How to Clean Your Breast Pump: Tips to Keep it Germ-Free
Breast milk offers many benefits to babies and their parents. It provides optimal nutrition to help infants grow. Pumping is one way to maintain your milk supply and provide breast milk when not directly breastfeeding. However, unless it is stored properly once pumped, germs can grow quickly in breast milk. That’s why it is important to make sure all […]
July 5, 2023
read more
Lead Exposure: Steps to Protect Your Family
Lead in the body can affect a child’s development, learning and behavior. Lead is a metal that is found in a lot of places. Children have the most risk factors because they often put their hands and objects into their mouths and their growing bodies tend to easily absorb what they eat. Although you can’t […]
June 21, 2023
read more
Antibiotics for Children: 10 Common Questions Answered
Using antibiotics when they are not the right medicine will not help. In fact, it may even cause more harm than good. Why? Because antibiotics only treat infections caused by bacteria—not viruses. Plus, like all medications, antibiotics have side effects. Before prescribing an antibiotic, your pediatrician will find out if it is the right medicine […]
May 31, 2023
read more
Feeding Your Family Right on a Budget: How to Plan & Shop Smart
You can feed your family healthy meals on a budget, but it helps to have a plan. Here are tips from MyPlate.gov on how to plan and shop on a budget. Try all the tips or start with a few tips. Every effort counts towards feeding your family right! 3 things to plan before you go shopping: […]
May 17, 2023
read more
All About the Recommended Immunization Schedules
Each year, top disease experts—including pediatricians—work together to decide which vaccines to include in the Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger. The schedule is approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health care organizations. It is based on review of […]
May 10, 2023
read more
Finding Mental Health Care for Your Child
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Anxiety and depression are on the rise in kids as young as 3 years old. Today, children and teens are dealing with stressors that most parents never imagined. Over the past few years, they’ve had to adjust to ever-changing routines and expectations at home, at school and in their in-person and online interactions. It has become even […]
May 3, 2023
read more