Medication Tips & Safety
Quick Answer: What To Do If Your Child Gets a Double Dose of Medicine If your child accidentally receives an extra dose of medicine, contact Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 (US) right away for guidance, even if your child seems fine. You can also contact your child'
Medication Tips & Safety
I don’t like to brag, but I consider myself a bit of an expert at giving yucky medicine. I worked for years at a children’s hospital, where I learned all the tricks of the trade from superstar pediatric nurses. Between nursing and pharmacy, we usually found a solution
Stomach & GI Issues
I've been puked on more times in my life than I care to remember, and 99% of those times have been from one of my children bringing home the virus of the month (or week?) from school or daycare. It's like a fruit of the month
Asthma & Allergies
Once winter rolls around, allergy season usually winds down in our house. Personally, I don’t love the winter because cold air hurts my face (why do I live somewhere where the air hurts my face?!), but there are some perks – playing in the snow and the lack of pollen!
Respiratory Viruses
Cold season has a special talent for humbling parents. One minute, you are confident and well rested. The next, you are standing in your kitchen at 2 a.m. holding a humidifier manual, trying to understand the English language with only one eye open. As a parent, I will fully
Stomach & GI Issues
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,
Stomach & GI Issues
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
Health & Wellness
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
Vaccines
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 RSV in
Behavior & Development
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 feet.
Health & Wellness
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
Asthma & Allergies
As a mom, I notice a pattern every fall and winter. 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,