As Mother’s Day approaches, we give you our first Two Peds in a Pod “Top Ten List.” Top Ten Skills You Acquire as a Mother 10) Not being completely grossed out by…
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This truth we know for certain: teething causes teeth. We all can picture our babies chewing on their fingers and toys and drooling before getting their first tooth. But what other symptoms…
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It’s only 3 p.m. on a Saturday and one of my children is in the shower for the second time today washing off the pollen which has turned her face into a…
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“Help, help, my EAR HURTS!!!” I admit to having no statistics on this observation, but as a pediatrician and a mom, I have observed that ear infections strike disproportionately on Friday nights.…
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As I pack for an upcoming family vacation, I am reminded of the numerous questions over the years that parents have asked me about traveling with children. Often they ask, what is the…
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Do vaccines cause autism? Concerned parents ask me this question, and I am relieved to be able to tell them “NO.” Amazingly, most of the autism/vaccine hoopla can be traced to one…
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Just last night my ten year old sounded the “MOMMY, MOMMY!!!” alarm in the middle of the night. Almost without opening my eyes I went to his room and calmly walked him…
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My sister-in-law was startled when brown spots began to appear on her preschooler’s teeth. A trip to the dentist revealed that my nephew had eleven cavities, the result of constantly drinking juice…
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Remember Elmer Fudd from the Bug Bunny cartoons? He was the hunter who would say “Where’s the wascally wabbit?” instead of “Where’s the rascally rabbit?” Think how frustrated Elmer was as a…
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Ode to the Binkie Bed time when toddlers start to shout, It is you, dear binkie, who knocks them out. Those thumb suckers look so snide, But haven’t been without you on…
