How to Wash Your Hands to Avoid Illness It’s important to start being mindful about this huge way to stay well: wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds multiple times a day and don’t shake hands with anyone, bump fists or nudge elbows instead! Don’t assume the person is not a source […]
Alleviating the Coronavirus Fear Factor in Your Home One of our top teachings in the Dr. Sears Wellness Institute is how to change a problem into an opportunity for personal growth. The coronavirus scare is your opportunity. Early on you want to imprint into fertile little brain gardens the top key to stress management; “you […]
Coronavirus Insights We all are feeling overloaded with information regarding the coronavirus, some credible and some not so credible, from a multimedia overload. The good news is that the coronavirus, thus far, seems to be at lowest risk in infants and young children. Seniors over the age of 60, especially those with chronic medical conditions, […]
When to Wear a Mask for COVID-19 – Thursday, April 2, 2020 A Kid’s Point of View on Coronavirus – Monday, March 16, 2020 COVID-19 Testing – Saturday, March 14, 2020 Coronavirus Update – Thursday, March 12, 2020
Smoothie for Immune Boosting Children often don’t feel like eating following a cold or illness. Their nutrition suffers and their immune system suffers. This accounts for the common occurrence of getting one infection after another. It’s best to keep so well nourished that the nutritional reserves can withstand several days of poor eating. Drink this […]
Top reasons for making your own baby food: Baby food doesn’t have to come in jars. Making your own baby food at home is not difficult. Baby food is simply strained, pureed, or mashed adult food, just a different version of the food you prepare for yourself. Three good reasons for making your own baby […]
Morning Sickness or Pregnancy-Induced Nausea (PIN) Yes, that feeling that you’ve been hearing about and dreading may have started by now. The term “morning sickness” is misleading, as this queasiness can occur in the morning, afternoon, evening, or middle of the night. Instead of calling it morning sickness, in our practices, we refer to it […]
How to Treat Fifth Disease You get a call from school. “Your child has fifth disease, please come pick her up.” As you rush to school in a panic, you picture your child lying on a couch in the nurse’s office, lethargic, high fever, moaning. “What is fifth disease anyway,” you ask yourself. “Is it […]
Causes of Night Waking for Babies As a pediatrician, one of the reasons I am becoming increasingly cautious about insensitively using the cry-it-out approach to get babies to sleep longer is that doctors and parents assume that a night waking baby has bad sleeping habits and they miss underlying painful causes of night waking. Suspect […]
8 Tips to Help Navigate Your Baby’s Sleep Challenges “How is the baby sleeping, is he a good baby”? Sound familiar? These are common questions new parents receive, insinuating that a baby who sleeps well is a “good baby”. This is NOT helpful for a sleep-deprived parent to hear, at least it wasn’t for me. […]
(MOTRIN, ADVIL, PEDIACARE FEVER) When Should Ibuprofen be Given to a Kid? Ibuprofen has three actions: it reduces fever, relieves pain and fights inflammation. Typically, ibuprofen for kids is used during teething, earaches, sunburn, fevers, headaches and sore muscles. Ibuprofen Dosage for Kids (See dosing chart below). Although the package might not give a dosage […]
Holistic Ways to Manage Postpartum Depression “What are your tips/experience managing postpartum depression?” Answer: I can certainly speak to the issue of postpartum depression and how to manage this trying time in the lives of some mothers. After the birth of our seventh baby, thirty years ago, I experienced something way more than just the […]
