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Happy New Year From Pediatric House Calls

December 27, 2015

Happy New Year

A great new year ahead

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[Postings will resume in 2016]

Merry Christmas From Pediatric House Calls

December 7, 2015

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Father Christmas knows who and where you are

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[See you again next year]

Let’s Make our Day Harder

December 1, 2015

Here is Dr. Mike Evans again with another one of his takes on life as we know it. I think he’s got our house bugged with all the insight he has into how we do things. He talks about work and the obesity epidemic.

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Enterovirus D68: Polio Paralysis For The Millennials

November 25, 2015

Polio, the scourge of parents of the last generation – largely eradicated by vaccines. Enterovirus D68, becoming a scourge of the new millennium causing paralysis in children following a respiratory illness.

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Bedtime Stories – Holiday Edition

November 19, 2015

Bedtime stories – the single best way to improve sleep quality

We’ve had articles before about bedtime rituals, including bedtime stories, which can help children sleep better, especially those with “normally wound-up” demeanors.
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Developmental Delays in Children

November 14, 2015

Normal growth and development, wide range of 'normal'

The title of an article is what search engines like Google key in on; but, I’ll bet you that you didn’t find this article by typing ‘developmental delays’ – even though they are exactly what we’re going to talk about today.
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ABCs Of Diabetes

November 10, 2015

Here is a video which really gets to the basics of diabetic care – the A, B, C’s if you will. Short and sweet the items stand for items which are important to maintain good health.

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Sleep Problems: Older Children, Toddlers, Stumbling Blocks

A good synopsis of this post might be “sleep through the ages.” It does change you know, based on the growth of the child AND his/her environment that YOU provide based on family and house “rules.” That means: here’s what might be making (enabling) the problem that your child might be having and what you can do about it.

Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About – Part 4

The next two diseases all parents should know about are Rotavirus and Kawasaki’s viruses, producing diarrhea and… well, Kawasaki disease; also called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, an import from Japan via Mexico.

Kawasaki Disease: A Parent’s Guide

Previously, in several articles, we’ve mentioned the comparatively rare (in the US) Kawasaki Disease which, like diseases of old, afflicts children, causes a rash then subsides; but, not before leaving a select few with life altering disabilities. Here is a video entitled “Kawasaki Disease: A Parent’s Guide” which is a great summary – should you like to know a little more. It gives a summary about the cause, course and sequelae of the disease.