Babywearing Reduces SIDS Babywearing vs. SIDS If SIDS is basically a disorder of respiratory control and neurological immaturity (and I believe it is), anything that can help a baby’s neurological system mature overall will lower the risk of SIDS. That’s exactly what babywearing does. While wearing our own babies, I noticed how my breathing affected […]
Beware of Sleep Trainers
Sleep Trainers Methods: Beware Following Sleep Trainers Advice Ever since parenting books found their way into the nursery, sleep trainers have touted magic formulas with a promise to get babies to sleep through the whole night. Most are just the old “cry-it-out” methods in disguise, and technology has also provided us with a variety of […]
Sleep Trainers: Buyer Beware!
Sleep Trainers Don’t Know Your Baby Do What’s Best For Your Baby Ever since parenting books found their way into bedrooms, authors have touted magical formulas promising to get babies to sleep through the night and follow a more convenient schedule. While babies have a lot of wonderful attributes, convenience is not one of them. […]
Night Terrors
Is Your Child Having Night Terrors? It’s the middle of the night and you are awakened by your child screaming from his bedroom. You rush in to see what’s wrong and you find him sitting up in bed with a blank stare but very agitated. You try to wake him, asking him what is wrong […]
SIDS: The Latest Research on How Sleeping With Your Baby is Safe
Research on SIDS SIDS and Co-Sleeping Facts There has been a lot of media claiming that sleeping with your baby in an adult bed is unsafe and can result in accidental smothering of an infant. One popular research study came out in 1999 from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission that showed 515 cases of […]
Benefits of Co-Sleeping
Scientific Benefits of Co-Sleeping Popular media has tried to discourage parents from sharing sleep with their babies, calling this worldwide practice unsafe. Medical science, however, doesn’t back this conclusion and prove the benefits of co-sleeping (See Safe Co-Sleeping Research). In fact, research shows that co-sleeping is actually safer than sleeping alone (See Co-Sleeping: Yes, No, […]
Acetaminophen
(TYLENOL, FEVERALL, TEMPRA) WHAT IT’S USED FOR Acetaminophen reduces fever and it relieves the pain of teething, earache, sunburn, cuts, bruises, headache, etc. DOSAGE 7 mg per pound every 4 hours. The dosage we use is 7 milligrams per pound of bodyweight (for metric users, that’s 15mg per kilo). For example: a 22-pound child would […]
Antihistamine & Decongestant
Recommended brands: Vick’s Children’s DayQuil Allergy (6 months and up) With a Fever reducer: Children’s Tylenol Cold Liquid (6 months and up) Children’s Tylenol Cold Chewables (2 years and up) When to Use Runny nose, nasal congestion, chest congestion, and fever. I only use a combination medication like this if my child’s symptoms are interfering […]
Cough Suppressant Dosage
Cough Suppressant Dosage for Child Recommended cough suppressants: Delsym (12 months and up) Benylin Pediatric (6 months and up) Robitussin Pediatric Cough Suppressant (6 months and up) See below for dosage charts. Ingredient: Dextromethorphan The Dextromethorphan (DM for short) is a cough suppressant. It acts by blocking the cough reflex center in the brain. It […]
Decongestants
Recommended Brands Click on desired brand for dosing chart Dimetapp Decongestant Pediatric Drops (6 months to 3 years) Triaminic AM Decongestant (6 months and up) Triaminic Infant Oral Decongestant Drops (6 months to 3 years) Pediacare Infant Decongestant Drops (6 months to 3 years) Sudafed Pediatric Nasal Decongestant Oral Drops (6 months to 6 years) […]
Decongestant Nose Spray
Suggested uses: Severe nasal congestion, stubborn nosebleeds. Decongestant nose sprays can quickly open congested nasal passages caused by colds, allergies, or sinus infections. I think of these sprays as a “quick-fix” when I am miserably congested, especially when trying to fall asleep. Decongestant nose sprays are only for short-term use, though, as there is a […]
Decongestant & Cough Suppressant
RECOMMENDED BRANDS: Click on medicine below for dosing chart. Triaminic AM Cough and Decongestant (6 months and up) Robitussin Pediatric Cough and Cold (6 months and up) Pediacare Infant’s Decongestant Plus Cough (6 months to 3 years) With a Fever reducer Infant Tylenol Cold and Cough (6 months to 3 years) Triaminic Sore Throat Liquid […]