One parental job you probably did not anticipate is the upkeep of rapidly growing finger and toe nails. Questions first time parents often ask me include: Should I use clippers or scissors?…
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I heaved a sigh of relief. My children and their friend greeted my husband and me at the door. The children had just baby-sat themselves. I thought everyone was unscathed until I…
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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…
