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Solving Baby’s Sleep Problems
When my first son came home from the hospital, I was surprised by how noisy he was when he slept at night. The grunting, snorting and wiggling were not at all like what I had seen of OTHER people’s...
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Hidden dangers on our kids’ plates
A few weeks ago I read a Consumer Reports study showing a concerning levels of arsenic in rice. It turns out that arsenic is fed to chickens and pigs to keep their intestinal tract bacterial levels...
View ArticleWhat is the flu really?
I was eight years old the night that Elvis Presley died. I wasn’t really old enough to know who he was, but I remember the date well because that was the night that I got the flu. I was watching a...
View ArticleA Post-Newtown Call to Action: We Can Help
Yesterday morning, I visited the New York Times website to read the headlines and saw a table with the names and ages of all those who were killed on Friday in Newtown. Almost all of the victims were...
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Doubting the Doctor: What to do?
Last September, an article in the journal Pediatrics called “Unfilled Prescriptions in Pediatric Primary Care”caught my eye. I read the article with interest because I was curious to see how often...
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A cough in the night
I remember when I was pregnant with my first child, many friends and acquaintances with children remarked that becoming a mom would probably be easier since both my husband and I are both...
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How do you clear a baby’s nose?
Did you know that babies sneeze to clear their noses? I think that’s just cool. It’s also cute – to a point. As they get bigger, this mechanism for shooting snot out becomes more frightening than...
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