Why Dental Care Starts Before Baby’s First Tooth December 1, 2020 Your baby’s oral health and their first pediatric dental visit Not familiar with pediatric dentistry? These kid experts should play a regular role in your child’s development, from the time ...
Kids’ Wellness During COVID TimesNovember 2, 2020 Recognizing the health fallout from quarantine Like most families, your child probably has not contracted Coronavirus. But, it's very probable that you’ve seen changes in their overall healt...
Cooking With KidsMay 14, 2020 Where to start when teaching your kids to cook at home. Wishing your kids would magically cook a real dinner or make breakfast, not just pour cereal into a bowl? If so, you’re in luck! Our local ...
Breastfeeding moms rejoice with these breast milk goodies!Milkscreen Test Who says you have to give up your favorite cocktail just because you’re breastfeeding? These Milkscreen test strips can detect alcohol in breast milk in about two minutes, so there’s no guessi...
How Breastfeeding Changed My Life: A NOLA Mom’s Personal Essay About Her JourneySeptember 12, 2019 Although research links breastfeeding and health benefits for both mom and baby, the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action reports only 40 percent of all babies under 6 months are exclusiv...
Heavyset: one NOLA teen’s journey.By Mary Murphy There hasn’t been a point in my life where I haven’t been at least thirty pounds over the healthy limit. I definitely have more stomach than I’m comfortable admitting. It was most noticeable w...
Listen To Your (Kid’s) Gut!By Sarah Herndon, November 2018 For two long years, Annette Shilling listened to countless advice from her pediatrician, other parents and even a psychologist on how to make her young daughter have regular, pa...
Helping Cure the Picky Eater"I’m Not Eating That" Picky eating often begins around the age of three, when children start developing food preferences. It’s a fine line–to engage in a mealtime battle versus nutritional intake. Children who...
Happy, Healthy and Holistic How these local parents are taking a natural approach to treating their children’s illnesses Tammy Fisse had nearly given up on finding a treatment that would help soothe her dau...
Diversifying the Plate of Picky Eaters Take baby steps to establish a new food routine Michelle Bullock knows a thing or two about picky eaters. Her two-year-old son, Ronald, has a few favorite foods, but the Lakeview mom wishes he would add a li...
