Be an Advocate for Your Child
Too often I see or hear of, parents following the advice of someone else when it comes to their child, whether the parent agrees or disagrees with the advice. One would think that parents would always do what they think is best for their child and they usually do. But sometimes doctors, teachers, and even [...]
Parenting Through the Milestones: When Babies Reach Them
It seems as though as soon as a baby is born, the parents start looking for them to achieve milestones. First we want them to hold their head up, then we want them to roll over and then we start thinking about crawling and walking. The rolling over milestone is really the first big movement [...]
Splints May Work As Well As a Cast In Young Children
One of the most common serious injuries in children is a fractured wrist. While it is a problem that is considerably easier to heal from (even if uncomfortable) with a few weeks in a cast, the time can be hard for the younger set. Casts are itchy and uncomfortable, and they can be worse for [...]
What Does The Health Care Bill Mean For You?
Image by cena carioca via Flickr President Obama today has signed the Health Care Bill, with an overall goal of a sweeping overhaul of the health care industry. There are many changes, and ideas that will be going slowly into effect over the next few years, and while there are many [...]
Should Obese Children Be Able to Get Surgery
Image via CrunchBase An article in the New York Times has been raising some debate over children and weight loss surgery, namely gastric bypass surgery. It does goes into a considerable amount of detail over one girl’s experience, her name is Brittany Caesar and the article points out- she was the first [...]
