Do you recognize yourself in this scenario? It’s early morning and you hear your teen’s cell phone buzz but you do not hear your teen getting up for school. You go into…
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Time for a Two Peds photo quiz. What is up with this baby’s belly-button? It’s called an umbilical hernia, which is an out-pouching at the belly button, caused by loose belly muscles.…
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Let’s face it, it’s hard to move when it’s cold , and it’s freezing at my home. I believe today’s high is 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Now while this may not deter younger…
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Who knew when we first published this post in June 2014 that another measles outbreak would occur in the US. In light of the numerous measles cases that emerged out of the…
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I wash my hands about sixty times a day, maybe more. This frequent washing, in combination with cold Pennsylvania air, leads to chapped hands. Here are the hands of a patient. Do your children’s hands…
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Should I vaccinate my child? Yes, yes, yes! The recent measles outbreak originating in Disneyland among mostly-unvaccinated children and adults highlights how important it is to continue to immunize children against preventable…
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How often should your child take a bath? What’s wrong with bubble bath? And how about the teens? Come find out as Kelley interviews us in Happy Healthy Kids. …
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“You just can’t understand worry until you have a child of your own.” Welcome to cold and flu season. Now that flu and many other illnesses are circulating, we want to help…
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Now that we are in the middle of the 2015 flu season, we have parents asking us every day how they can tell if their child has the flu or just a…
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So many children (and their parents) have colds now. Are you staring at the medicine display in the pharmacy, wondering which of the many cold medicines on the shelf will best help…