Impetigo and Ringworm are common skin infections with “hidden” sequelae that come in the back door if they’re not treated. Influenza still kills babies and grandparents while making the rest bed-riddenly ill. Fortunately, there are vaccines now readily available for all ages although annoyingly need to be repeated each year.
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Taking the temperature of an older child may be made more confusing by all the gadgetry available these days. When a child is five they are usually skilled enough to hold something in their mouth without biting on it so the oral method can be added to the rectal and axillary methods used on infants. Rectal is still the most accurate, oral is next best if they haven’t eaten or drunk anything in a half-hour and axillary is the worst of all. Here’s a video about it.
Is it really possible, in this day and age, for a child to meet the minimum exercise guidelines necessary for good health? This is a link to simple steps a parent can take to make physical activity a part of a child’s life.
This mother has a unique approach to her children’s “star charts” – rewarding good behavior and focusing on “successes.” [http://nicholleandherboys.blogspot.com/2012/03/if-you-didnt-already-know-landon-likes.html]
