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Healthy Relationships and Children

Children begin to learn about interpersonal relationships as early as infancy. It begins with understanding the roles their caretakers play in their lives. As they grow up, children’s knowledge of...

Published on February 12, 2024

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Secure Your Sanity First, Then Your Child's

So…you’re thinking of going on a vacation with your small child. And you need to fly. With her. Let’s do what our moms told us to do and make a...

Published on June 20, 2016

Illness Prevention & Management

A Red Eye Outta Nowhere!

Quick Monday morning clinic Have you or your child ever randomly had a red ‪‎eye‬ that looks a bit like this guy’s? When there’s a collection of ‪blood‬ under the...

Published on June 20, 2016

Illness Prevention & Management

Digital Doctor

Just like Mr. T from the A-team (I’m completely dating myself here), I love it when a plan comes together. And I thought, since it’s been a very heavy hearted...

Published on June 14, 2016

Illness Prevention & Management

Rub a dub dub ... did you just say bleach in the tub?

“Maybe try twice weekly bleach baths to help his chronic eczema.” Ummmmmm, what. Medicine is shocking sometimes. Ok, a lot. We see and do things that run the spectrum from...

Published on June 6, 2016

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Your child is having a panic attack

I hear a lot of people toss out the phrase “panic attack” in very dramatic fashion when describing events that are stressful or frightening. Of course most of the time...

Published on May 29, 2016

Injury Prevention & Management

THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MARKET….

If your kids are anything like mine, their feet seem to grow out of proportion to the rest of their bodies (no science here) and I feel like I’m constantly...

Published on May 23, 2016

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Herpetic Whitwhat?

I met Jackson a while ago at work. He was 20 months old at the time and came in with a blistery red rash around the tip of his right...

Published on May 16, 2016

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Ticks are just plain ICK

Tick season is here. Yes, it is. Do you have a bad psycho-emotional response to ticks? Because I do. I’m proud to report that I’m a general lover of all...

Published on May 9, 2016

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True Confessions: I obsess over my child's eating habits

Most parents I know have at least one thing that they obsess about—their child’s speech development, motor function, or maybe even when their baby will get some hair on her...

Published on May 2, 2016

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Shots for Kids: What Parents Should Know About Vaccinations

This article appeared on CheatSheet.com by Sheiresa Ngo April 27, 2016 If you have young children, you may be overwhelmed by all of the information on childhood vaccinations. The information...

Published on April 27, 2016