“I tested positive for Group B Strep during my first pregnancy, and I was treated during labor with IV antibiotics. I am pregnant with my second child, and my doctor says there is no need to test me for Group B Strep again. He will assume I am positive due to the previous pregnancy’s test […]
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Grinding Teeth
“My 12-month-old grinds his teeth while awake and sleeping what can I do to stop him and will it hurt his teeth?” In general, grinding the baby teeth is not a problem. It is often a sign of teething, very likely for a 12 month old. When he starts losing his baby teeth, the grinding […]
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Green Poops
“My 2-month-old just got his vaccines 1/2 a week ago and afterwards I noticed his stools were dark, sticky greenish. They are still greenish but not sticky, and I’m wondering if this has to do with the vaccines? Coincidentally, we bought a treadmill and I just started using it around the time of his shots, […]
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Good Age to Teach Sports?
“I am the father of a soon to be 3 year old and was excited to begin to teach her how to ski. Is this to early to start an activity like this with a three year old?” I have vivid memories of my brother (Dr Bob) and I tearing around the slopes at a […]
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Forceful or Overactive Let-down
“My 12-week-old is 16 lbs and healthy but often VERY uncomfortable due to extreme overactive let-down when I breastfeed. How do I control this or reduce my milk supply!? I never thought too much of a good thing could be SO hard to handle. Thank you!” When a mother has a forceful let-down reflex, the […]
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Fish for Toddlers
“What guidelines would you suggest for letting toddlers consume fish, especially varieties that may have mercury contamination? Would you wait until the toddler is a specific age to give tuna fish or other similar fish, or serve those fish infrequently?” After a year of age, I recommend adding fish to your toddler’s diet. There is […]
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Fish Oil Supplements for Baby
“Before my baby can eat salmon herself would be it advisable for her to take fish oil supplement? Likewise, would you recommend that moms take such supplement?” After one year of age it is okay to start eating fish – wild salmon being one of the best. No need to start a fish oil supplement […]
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Father – Daughter Relationships
“I am a divorced father in the middle of a pretty bitter custody battle. I have two daughters, 6 and 7 years old. When the kids were young, and my ex and I were married, we practiced attachment parenting. We never spanked, my ex breast fed them until about 18 months, and we all slept […]
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Falling Out of Bed
“Our 9-month-old baby is 25 pounds and walking. In the middle of the night when he wakes, he will sometimes want to stand, crawl, etc. and I fear for his safety (he has already fallen out of bed once when I was in a deep sleep). I am losing so much sleep because of this. […]
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Is the Exer-Saucer Safe?
“I have a 4-month-old and was wondering what your professional opinion is of getting him an exer-saucer to play in! I know your views on walkers and I am definitely not going to get him one of those so do you think an exer-saucer is ok?” My kids loved to play in their “exer-saucer”. This […]
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Excessive Bruising
“My 2 1/2-year-old daughter was just given some blood tests due to bad bruises. It shows that she has low platelets. She needs to get tested next week again and then she may have to see a hematologist. The dr. said she has something called IPT. Is this common in children? Is this a serious […]
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Enlarging Lymph Node
“My 9-week-old son has a lump on the back of his head behind his right ear and also some smaller round ones. When I took him for his 2 mo appt I showed the doctor and he said he thought it was an enlarged lymph node. It seems to have grown since then. It started […]
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