecting a Serious Bacterial Illness

Guideline for Tuberculosis in Children

Guideline for Care of a Child with HIV/Child Born to HIV Positive Mother

Guideline for Care of a Child with Immune Deficiency

Guideline for Preventing Mosquito-borne Illnesses

Nutrition

Guidelines for Breastfeeding

Guideline for Complementary Feeding

Guideline for Vitamins and Minerals for My Child

Guideline for Nutrition Between 1 and 2 Years of Age

Guideline for Nutrition for Preschoolers (2–5 Years)

Guideline for Nutrition for Children Between 5–12 Years

Guideline for Nutrition of Adolescents (10–19 Years)

Guideline for Which Nutritional Supplements are Needed for My Child?

Guideline for Prevention and Care of Malnutrition in Children

Guidelines for obesity

Newborn Infants

Guideline for How Do I Prepare for Arrival of My Newborn Baby?

Physiological Variations in a Newborn

Guideline for Care of the Low Birthweight Newborn

Guideline for Identifying a Sick Newborn

Guideline for Neonatal Jaundice

Guideline for Birth Defects

Cardiovascular Disorders

Guideline for Care of a Child with Congenital Heart Disease

Guideline for Importance of Checking Blood Pressure in Children

Guideline for Taking Care of My Child After Heart Surgery

Endocrinologic Disorders

Guideline for My Child is Not Growing Well : How to Monitor and Manage?

Guideline for Early and Late Puberty

Guideline for Hypothyroidism: Congenital and Acquired

Guidelines for Diarrhea

Gastro-Intestinal Disorders

Guidelines for Care of a child with Diabetes Mellitus

Guideline for Caring for a Child with Celiac Disease

Guideline for The Constipated Kid

Guideline for How to Deal with Recurrent Abdominal Pain?

Guideline for Care of a Child with Chronic Liver Disease

Hematological Disorders

Guideline for Thalassemia: What Parents Need to Know?