Parenting Advice
Dehydration – Signs and Symptoms in Children
The headlines describing “extreme heat waves” the past few months are a constant reminder of the harsh temperatures we are seeing this summer. With increased heat comes increased sweating and increased loss of fluids from the body. This loss of…
Teaching Responsibility: Age-Based Expectations
As children grow through various stages of development, they gain the ability to become responsible for a larger variety of tasks. Even young toddlers can be taught to put toys away in a bucket. The skill of gaining responsibility will…
Encourage Your Child To Be Active This Summer
Summertime = fun! School is out, and children tend to have more flexibility in how they spend the day. The weather is usually more conducive to spending time outside, and for children this can translate into hours of active free…
Strange Sleep – Parasomnias of Childhood
Parasomnias are bizarre or strange behaviors, movements, or emotions that occur during sleep. They are a common part of growing up, with most people experiencing some type of parasomnia during childhood, but are usually outgrown prior to adulthood. They can…
Anger – It’s Okay to be Mad
Beginning at a very young age, children express anger. You see it in toddlers throwing tantrums, in school age kids lashing out physically, and in both verbal and physical exchanges in teenagers. Children experience anger for many reasons – often…
Safe Use of Essential Oils in Children
The use of essential oils has been rapidly gaining in popularity over the past few years, and they are now widely available in pharmacies, supermarkets, and online. We have discussed the use of essential oils in aromatherapy previously: Aromatherapy and…
Constipation – When Your Child Struggles to Poop
“Are you pooping okay?” is something I ask multiple times a day. Depending on the age of the child, this question is met with either laughter, embarrassment, or confusion as to why I am talking about poop during a well-child…
Soothing a Fussy Infant
As strange as it is to say, the sound of crying children has become the background noise of my life. Infants and young children cry in my office for many reasons – they don’t like to be weighed on the…