Jan 26, 2023 | Infant and Child Health
We’ve probably all been there at some point (or we will in the future!). Our child wakes up crying in the night. You go in and put a hand on her head to find her “burning up” with red tearstained cheeks. In a groggy instant you ask yourself… Where’s my...
Aug 27, 2019 | Infant and Child Health
Ali Griffin, APRN Nurse Practitioner, Weiss Pediatric Care We have all been there at some point, or…sorry, you probably will be in the future! You are at home, (at least hopefully at home and not in the Target bathroom or in line for a ride at Disney) with a child who...
May 14, 2018 | Infant and Child Health
Many thanks to Sebastian, a Weiss Pediatric patient and our guest blogger, for helping us better understand autism. Sebastian is 10 years old and won first place in Tropicana’s 4th grade speech contest with his essay, I’m Autistic and That’s A-OK....
Sep 14, 2017 | Infant and Child Health
Picture this recent scene at our office. Siblings. Each wrapped in a blanket. Both shivering with fevers, and coughing and sneezing. Both carrying buckets (they’ve been vomiting and are on the verge again). Both pale. One crying quietly. One curled up on an exam...
Jun 4, 2017 | Eating & Nutrition, Infant and Child Health
As a society, our views on nutrition and feeding strategies for infants/toddlers have been constantly changing throughout the decades. We have seen trends such as making your own baby food purees, baby food in pouches (yay for convenience!), and mesh feeders or...
Oct 26, 2015 | Infant and Child Health
A nationwide shortage of the FluMist, or nasal spray flu vaccine, is limiting the ways we can protect children from the flu this year. The manufacturer of FluMist has delivered only 30 percent of its orders to date, and estimates its supplies to be 60 percent, at...
