Having a toddler who bites is the worst – it’s frustrating and can be embarrassing! I know this well. One of my kids seemed to think he was a vampire.
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Your baby is fussing while you're trying to talk on the phone, so you let them play "Baby Shark" on it. This works like a charm – both to distract them and give you some time to focus – but you feel a pang of mom-guilt. What’s the harm though, really?
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The other day, I heard a mom say she brings her kids to the doctor when they’re sick or need a checkup – but she never comes for herself. I get this, since there never seems to be enough hours in the day to do all we need to. We take care of kids, the house, our jobs – but run out of time to take care of ourselves.
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Parents often have so many questions about helping babies sleep that they didn’t fit in one post! Here are additional questions I hear the most with answers from me, my fellow pediatricians, and pediatric health educators.
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Why do I love working with kids? Well, that’s an easy one – they make me smile every day. It’s a great way to work – surrounded by kids saying the craziest things! Here are my top 10 funniest patients of the year.
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Cow, soy, rice, almond … even hemp. Full fat, vitamin D, 1%, 2%, fat free. Organic. Lactose free. Today, there are many milk choices. And I admit that in my refrigerator right now we have quite a few these!
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When other moms in a mother’s support group recently told my friend her use of formula to supplement her breast milk was like “feeding him fast food when you should be feeding organic,” I was shocked. Maybe I shouldn’t have been – because parents receive unsolicited advice and criticism from all sides.
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Author Cheryl Strayed wrote in an essay that, “Mothering is absurdly hard and profoundly sweet.” This has been the mother of all truth for me – teens take everything you have to give, bringing you to the edges of your personality and absolutely to your knees.
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