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Enterovirus D-68: Is it more dangerous than we thought?

If you weren’t afraid of this rapidly spreading cold virus before, you might be now. This persistent and now prevalent ...

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Time Outs – Are they hurting your children?

There was a recent article published in Time Magazine about time outs being bad for your children. What?? Talk about ...

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When the Back-to-School Honeymoon is over: Handling problems in the classroom

Most children are now four to six weeks into the new school year. The initial weeks of school often are ...

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Online Physician Reviews – Buyer Beware

About a quarter of parents have used online reviews to choose their child’s pediatrician, according to a study published this ...

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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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Tips for Tiny Teeth

There is nothing quite like seeing your baby smile with that first tiny tooth peeking through. Take plenty of pictures ...

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Do you have a favorite child?

When we hear parents talk endlessly about the quirks of one child and the awesomeness of the other, it almost ...

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Nipple twiddling while nursing- how to stop the tweeks

I thought twice about writing on this topic– it seemed almost indecent– but many moms have nervously asked me to ...

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Enterovirus: taking the myths out of the mystery virus

“Mysterious”, “tip of the iceberg”, “outbreak”, the list goes on. It made me nervous to watch the news and hear ...