Listening to Your "Inner Mom" On Sunday, September 13th, I was watching our daughter, and new mom, Erin, mothering her firstborn, eighteen-month-old Johnny, when an “ah-ha” moment took over my mind with the phrase: “Listen…

Breast Lump in Baby: Cause for Worry? "Three weeks ago my daughter found a knot in the right breast, just behind the nipple, of my 8-month-old granddaughter, the knot feels moveable and does not seem…

Pediatricians Speak Out About Microbiome Insufficiencies from Cesarean Births Having attended over a thousand surgical births during my fifty years as a pediatrician, I first wish to point out two important facts:  Surgical births are…

Sleep Apnea Resulting in ADHD When 10-year-old Liran first came into our doctor's office, the consultation was initially for "ADHD," which he did not have because his brain wasn't the issue. Within the first few…

Dr. Bill's Top New-Parent Gift for Grandbabies One of the joys of grandparenting is giving that precious little newborn a baby gift that has these features: Safe Very much needed Prized by the family so…

Outdoor Activity Protects Against Childhood Myopia Outdoor Activity Protects Against Childhood Myopia was the title of an important article in the May issue of JAMA Pediatrics.  The head-to-toe health and healing benefits of nature have always…