Handouts on Pediatric Information

We continue to update and improve our information that we provide in caring for your child. Many handouts are available on common pediatric concerns and illnesses. Please feel free to request a copy at any time you are in the office and feel free to discuss them with your doctor or nurse; ask questions when they arise.

One of our goals is to help provide you with the information to best care for your child. Our handouts are intended as a way to share information with you. We believe that parents are a part of the medical care team. You know your child better than anyone else, and the more you know about your child's health, the better team member you can be. Parents receive ongoing health advice from friends, relatives, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the Internet. Unfortunately, information from such sources may be confusing, conflicting, or even alarming. Our intention is that these handouts will provide accurate, up-to-date, straightforward health advice that you can learn from, refer to, and share with others who are involved in your child's care.

If you have questions about these handouts or your child's health, do not hesitate to call us. We appreciate the opportunity to be a part of your child's care!

If you don't see the information you are looking for here, check the AAP book for parents called My Child is Sick! Expert Advice for Managing Commons Illnesses and Injuries by Barton D. Schmitt, MD or the New AAP website for parents with reliable, up-to-the-minute health advice, tools, and services for proactive parents:  http://www.healthychildren.org/  (there's also an app for iPhone and iPad).

Tylenol/Motrin Dosing Chart

New Infant Tylenol Dosing Chart

New Acetaminophen Dosing Chart

Handouts about common conditions/concerns regarding children:

Common Illnesses:
Colds
Cold and Cough
Croup 
Diarrhea             
Fever                 
Influenza - "The Flu" What To Do If You Get Sick
Vomiting            

Common Conditions:
Colic
Constipation
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease 
Hives 
Lice
Molluscum Contagiosum
Pinworms

Common Concerns:
Bedtime Resistance
Biting (Another Child)
Discipline Basics
Discipline Redefined
Early Morning Riser
Febrile Seizures
Hurting Another Child
Insect Repellants
Motion Sickness
Night Terrors
Nightmares
Pacifiers
Potty Training
Self Esteem
Sibling Rivalry
Stuttering
Sun Safety/Sunscreen
Teething
Thumbsucking
Tips for Helping Baby Fall Asleep Happily
Toddlers and Transitions

Nutrition:
Avoiding Food Wars with your Toddler
Feeding a Fussy Toddler
Food Allergy or Intolerance
Foods that Contain Calcium
Foods that Contain Iron
Gluten-free Diet
Healthful Diet
Picky Eater - Food Ideas
Reintroducing Lactose
Reflux in Infants
Shopping List for Avoiding Dairy
Starting Solid Foods (side 1)
Starting Solid Foods (side 2)
Vegetarian Eating
Vitamin D Recommendations
Wheat/Milk/Soy/Egg/Peanut Free Diet

Breastfeeding Handouts:
Breastfeeding Right from the Start
Breastfeeding After a C-Section
Breastfeeding Twins
How Breastfeeding Benefits Add Up
Establishing Your Milk Supply
How to Know Your Healthy Full-Term Baby is Getting Enough Milk
Rousing a Sleepy Newborn
Engorgement
Sore Nipples
Breastfeeding and Your Diet
Tracking Down Trouble Foods while Breastfeeding
Nutrition and Breastfeeding
Dad and the Breastfeeding Baby
Increasing Milk Supply
Breast Milk Storage Guidelines
Plugged Milk Ducts or Mastitis
Breast Compression
Breastfeeding the Baby with Reflux
Thrush in a Breastfeeding Baby
Bottlefeeding the Breastfed Baby
Nursing Strikes
Handling Night Nursings
Breastfeeding and the Working Mother
Night Weaning
Overactive Letdown
Weaning
Approaches to Weaning

(Also go to www.LaLecheLeague.org for additional resources on breastfeeding related topics and support.)