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• What we can learn from Leelah Alcorn’s suicide

  *this photo was posted on Leelah Alcorn's tumblr site

• Should I bank my baby's cord blood?

  This post was originally published in August 2013 

• What you need to know about car seat safety for your kids

  This post was written with Amber Yampolsky, PT, ATP, CPST, Physical Therapist at Arnold Palmer Hospital

• Solid foods 101: When and how to introduce to your baby

  Written by Summer Vu, DO

• What about me? Providing support to siblings during a hospitalization

  March is National Child Life Month. As a Certified Child Life Specialist in the NICU, I find this month quite exciting. It is a time for Specialists to continue to spread awareness of the need for patient education and support during trying times in the hospital, and most importantly, we celebrate the importance of play! But, patients are not the only family members that Child Life Specialists serve. We also provide education and support to siblings. Regardless of age, siblings can struggle throughout a child’s hospitalization for various reasons, and it is important to recognize ways that they can feel supported and have an understanding of what is going on with their brother or sister in a way that makes sense to them.

• How (and why) to help your child make friends

  I used to think that having an infant was the most difficult time for a mother. I thought once I got my kids eating solid food, pooping in the potty and ready to go to school, that my job would be smooth sailing from there.

• What is Plagiocephaly?

  What do you do if your child has an irregularly shaped head?