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  • Does your newborn need a Vitamin K injection immediately after birth?

    Those first moments after your baby is born can feel like a whirlwind.

  • Help your child get a good night’s sleep

    Written by Betty Cheney, MD, MPH

  • Developmental Disabilities: Your Child’s Milestones Matter

     

  • How To Help Your Sensitive Child Thrive

    If your child seems to cry more than usual, even over seemingly minor issues, they may be wired genetically to be extra sensitive. Highly sensitive children are more responsive to their environment, intensely perceptive and can get overwhelmed easily. Parenting your highly sensitive child is different than parenting other children, and it begins with seeing this sensitivity as a gift.

  • Think Your Child Is Depressed? It Could Be Something Else

    Children face more pressure than ever before to perform well in school and sports, to hold down jobs and family responsibilities, and to have social lives. It’s no surprise they sometimes feel overwhelmed. Unfortunately, stress is a part of our daily lives, but you can help your child learn to cope with it. You also can recognize and manage your role in adding pressure to your kids.

  • Celebrating Your Child's Birthday During COVID-19

    With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many children have experienced a very different birthday than ever before. Families have stayed together but physically separated from others to try to halt increasing COVID-19 transmission rates in their communities. Large gatherings — and some small gatherings — have been discouraged or forbidden by local authorities. Parties at restaurants, parks and other places have had to be canceled, no doubt a crushing blow for children. 

  • Caden visits WFTV Channel 9 News station

    A few months back, I shared and told you how he and his family have overcome incredible obstacles as he deals with autism.

  • No more heading in youth soccer, but is this enough to keep kids safe?

    Concussions are a hot topic these days, and for good reason.

  • Fun and (Secretly) Healthy Holiday Gifts for Kids

    When selecting a child’s gift for the holidays this year, think of educational toys that stimulate learning, inspire imagination or encourage the use of fine and gross motor skills. 

  • How to Make Time-out an Effective Discipline Strategy

    As a pediatric resident, I spend a lot of time discussing discipline with the parents of toddlers.  I have found that many parents struggle to find an effective method of disciplining their children; they often try various forms of discipline, but are unable to find a method that really works. I begin discussing discipline at a child’s 12-month checkup so that parents have the tools necessary to establish a discipline technique early and use it effectively as their child grows.