If you spend any time reading about parenting on social media, you’ve likely heard terms like gentle parenting, respectful parenting, conscious parenting, or breaking generational cycles. Many of the ideas behind these movements are genuinely…
HPV Vaccine: Cancer Prevention Starts Now At Sweetbay, we focus on prevention that truly changes a child’s future. The HPV vaccine is one of the most powerful cancer-prevention tools we…
I absolutely love springtime in NC, but the trees and plants bursting with blooms aren’t always a welcome sight for allergy sufferers. The key to managing allergy symptoms involves more than stocking…
It is that time of year again where we have some cooler temps, gorgeous fall leaf colors, crockpot meals brewing while football games play on the TV, and…whomp whomp… Hand, Foot…
The weather is warming up, pools are opening, and family beach vacations are around the corner. So let’s review some key water safety principles. The first thing to cover is the…
In my effort to offer valuable content about various parenting topics, I invited you to an evening with Dr. Hope Seidel where she discussed Social Media in Teens and Tweens. For those…
I want to review the most common infection I’ve been treating in the past few weeks: IMPETIGO. There is a lot of panic and misinformation about this condition, so I want…
In today’s newsletter I aim to provide all of you with some tools to feel equipped in the case of a medical emergency. I hope you never need to use…
Ear pain (otalgia) is one of the most common concerns I hear from my patients. There are various causes of otalgia, the most common of which are serous otitis media…
Today’s topic is a big one, so throw your coffee in the microwave one more time and join me for a deep dive into pediatric anxiety. Lots of our kids struggle…
