When Should You Call Your Pediatrician
Knowing how to recognize when your child is sick and needs medical attention is important, both to get your child help when he needs it and to prevent unnecessary visits to the doctor or emergency room. |
Ear Infections Treatment Guidelines
Article about how to treat ear infections. |
Kids Height Predictors
Article about kids height predictors that can give a pretty good idea of what your child's future height will be. |
Kids and Food Allergies
Article about what foods mostly cause allergies and how to prevent their developing. |
Understanding BMI
Article about BMI and how to calculate child's height and weight using a simple formula, a BMI calculator, or by looking it up on a BMI wheel or BMI tables. |
Spring Time and Children's Health
This article discusses some tips to keep your child safe and healthy this spring. |
Common Pediatric and Parenting Myths
Article about common pediatric and parenting myths. |
Kids and Weightlifting
Article about strength training programs for children and teens. |
Bedwetting
Bedwetting or nocturnal enuresis is a common and frustrating problem for kids and their parents. Part of the problem is that many families have unrealistic expectations for when kids should stay dry at night. |
HPV Controversy
Article about HPV vaccine which protects girls against four types of HPV, or human papillomavirus, including the two types that cause most cervical cancers and the two types that cause the most genital warts. |
ADD vs ADHD
A lot of people talk about ADD and ADHD as if they were two different things, reserving ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for those kids who are hyperactive and ADD for those aren't. |
Choosing the Day to Quit Smoking
Article about how to choose the best time to quit smoking. |
Preventing Childhood Obesity Recommendations
Article about how to prevent childhood obesity. |
How to Childproof Your Home
Accidents, most of which can be easily prevented, are the leading cause of death for children. You should childproof your home before your infant is becoming mobile (around six months of age). |
Should I have my new baby circumcised?
This is one of the more controversial topics in Pediatrics today. The American Academy of Pediatrics, in their most recent Circumcision Policy Statement, concluded that 'data are not sufficient to recommend routine neonatal circumcision' and that 'parents should determine what is in the best interest of the child'. |
Baby Walkers - Are they safe
In addition to falls down stairs and falls out of their walker, many infants are injured each year as their mobile baby walker makes them a little too mobile and able to get to things that would otherwise be out of reach. This may allow them to reach countertops and get burned or poisoned by things they pull down, drown by falling into a pool, bathtub, or toilet, or simply hurting their fingers and toes if they get pinched. |
Toy Safety - Choosing Safe Toys
Article about how to choose the safe toy for your child. |
10 Healthy Family Resolutions
It's no secret that many parents and their children are overweight. These 10 family resolutions can help you change your family's lifestyle so that you can all become more healthy. |
Breastfeeding your Child Effectively
Article about breastfeeding and ways of knowing that the baby is getting enough. |
Children's Car Seat Safety Guide
Article about how to protect your new baby in the car. |
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