pediatric housecalls Robert R. Jarrett M.D. M.B.A. FAAP

Hello, and welcome to Pediatric House Calls. I am…
A Physician board certified in Pediatric medicine with Clinical experience including caring for infants, children and teens – well these days mostly children and teens up to twenty-one;
An Administrator experienced in top medical management for several national health insurance companies;
An Author of health care manuals, newspaper columns and even children's stories;
A Business Medical Consultant for drug companies, insurance companies and physician practices;
A Veteran of the US Navy in the Vietnam era;
And…
I make House-Calls.

Golden Rule of Parenting: Sleeping Through The Night

Toddler in bed crying
[Guest Author] This article on sleeping through the night is the eighteenth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. I’ve lost track of him but found his URL has been “camped on” by someone trying to gouge somebody, using its popularity my friend created. I’ve found most of his articles (I think) and will keep them here for safe keeping until he wants them back (or this blog suffers a similar fate).

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Parenting: Be selfish

Helicopter parenting - not good
[Guest Author] This article on Helicopter Parenting is the seventeenth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. I’ve lost track of him but found his URL has been “camped on” by someone trying to gouge somebody, using its popularity my friend created. I’ve found most of his articles (I think) and will keep them here for safe keeping until he wants them back (or this blog suffers a similar fate).

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Parenting: The Two Greatest Barriers To Parenting – Money and Education

barriers to parenting effectively
[Guest Author] This article on the barriers to parenting effectively is the sixteenth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over shared ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants it back.

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Three Magic Questions of Breastfeeding

breastfeeding: questions/answers
[Guest Author] This article on breastfeeding is the fifteenth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with from sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants it back.

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Obscure Medical Terms

Medical Terms: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy - Broken Heart Syndrome

You simply must name things. There’s no getting ’round it. No matter who or how many of the uninitiated rag on you or shame you for being erudite, grandiose or obscure, you can’t just keep using a thing’s description as its name!

You just have to give it a name if you’re going to have a discussion about “that odd noise emanating from your stomach when you’re hungry” or “you know that massive pain in your brain and entire face when you eat ice cream”… even if its name IS barely pronounceable.
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Parenting: My Malaprop Mom

Malapropism: Undevoted Attention
[Guest Author] This article on Medical Malapropisms is the fourteenthin a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over shared ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging.

His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants them back. This one seems to be a shout-out to his mother (perhaps on Mother’s Day or for her birthday) and is similar to a post I wrote about “Yogi-isms” a while back.

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Parenting: Seventh Grade is a pivot point

7th grade boys wrestling team
[Guest Author] This parenting article on the seventh grade being the pivot point is the thirteenth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants them back.
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