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Performance Art v. Science: Starting Infants On Solids
Two truths follow. Food is love. People love feeding babies. Usually at an infant’s four month visit, I’ll get a question parents have been thinking about for some ... ...read more
A Cold In Your Node? When Kids’ Glands Get Swollen.
Something afoot in the head or neck “His glands are swollen,” said a mom recently in clinic. Warily she measured my reaction and added, “Will you look at them... ...read more
Better Than Pee: New Recommendations For The Dreaded Jellyfish Sting
the sea nettle For those beachgoers among you who don’t already know, jellyfish stings are bummers. From the days of my sunsplashed summers on the Georgia coast, I can r... ...read more
Can’t We All Just…Let Co-Parenting “Hollywood Exes” Get Along?
Full disclosure #1: Actor Will Smith and his first wife Sheree Fletcher (pictured last on the right) were the first people I ever heard of co-parenting like grown-ups after div... ...read more
Drooling: Always Gooey, But When Is It Abnormal In Kids?
At some point, all of us drool–especially when we are babies. It isn’t hard to miss, this unintentional waterfalling of saliva out the front of our mouths, and most ... ...read more
Kiddie Migraines: A Headache in Your Stomach?
Migraineur. Sounds like a job for a senior specialist in some artisanal craft, doesn’t it? Such a misleadingly pleasant sounding word. However, ‘migraineur’ ... ...read more
The Lowdown On Hiccups
Don’t let those hiccups get you down! Hiccups are like divine comedy, aren’t they? In seconds, a paroxysmal hurk can render a child most serene, or an adult ... ...read more
Spy A Stye In A Little Eye? Here’s Why.
Styes are like pimples on your eyelid, right? We should squeeze those bumps there, and get out the stuff inside, and that’ll help them get better, won’t it? If a sty... ...read moreBusiness Travel and the Lonely Mom
It’s week two of three on a business trip and I’m ogling small children on the street in a way that scares their parents. I have this nearly uncontrollable urge to race over and... ...read more
Shouting Out at ‘Glee’: Teacher Cannot Hold his Peace over Best Man Choice
I’m beginning to think the spontaneous singing and dancing is the least unrealistic thing about Glee. One of the great (and, I’m sure, unintentional) ironies of the Fox hit is ... ...read more
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