Children’s Health

Childhood obesity is nothing to mess around with. If you have children of your own, it’s unlikely that you love your kids indulging in oreo cookies and chips and there’s no way you consider that acceptable or healthy. The problem, however, is that too many kids are at risk for childhood obesity simply because we […] More

Anyone with kids has been to the pediatrician’s office at least once (a month, it seems). Having been there, you know what to expect. If you have an appointment, you probably wait a while. If you call in with a sick kid and ask to be fit in to see the pediatrician, you have to […] More

Braces is not a term that makes parents or their kids happy.  While parents are thinking about all of the dollar signs they are going to have come up with, kids are thinking how they are going to survive the next two years wearing braces.  They worry about this for several different reasons. Kids worry […] More

No parent wants to spend their day waiting in the pediatrician’s office to get through their child’s appointment.  It is hard to entertain your child, you likely need to get back to work or on with your day and who wants to be exposed to all those germs?  It turns out there are several things you […] More

One of the biggest concerns many parents have regarding their children is simple laziness. With laziness comes a myriad of issues; a lack of creativity, a lack of imagination, and health problems such as obesity. It’s easy for kids to become lazy these days. With iPads and iPods and iPhones and video games and 794847 […] More

I don’t love the idea of taking my girls to the pediatrician for their vaccinations anymore than they like going and being forcibly held down and shot in the thigh. It’s not fun for me to hold them down while they scream and look at me with fear and confusion in their eyes. But…I do […] More

Sore throats are a common childhood ailment that most children contract several times a year.  They can be caused by any number of things; allergies, sleeping with their mouth open, colds and other illnesses.  While some sore throats can be severe and need to be treated by a doctor, there are sore throat remedies you can try at […] More

You know the drill.  Your child gets sick and needs to take medicine but they refuse to without a fight.  This can be very frustrating for both parent and child but it doesn’t have to be that way.  There are ways to get your child to take their medicine without an all out war. If […] More

An earache is a common childhood illness but you feel absolutely heartbroken for your child when they have one.  It is terrible when you know they are hurting.  You want to ease their pain but don’t know what all of the options are you can use to help them.  The good news is that there are […] More

Shake it off! If there’s no blood, get up and keep going! You’ll be fine; it was just a little bump! Does your head hurt? No? Good, then get back out there and let’s win this game! Any of that sound familiar? If you are a parent with a child involved in sports, it might. […] More

Daily exercise is an important part of what children need to be healthy.  It is also something they don’t get enough of.  In our fast paced world of technology that has expanded to market all of the latest devices for children to use, they are more entranced by what games they can play or using […] More

It is difficult to believe that you could get your child to prefer healthy snacks over junk food but it is true; you can actually make this happen.  The trick to doing this is to make healthy snacks easily accessible, tasty, attractive and fun. One way I do this is I have a shelf in the […] More