Here’s what to do if your child has a black or grey hard lump inside the mouth on the bottom lip. Read more…
It’s alarming when changing your infant’s diaper you see specks or drops of blood in the stools. Read more…
If you just had a big baby, rather than picture him one day as a wrestling star, you should picture him (or her) one day having type 2 diabetes. Read more…
Do you have a fat little boy or girl and are at wit’s end trying to get them to lose weight? Lifting weights can help obese kids lose body fat – and it won’t take Read more...
Perhaps you know that new-onset inverted nipples in a woman can signal breast cancer, but what’s going on when a baby is born with inverted nipples? Read more…
Some babies are fat and tubby while others are skinny and scrawny. And many fall in between somewhere. What makes one baby fat and the next one thin? Is it as simple as some babies Read more...
“In the first few months, a parent may note one [baby’s] eye crusted shut in the morning without any redness,” says Dr. Lisa Lewis, MD, a board certified pediatrician in Fort Worth, Texas, and author Read more...
Why have so many moms jumped on the rice cereal bandwagon for their babies? There is no scientific proof that rice cereal is better for a baby’s health than any other food out there. Read more...
The causes of a young child often taking deep breaths while at rest range from perfectly benign to conditions that require medical intervention. “Children often have periods of shallow breathing,” says Dr. Lisa Lewis, MD, Read more...
"A temperature of 99 is not a fever and not urgent," says Irene Tien, MD, a board-certified pediatric ER physician who can be reached at My Doctor Friend. 4 year old "Infants can have temperatures of Read more...
Is obesity in children more about genes or bad parenting? The following seems to true: Parents who seriously work out and watch what they eat rarely have obese kids. And it also seems as though Read more...
“If a preschooler truly has not had a BM for three weeks, I would be concerned and seek medical care immediately,” says Joel Gator Warsh, MD, of Integrative Pediatrics and Medicine, Studio City, CA, and Read more...
Why is your preschooler so thirsty all the time, always asking for drinks, yet bloodwork is normal including for diabetes? There was even a case in which a preschool aged child would get up in Read more...
Should you worry if your child’s poop is the size of a baseball? Sometimes the huge size of a child’s bowel movements has their parents worrying that something is wrong. Read Read more...
Many parents immediately think of cancer when they notice that only one tonsil is enlarged in their child. But there is another condition that the parent should immediately consider. Read Read more...
There are several conditions that can cause bad armpit odor in a preschooler, toddler or grade school child. However, armpit odor in a toddler gets the most attention because, well, isn’t a toddler too young Read more...
Your baby’s head should NOT be smelling like sweaty feet or, as some describe, dirty socks. This means something is wrong. Any foul odor from your baby’s head or scalp is never normal. Read more...
Obesity in children is dangerous, period. But just how dangerous? Kids, quite simply, should never be fat. Body positivity will NOT subdue the harmful effects of overweight. Never. Instead of preaching body positivity to your Read more...
Every week a Facebook or Instagram image of a fat or overweight woman goes viral: The latest is an obese woman in a bikini standing beside her overweight very young daughter. Read more...
Will enough growth hormone injections cause a short child to grow enough to actually be tall for their age? After all, why stop at just “not as short” when you can achieve “taller than average,” Read more...