Your Child's Health

At Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital, your child's health is important to us. The best treatment is to prevent illness and trauma.

Knowing the necessary and appropriate activities and precautions for your child's age group will help you to make wiser decisions. Staying informed on the best safety procedures for children is a good way to avoid accidents and visits to the hospital. And the best preventive care of all is to keep your child vaccinated once they start school.

Some of Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital's trusted resources from the CDC and Louisiana Safety Council on vaccines, school health, child development and safety procedures are listed here:

Vaccine Information

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/parents.htm

Healthy Child Development

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/child/

School Health and Health Topics

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/

Recommended Vaccinations

• Infants and Toddlers
• 2-10 Year Olds
• Preteens and Adolescents
• College

Car Seat Safety

• American Academy of Pediatrics - Child Passenger Safety Best Practice Recommendations (pdf)
• Louisiana Child Passenger Safety Law Appendix A (pdf)
• Child Restraint Replacement after a Crash Appendix D (pdf)

Additional Health and Safety Information

• Infant CPR Parent Handout (pdf)
• Secondhand Smoking (pdf)
• How To Stop Smoking (pdf)

Learn more about how to maintain your family's well-being by visiting the links to the left of this page.