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5 Tips For Surviving Cold & Flu Season
With flu season reaching its peak in January, my office will soon start filling up with parents and their children who are sick with a cold or the flu.
Stool Color in Children
You never know what you’re going to find in your child’s diaper. Most of the time, you’ll get a normal-colored stool, but occasionally, you’ll be surprised with something a bit more technicolor. While you usually don’t have to worry about what you find, it’s smart to know the signs of a more serious problem.
Breastfeeding Tips for Working Moms
New moms face many challenges and decisions in the first few months. Breastfeeding is a decision many moms choose, but working and breastfeeding is often a challenge. Pumping in the supply closet, engorgement and leaking breasts are just a few trials a working mom might face. A commitment to breastfeeding and support from your partner increases your chances of nursing success as you reenter the work force.
Are We Cutting the Cord Too Soon?
Are we depriving our newborns of vital nutrients by rushing the big “cut the cord” moment? The diagnosis and treatment of iron deficiency and iron deficient anemia has become commonplace in pediatric offices across the country. Among children in the developing world, iron is the most common single-nutrient deficiency.
Six Simple Tricks to Help You Save Time in the Kitchen
Every spring we get the rakes and wheelbarrows out to clear away the clutter accumulated in our yards after a long winter. The same goes for our car, as we get our bi-annual tune-up for the faithful vehicle that totes our kids from school to sports practice or ballet lessons and back again.