Bonding With Your Baby: How to Enhance Oxytocin – Your ‘Love Hormone’
By Doraine Bailey From the outside, being a mother must seem like a horrible thing. After all, you’re up all hours of the day and night caring for a messy and demanding baby. However, mothers and their babies have easy access to a hormone that fosters patience, relaxation, empathy, generosity and love: Oxytocin. Oxytocin is […]
Raising a Chronically Ill Child: How to Handle Trips to the ER
Parents typically understand that we can’t always shield our children from common colds, bumps and bruises, and flu season. But how many of us consider the likelihood of managing an illness with no end in sight?
Is My Child Manipulating Me? No!
You are walking through the mall with your 2½-year-old, finishing up that last errand before you head home. It’s naptime.
When she starts to whine, you know she is tired and needs some help, so you pick her up and carry her. Someone nearby says loudly enough for you to hear: “Don’t let her get her way. Make her walk!”
Kellie’s Column: Life with a Chronically-Ill Child
By Kellie Doligale After a hospital labor and delivery, most new parents don’t really consider the possibility of being back in an emergency medical setting with their babies. We’re excited to go home and move on with the thrills of first steps, birthday candles and afternoons spent at the park. But for millions of American […]
Parenting a Chronically-Ill Child
By Kellie Doligale Parents typically understand that we can’t always shield our children from common colds, bumps and bruises, and flu season. But how many of us consider the likelihood of managing an illness with no end in sight? A chronic condition is loosely defined as an illness lasting longer than three months that affects […]
Don’t Eat That!
You get the run down of foods to avoid at your first prenatal care visit- but do you know why those foods are relegated to the “No No” list? Here are some quick hits on why you are avoiding certain dishes during pregnancy. Seafood The FDA and the EPA discourage eating certain fish, such as […]
Teething Tools and Toys
Your baby’s first tooth may come without any tears at all, or it may be the start of a long, fussy road. Teething can be painful, but the remedies for soothing the discomfort are vast. Check out some of our favorite teething tools below to help you and your little one on the way to […]
Stings: Prevention Is Best Medicine
With the arrival of spring and warm weather, children and insects return to the great outdoors. Invariably, some of those insects will bite or sting some of those children.
A Cure for the Struggling Student
Does this scenario sounds familiar? Your bright child is underachieving at school. Homework is a struggle and he doesn’t seem to try.
He doesn’t remember what he has read. His handwriting is sloppy, and he’s a poor speller.
Worse, he just seems to hate school.
Don’t Wait to Ask for Hospice Care
Understandably, most people avoid thinking about hospice care.
But what if choosing this form of care could actually improve the quality of life for your loved one?
If You Want Good Brain Health As You Age…Play Video Games!
When you think of video games, you probably picture a teen with bloodshot eyes sitting in a dark basement furiously punching his fingers on a controller.
The Necessity of Free, Unstructured Play
Over the past 25 years, the amount of time children spend experiencing their world in real time – slowly, without being efficient or productive (both adult terms) – has decreased significantly, some say by more than 25%.
When You’re Ready to Start Trying
Trying to conceive can be an exciting time for a couple, but also a stressful time. Conception may not happen in the first month, and that leads to many mixed emotions. Here are some simple tips for women when they decide they are ready for a baby. Live a Pregnant Lifestyle Now. Start taking a […]
Dr. Graebe’s Full Service Eye Care Center
When trying to get a law changed, it helps when one of your patients is the governor of the state.
So it was in the early career for Dr. Rick Graebe, a behavioral optometrist in Versailles.
A Peaceful Morning Routine? It’s Possible
Some mornings – maybe many mornings – can start off feeling like a race to the finish line when you have young children. Everyone is harried, stressed, irritable, pressured… and ready to fall apart at any moment. No one likes to begin the day with a big dose of stress hormones. Imagine starting off more […]
Easy Baby Food Tips
Fresh produce season is almost here, and using it to make your own baby food can be simple. Here are a few basic tips to get started: No-Cook Favorites: If you don’t have time to steam, bake and soften the produce, pick ready-to-mash fruits and vegetables. Avocados, bananas and berries require no cooking before they […]
Best Practice for Booster Seats
By Kaitlyn Silvestri Ellis The American Academy of Pediatrics and NHTSA recommend Rear Facing until at least age two, but ideally until the child reaches the height or weight limit for their convertible car seat. This is usually around 40-50 pounds depending on the car seat. Rear facing is the best way to protect a […]
Big Baby, Smart Baby: New Study Links Birth Weight to Academic Success
Many mothers agree that the last month of pregnancy is an immense struggle.
Private Duty Nursing Provides In-Home Care
Choosing a company to provide care for a loved one at home is an important decision.
Extra Care Private Duty Nursing is owned and operated by Hospice of the Bluegrass, which is known as a national leader in specialized care, so you know you can trust the expertise your loved one will receive.
Helping Teens Become Safe Drivers
Every day about seven teenagers age 16-19 in the U.S. die in motor vehicle accidents.