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The Importance of Boosting Your Child’s Immune System During the Winter Season

The Importance of Boosting Your Child’s Immune System During the Winter Season

Winter is peak cold and flu season, especially for kids. To boost your child’s immune system, focus on a balanced diet, quality sleep, regular physical activity, good hygiene, stress management, an...

Why Sensory-Seeking and Sensory-Avoidant Children Often Struggle With Sleep

Why Sensory-Seeking and Sensory-Avoidant Children Often Struggle With Sleep

Many parents expect bedtime to become easier as their child gets older. Instead, some find themselves dealing with nightly struggles that seem to have no clear cause. Their child is tired but canno...

Summer Safety: Top 5 Injuries Seen in the Emergency Room for Kids

Summer Safety: Top 5 Injuries Seen in the Emergency Room for Kids

As a pediatric nurse, and mom, summer can bring its own set of unwanted stress and worries of keeping your kids safe. With the arrival of summer, children eagerly embark on outdoor adventures and e...

Probiotics 101: Answering Your Probing Questions

Probiotics 101: Answering Your Probing Questions

  Interested in giving probiotics a try? We’re happy you’re here. To prevent you from having to Google 30 different questions, we decided to gather the top probiotic questions and discuss them all ...

Sensory Processing Disorder in Children: Signs, Food Aversions, and Treatment Options

Sensory Processing Disorder in Children: Signs, Food Aversions, and Treatment Options

As a pediatric nurse, one concern I hear from parents often is, "Why is my child so sensitive to certain foods, sounds, or textures?" For some children, these reactions may be related to sensory p...

Feeling Stiff? Signs Your Joints Need Some Care (And Agility)

Feeling Stiff? Signs Your Joints Need Some Care (And Agility)

  What’s up with our joints? They are kind of a big deal.  If we relied solely on our bones, we wouldn’t be able to bend. Joints allow us to move with ease. ALL the movements that change the positi...