Keeping kids safe is top on the minds of most parents, but sometimes hazards are just not that obvious. Introducing foods to infants and toddlers can be great fun, but it also brings opportunities for danger. A little knowledge about how to avoid choking can go a long way in avoiding serious emergencies. I wrote [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Safety’
August 5, 2009
Hacking Up a Lung: What is the Best Cough Medicine for Kids?
Coughing children are a big problem. They can’t sleep. They keep their parents awake. They sound dreadful. They cough so hard they barf (ick). Every parent, at some time, comes to me desperately seeking a cure for their child’s cough. The children are usually desperate too, though after his mom told me that [...]
July 2, 2009
Going Nuts: The Latest on the Pistachio Recall
First peanuts, now pistachios…. What can a hungry child eat anymore? After Salmonella infections were identified in peanuts, many parents are nervous about feeding their young children products containing peanuts and have switched to alternative nut products. Recently, however, Salmonella bacteria have been detected some pistachio products processed by Seton Pistachio of Terra [...]
June 23, 2009
Keeping Fit as Parents: When Can You Use a Jogging Stroller
Many of the active parents in my practice, eager to stay fit in this new phase of their lives, want to know when they can go jogging with their new baby. A pediatrician friend of mine recently asked my opinion on the subject. He also forwarded me an email he got from their pediatrician.
April 6, 2009
Face Forward: When Can You Turn the Car Seat Around?
Boy have times changed. Child safety seats are now recommended for all children younger than age 8. But I remember the days when the whole neighborhood squeezed into my mom’s Buick station wagon (adorned, of course, with faux wood panel siding, in full 70′s style.) We cruised to the swimming pool or the ice cream parlor with [...]
January 4, 2009
Dog Food May be Yummy, But Beware: On The Pet Food Salmonella Outbreak
My general philosophy about childhood is that kids should get down and dirty as much as possible. I think that dirt is good for kids (as are stubbed toes and scraped elbows). Builds character! So when parents tell me that their kid ate some sand at the beach or the playground, I tell them not [...]
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