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Tag Archives: children
Game on!
Committed athlete or contemplating jumping in? The pre-participation physical and well check gets it done. 🏀⚽️🥎⚾️🎾🏐🏉🥅🏒🥋🥍 More info and links from the American Academy of Pediatrics here.
Posted in 101, Children, Health Care, Play, sports, Volunteering, Wellness
Tagged American Academy of Pediatrics, Casa Verde Pediatrics, children, Dr Lisa Asta, Dr. Asta, health, Hill Physicians Medical Group, John Muir Physician Network, Lisa Asta MD, Pediatrician Walnut Creek, sports, Walnut Creek Pediatrician
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Riding Toys
Wheels. What fun! Ride on toys are terrific for toddlers. Look for low, stable toys, and a helmet. While balance bikes are the latest craze, learning to pedal is an important developmental achievement for your three year old. Again, low, … Continue reading
Posted in 101, Children, Pediatric Bits, Play, Safety, Simply Safe, sports
Tagged balance, Balance Bicycle, Balance Bike, children, development, kids, learn, play, Ride On Toy, safety, toys, Tricycle
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Valentines Day Love
Here are some Valentine’s Day tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Use plenty of positive and encouraging words when talking with your child. Try to avoid using sarcasm or mockery and get rid of put-downs from the words … Continue reading
Posted in 101, Babies!, Children, Wellness
Tagged children, Contra Costa Pediatricians, Dr. Asta, Love, Valentine's Day
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Pumping Iron for Babies and the Rest of Us
Humans need iron. Babies triple their size in the first 12 months, and when the body gets bigger, the blood supply must get bigger. Iron is a critical mineral to build red blood cells. Without red blood cells, the body … Continue reading
Posted in 101, Babies!, Children, DIY, Nutrition, Pediatric Bits, Recipes, Teens, Wellness
Tagged American Academy of Pediatrics, anemia, babies, children, Contra Costa County, food, health, iron, iron deficiency anemia, learn, medicine, nutrition, pediatrician, pediatrics
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Social Media Resources for Parents
Looking for help and advice on setting safe online and media limits? Families can learn and develop house rules with help from the following resources: Common Sense Media Safekids.com American Academy of Pediatrics Kidshealth.org National Children’s Advocacy Center New York … Continue reading
Posted in 101, Children, Pediatric Bits, Safety, Simply Safe
Tagged children, internet, learn, online safety, Social Media
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Constipation, Bedwetting and Urinary Tract Infections
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital has an excellent information for parents developed by the department of urology. Its UrologyNewsletter.2016 provides information about childhood constipation, urinary tract infections and bedwetting. The booklet is 20 pages long, and you’ll find a table of … Continue reading
Posted in 101, Babies!, Children, Health Care, Medicine, Pediatric Bits, Wellness
Tagged bedwetting, bladder dysfunction, children, constipation, encopresis, health, learn, poop chart, stool retention, vesiculureteral reflux
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Prescription Drug Coupons?
Tempted by coupons offered to reduce the cost of prescription drugs? The following was forwarded to a pediatrician listserv: Copay coupons don’t bring savings Drugmakers spent about $7 billion last year to distribute copay coupons and drug discount cards, according … Continue reading
Posted in 101, Children, Health Care, Medicine
Tagged children, coupon, drugs, prescription
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Scars: What to Do
How a wound heals depends on many things. Here’s how to help the healing process. Always clean wounds with lots of running water right after the injury. An infected wound doesn’t heal well. Cuts that are deep and gape open … Continue reading
Posted in 101, Children, DIY, Health Care, Pediatric Bits, Safety, Wellness
Tagged children, cut, health, injury, learn, scar, staples, stitches, sunscreen, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide
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Eliminating Foods in Food Allergy
Food Allergy Research and Education has the information you need if you want to better understand the difference between food allergies and intolerance, or if your child has been diagnosed with a food allergy and you need to eliminate specific foods … Continue reading
Posted in 101, Children, Health Care, Medicine, Nutrition, Wellness
Tagged allergies, babies, children, egg, elimination diet, food, food allergens, food allergies, food allergy, Food Allergy Research and Education, health, learn, medicine, milk, nutrition, peanut, soy, tree nut, wheat
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Baby Now and Zen: Medicine Cabinet
What should I have in the medicine chest circa 1940s? rectal thermometer absorbent cotton: one pound and toothpicks or toothpick swabs zinc ointment baby oil and cod liver oil These were suggested by Dr. Benjamin Spock in his classic baby care book. The … Continue reading
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