Well Child Checks 19 years and older
At some point everyone asks ‘how long can my child see the pediatrician?’ The answer is that it depends. First it depends on the child. A few children stop wanting to go to ‘the baby doctor’ as young as 10…
Pediatric FAQs for ordinary people
Discussion about kids and their care in plain language
At some point everyone asks ‘how long can my child see the pediatrician?’ The answer is that it depends. First it depends on the child. A few children stop wanting to go to ‘the baby doctor’ as young as 10…
From 5 years to 10 years we still see your child every year. This allows us to keep track of how your child is growing and developing through these years. Well checks allow families to bring up issues that they…
Child development. This is when we expect babies to be sitting up. Now, it can only be for a few seconds, and they can prop themselves with their hands in front of them, but it’s still sitting up. They are…
The last weeks have been very hard for a lot of people. Uncertainty of the future of our society, fear for the health and lives of loved ones, loss of income, and severely restricted social life has all made our…
Child development. At two months old your baby will tend to do a lot of wiggling and a lot of looking around. Their eyes will start to track objects, and can focus on the faces of people near them. …
The first well child check is now done at about 3-5 days of age. This is done because babies are often sent home from the nursery before 48 hours old, and we like to make sure they are doing well.…
Over and over pediatricians talk about the Well Child Check (WCC), that you need to go to them, that they’re important, that you shouldn’t miss them. Why? Is it because we like seeing cute little babies all the time? Well,…
Bullying has long been thought to be a typical school thing that children go through, it was good for them, it helped them be strong, if they can't handle it then too bad, it doesn't hurt anyone. But it doesn't…
Isn’t that the thing where kids mix letters up? No, although that is how many people think of it. The simplest description is that a person who is otherwise mentally normal has a lot of difficulty decoding words on…