Tag: children
group name: baby
|
February 08, 2008 01:15 PM EST --
My 19 year old daughter had a baby on October 31. The child is now 3+ months old. His birth weight was 7 lbs 2 oz. Now he weighs almost 20 lbs. When we came home from the hospital my . . .
more
|
|
June 15, 2009 01:55 PM EDT --
Parents are often distressed when the full head of hair on their cute newborn suddenly melts away. In fact, many babies begin to look like their dads! A study done several years ago showed that many . . .
more
|
|
June 15, 2008 08:34 AM EDT --
Happy Father's Day to all you special Dads out there, may you have a good one!
The house is a bit lonely today, as E had his first overnight with his dad and other grandparents. I haven't . . .
more
|
|
February 23, 2009 11:57 AM EST --
You may have heard your baby’s pediatrician say, “We cannot treat this illness because it is caused by a virus, not a bacteria.” Just what is the difference between the two?
A virus is an infectious . . .
more
|
|
December 10, 2007 05:14 PM EST --
It is that time of year again.
In the midst of the holiday season, advertisements for toys and other gifts are everywhere. In the face of this media blitz, it is not surprising that many kids develop . . .
more
|
|
June 13, 2008 08:17 PM EDT --
I should have been writing this all along. Well, here goes.
Many of you know we were blessed by a new live-in grandson last October. Well, he is 7 1/2 months old now. He grew very . . .
more
|
|
January 10, 2008 12:25 PM EST --
Yesterday my daughter turned three months old. I never realized just how much you could love a person until I became pregnant with her. Sure I love my husband, but he isn't dependent . . .
more
|
|
January 03, 2008 10:18 PM EST --
I took lily to the dr this morning because she still had 103 fever,they did urine which was fine and another chest x-ray which was negative,Her blood work showed that her white count is low but the dr . . .
more
|
|
June 14, 2008 09:48 AM EDT --
The more I take care of our little grandson, E, the more I realize how much I either don't remember or missed when our children were small. I raised 2 of our children from birth, the other 3 . . .
more
|
|
November 28, 2007 10:40 AM EST --
Each year, 3,000–4,000 Americans die from choking, or pulmonary aspiration — about the same as the number who die by drowning. Choking happens mainly during meals, and meat is the chief culprit. . . .
more
|
|
September 23, 2008 09:47 AM EDT --
When my eldest, Michaela, was a toddler (she’s 17 now), I felt ahead of the game when it came to potty training. After all, I was a pediatrician. A brand new pediatrician, perhaps, but I’d learned . . .
more
|
|
April 13, 2009 01:22 PM EDT --
It is the season of college acceptances and rejections, which always stirs up feelings of angst in the hearts of parents. To compete in the world today, it helps to be armed with a good education and . . .
more
|
|
February 10, 2009 11:20 AM EST --
Few families today have nine children (although apparently having fourteen is back in fashion), but I sometimes evoke what I call the “Rule of Nine” when families are having trouble setting limits on . . .
more
|
|
November 28, 2007 10:19 AM EST --
The recent news coverage about the lead paint on toys has made me think of a conversation I once had with a woman I’d always thought of as a sensible person and a great mom. She told me . . .
more
|
|
October 29, 2007 04:37 PM EDT --
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under 2 years watch no television at all and that older children watch only 1 to 2 hours per day. But children in the United States are watching . . .
more
|
|
October 29, 2007 04:38 PM EDT --
It's fall, and that chill in the air means that the cold and flu season is upon us once again. Over the next few months, we will see lots of sniffles, sneezes, coughs, sore throats and, other symptoms . . .
more
|
|
December 15, 2008 11:01 AM EST --
Are you confused about flu vaccines? If so, you are not alone. The recommendations change from year to year, and so each fall, parents are barraged with information about when, whether, and how to get . . .
more
|
|
April 20, 2009 10:45 AM EDT --
Have you heard of the allergic salute? This is the motion of a hand rising up to rub a runny and itchy nose over and over again. Allergic shiners are the dark circles that some children have under their . . .
more
|
|
July 22, 2008 12:27 PM EDT --
Every time I enter an exam room to see a child and the parents, I want to make the most out of the visit. I want to make sure I take care of the child, and I want to make sure I help and educate the parents, . . .
more
|
|
December 04, 2007 10:28 PM EST --
My Grandson discovered the Christmas tree lights tonight. He just started staring at the tree. I put him on his play pad and he lay there a good half hour, just looking at the tree. He . . .
more
|
|
|
|
