Ach! Growing Pains
by Karen on 2/02/12 | 8 Comment(s)
We thought we were golden with our 3.5 year old’s sleep pattern: um, yeah, right! We have had lots of middle-of-the-night wakeups from nightmares and now- growing pains. When our son wails from the pain, I get it. I had them too. But, what I don’t get is what they are and how to help [...]
Medications and Breastfeeding
by Karen on 1/17/12 | 9 Comment(s)
I was having problems with frequently choking and was prescribed some medicine for “silent reflux” by an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor. She said that the medicine was “fine for a nursing mom”…..without checking. I wasn’t convinced she really knew. I called my general practitioner to see if the medicine was okay for a nursing [...]
Germs, visitors and going outside with new babies
by Karen on 1/15/12 | 3 Comment(s)
Germs, Visitors and Going Outside by Dr. Hugh Gilgoff Who’s Allowed Near the Baby? The birth of your baby is a time of utter joy and celebration. Friends, family, and even complete strangers on the street want to see and even touch your beautiful little one. The problem is that your baby does not yet [...]
Allergies? You Might Want to Confirm
by Karen on 1/04/12 | 0 Comment(s)
If your child has allergies or you suspect they might, you should consider this insightful article about allergy testing that came out in the January issue of Pediatrics: Robert Wood of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Scott Sicherer of Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, warn that blood tests and skin-prick testing are not [...]
Avoiding Toxic Chemicals- Mount Sinai Workshop
by Karen on 11/29/11 | 0 Comment(s)
How do exposures in the womb and during early childhood put our children at risk for disease later in life? Join Mount Sinai’s Children’s Environmental Health Center (CEHC) for a half-day workshop that examines the environmental causes of some of the most common diseases: ADHD, autism, breast cancer, obesity and infertility. Learn how to keep [...]
Acetaminophen New Dosing Chart- and When to Use It
by Karen on 10/17/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Acetaminophen in concentrated infant drops will no longer be produced by manufacturers- and that’s a very good thing. There were dosing errors as people used concentrated infant drops on older children. It was easy to get it confused: if a child weighs twice as much as in infant, wouldn’t it make sense to give them [...]
Where to go for hearing tests in NYC
by Karen on 7/10/11 | 2 Comment(s)
This year for various reasons we needed to test Birch’s hearing. You can see from the photo above, he had a great time with the place we found (and this was even at the end of his appointment). I had asked on my Facebook page if people could recommend a pediatric ENT and quite a [...]
Which birth control now?
by Karen on 7/04/11 | 2 Comment(s)
My first visit to the OB/GYN after I gave birth was so anticlimatic. I wanted to talk about the labor and all its details, but my OB/GYN was only interested in asking “what are you going to use for birth control?” I had been out of the market for birth control for so long that [...]
Car Sick? Symptoms and How To Prevent and Treat
by Karen on 6/27/11 | 2 Comment(s)
If you don’t have a child that gets motion sickness or car sickness, count yourself one of the lucky ones. The rest of us worry about “that look”, that queasy look: pale grey face, open mouth, cold sweat and….STOP! There are ways to work with motions sickness, from the traditional advice of: “open the window” [...]
Lithium Cell Batteries: a real hazard
by Karen on 6/13/11 | 0 Comment(s)
At the beginning of parenthood there is nothing more challenging than policing everything that goes in your child’s mouth. There are hazards everywhere: coins, game pieces, paperclips and now, an increasingly serious danger according to a recent article in the NY Times: lithium cell batteries. I freaked out after I read the NY Times article [...]
Ticks: how to lick ‘em!
by Jill on 5/02/11 | 2 Comment(s)
Even in NYC we need to be aware of ticks. I have never found one on the kids or myself after a weekend in the park, but I have found them on the dog, so they must be out there somewhere! Per the NYC Department Health and Mental Hygiene website, there are two kinds of [...]
A severed finger and now my list of recommendations
by Karen on 4/05/11 | 4 Comment(s)
Last summer, we were playing soccer with some friends at a local park when a 6 year-old bike rider, when faced with crashing into a bench versus my son, chose my son. I didn’t see or hear the crash. I was halfway across the soccer field feeding our infant daughter when I heard someone yelling [...]
Healthcare for Uninsured: NY has options
by Jimmy on 3/21/11 | 0 Comment(s)
There are thousands of working, uninsured adults in New York. Some of them have families. Chances are good that you know someone in this category: the guy delivering your pad thai, a friend, your nanny or maybe….you. Running around without insurance can be scary, especially if you get sick or have a major medical incident. [...]
Tribeca Peds in Fort Greene will open today
by Karen on 3/07/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Back in January, I announced that Tribeca Pediatrics was expanding to Fort Greene. After walking by there this week, I noticed they had done a lot of work on the location, but it didn’t look ready for a move in- so I was surprised that they announced that they would be open for business today, [...]
Guess how many of us are still giving OTC cough/cold meds?
by Jill on 2/28/11 | 0 Comment(s)
In 2008, when the FDA issued its warning that we shouldn’t give children under 2 OTC cough or cold remedies, I dutifully tossed my infant versions of said medicines. We didn’t use them much, but I liked having them if I needed them and nothing soothes this worrying mother like a teaspoon of cough syrup [...]
LICH no longer down and out
by Karen on 2/14/11 | 0 Comment(s)
I got this very welcome email in my inbox this morning: “We are very pleased that plans for the merger of Long Island College Hospital and SUNY Downstate can move forward now that the HEAL grants will be awarded as we planned. We thank the Governor and the NY State Department of Health for this [...]
Free event: get tips for organizing and getting in shape
by Karen on 1/25/11 | 0 Comment(s)
There is no doubt that I am going to this event. My big goal this year is to get fit- and that means not only dropping my baby pounds (well, my 2 year old now- eek!) but actually exercising. And my other goal is to get balance in my life and stay on top [...]
Changes for Gordon and Glaser Pediatricians
by Karen on 1/06/11 | 1 Comment(s)
There’s been a lot of talk on the parenting listserves about Dr. Philippa Gordon and Dr. Amy Glaser splitting up their practice and going their separate ways. Current clients of the practice are being asked to choose their doctor. We got an email from their office, giving us the new contact information for both pediatricians. [...]
Tribeca Pediatrics and Tribeca Parenting expanding to Fort Greene
by Karen on 1/06/11 | 6 Comment(s)
This morning a mom said to me, “our neighborhood (Fort Greene) is so great and now that we’re starting to get more amenities for families…it’s getting even better.” “What do you mean?” I asked. I wasn’t aware some new things were coming in… “Tribeca Pediatrics is moving to Fort Greene, ” she said, “I saw [...]
Good to know about: a pediatrician who does house calls
by Karen on 12/17/10 | 1 Comment(s)
Have you ever ended up waiting in the emergency room for stitches or even a strep test? It seems like children are always getting sick just when your pediatrician’s office is closed. There is a pediatrician’s office that never closes. Dr. Edward Kulich, is a “concierge house call pediatrician” which means his office is always [...]
Our List of Brooklyn Dentists
by Karen on 12/16/10 | 15 Comment(s)
Yesterday, someone told me how they found their fabulous dentist through our list of pediatric dentists. It reminded me that it might be worth republishing the list. (They see Dr. Brown in Clinton Hill by the way and liked him.) If you want to review of any of the dentists here, or add one, please [...]
My story: our son’s excema
by Karen on 11/11/10 | 0 Comment(s)
My sister in Chicago has a 2 year old son named Von that is only 1 month older than my Willow. Strangely, both of our children share a peanut allergy when none of their siblings do. In addition to his peanut allergy, Von has excema. A bad case of it. Over the summer it was [...]
New study: peanuts and pregnancy
by Karen on 11/09/10 | 0 Comment(s)
When we found our that our second child, Willow, had a peanut allergy, I wondered “why?”: why did she get it and not my son? Why does my nephew have it and not his siblings? My theories have run from pesticides in the food I consumed while pregnant to my walnut allergy, but I didn’t [...]
Early Flu? Flu and H1N1 vaccinations
by Karen on 9/23/10 | 0 Comment(s)
It seem early to even begin thinking about getting a flu shot, but apparently Tribeca Pediatrics has already seen a number of young patients with the flu. In their newsletter that went out today they detailed what they are seeing and what the flu shot will have this year: “We’ve seen a suspiciously high number of [...]
New family practitioner takes over Dr. Carpenter’s office
by Karen on 8/03/10 | 0 Comment(s)
People always talked about the family doctor Dr. Maggie Carpenter in hushed tones: she was amazing, she hadn’t taken new patients in years, she was so good people were willing to pay 0ut-of-pocket for her for both themselves and their children. Then, last week, one of my friends (J) told me that Dr. Carpenter had [...]
