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Finger Injuries

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Finger Injuries: Crushed Fingers or Hands Stuck in Door A common child injury is when fingers or hands get crushed by a door or a falling heavy object. Such injuries usually don’t require an after-hours call to your doctor or a trip to the ER. Here is what you can do to assess and treat […]

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December 30, 2020 September 28, 2023 Dr. Bill Sears

A Guide to Parenting High-Need Teenagers

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Understanding High-Need Teenagers and How to Help Them Thrive My eldest daughter is 15 years old. When she was an infant and toddler, she was to the rule a high- needs baby. Your book was the only thing that kept me sane and helped me cope with this very, very challenging baby. As a 14/15-year-old […]

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October 5, 2020 October 5, 2020 Dr. Bill Sears

Safe Starter Finger Foods

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Safest Finger Foods to Start Baby On What are some of the safest foods to start finger feeding? My almost 13-month-old has been eating purée food, puffs, and teething crackers. I want to try finger food again. A few months back she was not ready and the find food resulted in gagging that lasted too […]

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December 30, 2019 December 30, 2019 Dr. Bill Sears

Is Bed-sharing with Baby Dangerous?

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Bed-sharing with Baby A recent article released by NPR was titled “Is Sleeping with Your Baby as Dangerous as Doctors Say?” and has brought a lot of attention to the topic of co-sleeping, also called bed-sharing or sleep-sharing. We love articles that show that mother’s and father’s intuition trump pseudoscience.  In my fifty years as […]

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June 7, 2018 July 18, 2018 Dr. Bill Sears

Baby Jogger Recalls Car Seat Adaptors for Strollers

August, 28, 2013 Fall hazard possible with the car seat adapter on models BJ90121, BJ90221 and BJ90321 from Baby Jogger.  The adapter support bars can pail, posing a fall hazard to children.  Over forty fall incidents have been reported, including some injuries.  These adapters were sold through online retailers from June 2012 through June 2013. […]

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September 30, 2013 September 30, 2013 Dr. Bill Sears

Infant Finger-foods

“My infant is 8-months-old, still breastfeeding a lot, and eating baby jar food about twice a day and cereal in the morning. She is really getting interested about feeding herself. I have given her the teething biscuits. Is there anything I can chop and mush up for her to feed herself? My grandma suggested jello. […]

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September 3, 2013 October 7, 2013 Dr. Bill Sears

Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER)

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Gastroesophageal Reflux: A Hidden Cause of Colic Once upon a time a fussy baby was labeled with “colic,” which is really a five-letter word for “the doctor doesn’t know why.” New insights into the cause of colicky behavior and frequent, painful nightwaking episodes reveal that oftentimes babies hurt because of some underlying medical problem. In […]

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August 28, 2013 July 26, 2017 Dr. Bill Sears

GER: How Breastfeeding Helps

How Breastfeeding Helps with Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) Breast-milk is known as the “easy in – easy out” food. It’s easier to digest and makes easier-to-pass stools. Whey, the predominant protein in breast-milk, forms an intestine- friendly, soft, easy-to-digest curd, unlike the rubbery, harder-to-digest casein curd formed in the digestion of most formulas. Breastfeeding helps tiny […]

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August 28, 2013 July 25, 2017 Dr. Bill Sears

Cutting Baby’s Fingernails

Some newborns enter the world with fingernails so long that they need to be cut right away to prevent them from scratching their faces. Expect your newborn’s nails to grow very fast and don’t be afraid to cut them. If you’re timid about cutting your baby’s fingernails, as many parents are, here’s how to make […]

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August 23, 2013 August 23, 2013 Dr. Bill Sears

Controlling Parental Anger

How to Deal with Parental Anger Sometimes our kids make us feel angry. We will come home after a tough day, step on one of our children’s toys or they will spill something on the carpet and we cannot help but feel angry towards them. Parental anger is normal to experience sometimes. The important part […]

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August 12, 2013 December 17, 2014 Dr. Bill Sears

Breastfeeding Before Baby’s Surgery

Breastfeeding Before Baby’s Surgery Food and liquid intake is restricted before a person has general anesthesia because of the risk of vomiting and then having the vomitus get into the lungs. In adults, “nothing by mouth” orders often mean no food or drink after midnight on the night before surgery. However, an eight-hour (or longer) […]

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August 12, 2013 December 4, 2023 Dr. Bill Sears

Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients: 3 cups whole wheat flour 2 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cloves 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/4 cup canola oil 1 cup sugar 1 large egg 1 cup molasses 2 Tbsp white vinegar Directions: Beat butter, oil, and sugar […]

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August 9, 2013 December 9, 2016 Dr. Bill Sears
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