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A cough in the night
I remember when I was pregnant with my first child, many friends and acquaintances with children remarked that becoming a ...
Rethinking Your Baby’s First Few Minutes of Life
Think back to when your babies were born—what happened in those first 5-10 minutes of life? Did you hold your ...
Giving your child medicine: Avoid the comedy of errors
“How hard is it to give a kid medication? The kid is not the boss!” a new naïve doctor exclaimed ...
Sickness on the Prairie: What Really Made Mary Ingalls go Blind?
Remember how Mary Ingalls of Little House on the Prairie went blind, supposedly from scarlet fever? Medical historians have just ...
Best Advice for New Moms – and All Moms!
“Best Advice for New Moms Ever” was the title of a blog post I read recently. Curious mom and pediatrician ...
After a Head Injury – When to get back in the game?
It’s the day after the Super Bowl and while we all still have football on our minds, I wanted to ...
To reward or not to reward?
A question I commonly hear from parents is, “Why should I reward my child for a behavior that he should ...
The Worst Junk Foods for your Kids
It’s Super Bowl week, and time to indulge in guilty junk-food pleasures. In honor of this American tradition, I’m dedicating ...
Baby Spit-up: Medical Problem or Laundry Problem?
One of the more common problems we encounter in pediatrics is spit up or reflux. Sorting through whether a baby ...