{"id":134,"date":"2017-07-24T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T09:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kpthrivingfamilies.org\/pediatricsblog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2018-09-10T11:27:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T18:27:02","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpthrivingfamilies.org\/pediatricsblog\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]From the first time your child gets an ear infection to when they first borrow your car keys \u2013 we\u2019re here for you. Your pediatricians at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California created this blog to offer you support and guidance when you need them.<\/p>\n

As parents, our love is wide. But with this powerful love comes a sense of vulnerability. We all worry about our children\u2019s well-being and health. As your doctors, we understand this and want to walk beside you on your parenting journey.<\/p>\n

Being a parent isn\u2019t easy for any of us. It can feel hard, challenging, and even lonely. Don\u2019t misunderstand me \u2013 children are wonderful! Interacting with them \u2013 talking with my own teens, getting to know kids who are my patients, and holding new babies in my practice \u2013 forms the best part of my day. Children bring a sense of joy, happiness and youthful wisdom to the world. They make me laugh and think, which I\u2019ve enjoyed throughout my years as a doctor and mother. But let\u2019s face it \u2013 being a parent isn\u2019t always easy for any of us.<\/p>\n

We all struggle \u2013 from those early days with a newborn when you can\u2019t even find time to take a shower, to the days of trying to teach a stubborn teen to drive safely. We wonder what we\u2019re doing wrong, how everyone else makes it look so easy, and whether our kids are going to turn out okay!<\/p>\n

Along with love for that beautiful baby, parenthood brings with it a healthy dose of fear and worry. As you leave the hospital, you carry with you not only the expected bundle of joy but also a new-found ability to worry. You never thought you could love or care for someone so much. You may also feel like you don\u2019t have a clue how to take care of that amazing baby! As the author Anne Lamott implies with the title of her book of the same name, no one gives you a set of Operating Instructions<\/em> with the baby!* This can be terrifying since, as she explains, \u201cThere really are places in the heart you don\u2019t even know exist until you love a child.\u201d<\/p>\n

With blog posts to offer support, ideas, and links to other reliable sources, let this become your set of operating instructions. Based on our collective years of pediatric experience, we\u2019ll help you find your own path as a parent.<\/p>\n

* Lamott, Anne. (2005). Operating instructions: A journal of my son\u2019s first year<\/em>. New York: Anchor Books.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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