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Sleep, everyone needs it, but most don’t get enough. According to the National Sleep Foundation, nearly 70 percent of children under age 10 experience some type of sleep problem. While child sleep needs vary by age, close to 80 percent of 11-17 year olds get less than the recommended amount of sleep.

Surely you’ve heard the adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” right? And surely your child or children fights you at every opportunity when it comes to eating healthy, but don’t fret. There are several ways you can incorporate a healthy diet and your child is none the wiser. September is Fruits & […]

You’ve come to the realization that it’s probably not smart to tell your kid that you’re going to the doctor, because of their reaction. But once you pull up into the parking lot of a place they’ve been dozens of times it starts all over again: the crying, the falling out, the screaming. Of course […]

February is kids ENT (ear, nose and throat) health month. While there are many topics we could cover under the ENT umbrella, there is one that is particularly common in our office, ear infections. Ear infections are the second most commonly diagnosed childhood illness in the United States. More than 3 out of 4 children […]