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Constipation Prevention and Treatment After Holiday Travel or Diet Changes

Constipation Prevention and Treatment After Holiday Travel or Diet Changes

My children’s holiday meals usually consist of half a roll, 14 cookies, and whatever soda or juice they manage to con out of a nice unsuspecting relative. If we’re traveling for the holidays, that one holiday meal becomes 6 to 9 meals… leading to constipation. Constipation in children,

Safe Medication Options for Motion Sickness During Travel

Safe Medication Options for Motion Sickness During Travel

It’s family road trip season! If you have ever packed snacks, water bottles, entertainment, and extra clothes only to realize halfway into the trip that you forgot the barf bags, you are not alone. Kids’ motion sickness has a way of announcing itself loudly, and it will leave parents

Holiday Food Safety for Children with Allergies or Special Diets

Holiday Food Safety for Children with Allergies or Special Diets

The holidays create extra challenges for children with food allergies or special diets. Ensuring holiday party food safety requires planning, careful cooking, proper food preparation practices, and clear communication with your kids, other caregivers, and any adults who may offer them food. This quick guide outlines steps parents can take

Updates for Nirsevimab Effectiveness in RSV Prevention

Updates for Nirsevimab Effectiveness in RSV Prevention

I'll never forget when I first started working in a pediatric hospital (too many years ago now), the ICU and medical floors were filled with kids sick with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). It was a little shocking to me; we didn't learn much about it in

Sleep Aids and Melatonin Safety for Children

Sleep Aids and Melatonin Safety for Children

Before I became a parent, I envisioned sweet, loving bedtime moments and chubby little toddlers sleeping peacefully through the night. In my imagination, I'd snuggle with my baby and tell my older kids stories as they drifted off to sleep - all with my dog lying by my

Preventing Dehydration in Kids During Illness or Activities

Preventing Dehydration in Kids During Illness or Activities

Does anyone else spend a good part of their day chasing their kids with water bottles, telling them, "Don't forget to drink this!" or gathering six nearly full water bottles rattling around on the car floor? Or is it just me? We all know we need

Preventing and Managing Fall Asthma Flare-Ups in Cooler Weather

Preventing and Managing Fall Asthma Flare-Ups in Cooler Weather

As a mom, I notice a pattern every fall. My kids develop lingering coughs and sniffles. Strep throat and earaches begin to sneak into my home. It inevitably spreads to my husband or me. I fall asleep every night to the “ode to winter” soundtrack – cough, cough, sniffle, sniffle, hack,