Parenting Advice From Your Physicians at Kaiser Permanente

Adventures in Pumping

While providing breast milk for your baby is natural and the healthiest choice for your baby, it’s often not easy on you, especially if you return to work. READ MORE

How to Discuss Violent Events and Disasters with Your Children

Even young children will hear about major news events – often from other children. It’s best if they get this information from you. READ MORE

Why Your Child Needs Vision Screening

To understand more about protecting kids' vision, I reached out to Dr. Daniel Greninger, a pediatric ophthalmologist. He explained that many parents wonder about their kids’ vision, especially when they are so young and might not even know their vision could be better and not blurry! READ MORE

Your 5-Year-Old Child

Five-year-old children are becoming very independent and this can be quite the challenge for their parents! One way that you may see this increasing independence is through their use of selective hearing. READ MORE

Nosebleeds? Stop the Flow with These 5 Tips

There are times when doctors and parents don’t seem to understand each other. This often happens when the doctor thinks the child in front of them has what seems to be a minor condition, but to the parent it seems scarier! Once my son had pneumonia. The doctor in me knew he had an easy to treat, run of the mill case. The mom in me? I was worried about him and concerned I’d waited too long to bring him in to his doctor. READ MORE

Your 10-Year-Old Child

At around age 10 there begins to be a real difference in the development of boys and girls. Some of this difference is the different time of entry into puberty and its associated growth spurt. READ MORE

How to Protect Your Child’s Eyesight

So how can you protect your kids' eyesight? Here's what I tell parents: READ MORE

Your Baby’s Head – Soft Spots and Flat Areas?

Most babies aren’t born with nice round-shaped heads. Rather than looking like the cartoon characters Boss Baby or Jack Jack, real babies have skulls with lumps, bumps, and soft spots. It can look a bit concerning if you don’t know what you are looking at! READ MORE