ADD Medications: How They Work, Are They Safe, and Side Effects ADD NOTE. To parents and professionals: Consider medication in addition to, but not instead of, other treatments, such as behavior and learning strategies. How Ritalin Works Every time you think or act, messages travel from one nerve to another telling the brain what to do. […]
12 Medication Giving Tips
Medication Giving Tips to Help Effectiveness Using medications to improve behavior and enhance learning is both an art and a science; it requires close communication between everyone who works with the child. The dosage, frequency, and schedule for giving stimulant medications vary greatly from child to child. Here are some general guidelines for medication giving. […]
Lice
What to Do if Your Child Has Lice You receive the dreaded call from your child’s school, “Your child has lice. Please come pick her up immediately.” You feel like the world’s worst mom. Doubts go through your mind: maybe you don’t bathe your child often enough; perhaps your need to vacuum the house more […]
RSV – Respiratory Syncycial Virus
PREMATURE BIRTH RATE SOARS MAKING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT RISK FOR SERIOUS RESPIRATORY SYNCYCIAL VIRUS Current reports show a significant rise in the number of preterm births over the past 20 years. These rates have risen from 9.4 percent to 11.9 percent, an increase of more than 27 percent between 1981 and 2001.1 […]
Parenting & Behavior Issues
Teething Teething is probably the number one cause of night waking and daytime fussiness for infants from this age until 2 years. Signs of teething include excess drooling, chewing on everything in site, constant gnawing on fingers (both yours and baby’s), and long periods of unusual crankiness and night waking. The nights of baby sleeping […]
Settling Traveling Tummies
Road trips to visit family over the vacations and holidays can upset sensitive tummies and become a dreaded part of family trips. Motion sickness results when the brain receives confusing messages from the senses. For example, when your baby is buried in the backseat, his eyes see only the stationary seat back, but the motion […]
Road Trip For Two
Wouldn’t it be nice if car rides with a baby could be like a quiet, peaceful drive through the country? The bright sun shining, birds singing, the warm summer breeze blowing in the window, and through it all your baby sits quietly in his car seat as you enjoy a nice restful drive. Reality is […]
Play Ideas for the Whole Family
Benefits of Play Ideas for the Whole Family In today’s busy world, it’s often hard to find time to slow down and just enjoy some good fun baby time. A parent who works full time may not have energy left to play with their baby after a long day at the office. A stay-at-home parent […]
Summertime Play
Summer brings warmer weather which means can enjoy playtime outside with your kids instead of being cooped up in the house all day. Many parents are tempted to just stay indoors all day with their little ones where play is organized and clean. But the outdoors provide some unique experiences for babies and toddlers that […]
Creative Play for Toddlers
Get Kids Moving With These Creative Play Ideas for Toddlers Two-year-olds love to imitate their parents. Play tools or kitchen items, a toy phone or pretend computer will stimulate elaborate pretend creative play. Children also like to help mom and dad, so give them a broom or rake that’s just their size when they want to […]
Prefers Binky to Breast
Help! My 14-week-old son sometimes prefers the pacifier to my breast.Infants are born with an intense need to suck, and sometimes they go through a stage where the sucking need intensifies. It can be even more frustrating when, for unexplained reasons, your baby prefers a pacifier to you. To decrease your little one’s dependence on […]
Learning the Right Touch
Massage is a touch you do with your baby, not to your baby. It’s an interaction, not a task. You learn which strokes your baby enjoys and, as if dancing, go with the flow of your baby’s body language. While it is nearly impossible to rub your baby the wrong way, here’s how to learn […]