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