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Could My Child Have Sleep Apnea?

“He sounds like his grandfather when he sleeps.” “I can hear her down the hall.” “I don’t know how someone ...

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Does my baby need an organic crib mattress? Answers from a mom-pediatrician

Are organic crib mattresses safer for babies? What are the risks of traditional crib mattresses and are organic crib mattresses ...

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Choosing presence over presents

Now that Halloween is over, there is a huge surge in advertising for the holiday season…ALREADY! Our children easily fall ...

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True confession: I accidentally showed my kids porn

It’s true, I had naked people all over the big-screen TV in my living room. I was trying to show ...

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Are you prepared for an emergency?

When a category 4 tornado hit St. Louis in 2011, ripping the roof off our airport, I was home alone ...

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Toe Walking: Should you be concerned?

Walking is such an important milestone in young children that anything that is “not typical” about it, causes parents a ...

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How TVs can kill kids. Hint: it’s not the content

TVs that are unstably mounted often fall on industrious toddlers trying to reach them. According to the study, “Television-Related Injuries ...

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How much screen time is OK for kids? New guidelines on children and media use from the American Academy of Pediatrics

For years pediatricians have said that kids shouldn’t have more than 2 hours per day of recreational screen time, and ...

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Talking to Kids about Scary Events: Oregon school shooting

We have shared this advice too many times on this blog – about twice each year over the last three ...