Baby-Proofing Checklist
Baby proofing can be an overwhelming task when your baby becomes mobile. It’s important to remember that “mobile” doesn’t mean just walking or crawling. As soon as a baby can scoot, roll or army crawl, the risk for unintentional home injury skyrockets. It may be frustrating to have to alter your home, but babies are […]
Youth Can Now Call 911 Without Fear of Arrest
During the last General Assembly, Senate Bill 13 was enacted into law and created a new medical amnesty statute.
Antibiotics Not Needed For Most Bronchitis
Bronchitis comes with many misconceptions. Patients and their parents (and sometimes health-care providers) are often confused as to what causes it, how it is caught and what exactly it is.
Want to Read Better? Get Outside and Play
If you are looking for ways to help your children learn, Dr. Rick Graebe of the Children’s Vision and Learning Center in Versailles offers some simple advice: “Send them out to play.”
Protect Your Child’s Emotional Well-Being
Every child is a whole, complete person with strengths and weaknesses, but some weaknesses are easier for a child to ignore than others.
Encouragement Is Better Than Praise
Many parents feel that praising their child is good parenting – the sign of an involved, caring mom or dad.
But praise can undermine a child’s well-being and interfere with her sense of self-worth and resilience. Instead, encouragement is better. Consider the differences.
Comfort and Choices Found in Hypnobabies Class
Many mothers go through pregnancy with the fear of childbirth looming overhead. Some women cannot use or don’t prefer pain medication, and others just desire a more natural, comfortable birth setting. That’s where Hypnobabies can help. Hypnobabies is a childbirth education class that uses a self-hypnosis method to create an automatic physiological response in the […]
Weight-Loss Moms Transform Their Lives
Was Lexington Family Magazine’s Fit Family Challenge a success? Just ask Shelley Hopps, who has lost 40 pounds since January and is now a size 4.
Remain Calm During Child’s Night Terrors
A parent is awakened by screaming coming from her child’s bedroom.
When Mom runs in, her child looks like he is awake. His eyes are wide open and his pupils are dilated.
Dr. Graebe – ‘I Was Skeptical Too’
Vision Therapy is like physical therapy for the eyes and brain and treats many common problems such as lazy eye, crossed eyes, double vision, eye-hand coordination issues, and reading and learning disabilities
It’s Never Too Late To…Read To Your Children
It builds oral language skills by strengthening vocabulary and by providing exposure to the sound, structure and cadence of language.
End Homework Wars By Establishing A Routine
Like so many other things, when it comes to homework, having a routine sets the stage for success. That’s helpful because whether we like it or not, today’s children are assigned homework as early as kindergarten.
Knowledge, Advocacy Key to VBAC Success
Cesarean deliveries can be necessary for any number of medical reasons during pregnancy or childbirth. But one C-Section scar does not mean a mother is stuck with no other options. VBAC, or Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, is a popular topic, as more women are weighing the risks and benefits VBAC for a future pregnancy. A […]
Moms Find Peace of Mind, Relaxation at Baby Belly Spa
Baby Belly Spa in Lexington is a mom’s one-stop-shop for prenatal massage, elective ultrasounds and maternity shopping. Crystal Nichols opened Baby Belly Spa in November of 2008 after her own experience with prenatal massage. “I loved getting massages while I was pregnant with my son and began doing research on prenatal massage when I had […]
Safe Sleep Quick Hits
Your new baby spends most of his time asleep during the first few months of life, so make sure his crib is a safe environment. Here are a few basic safety tips for better sleep for baby: No loose blankets, pillows or toys. These pose a suffocation hazard. No mobiles or dangling toys within baby’s […]
Fall Festivals Close to Home
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Imagine This:The Lexington School Now Tests For All-Important 21st Century Skills
When Kelly Telech bounds into a classroom at The Lexington School, excited students sometimes greet her with big smiles and even applause.
YMCA: Something For The Whole Family
Thanks to the YMCA of Central Kentucky, the four children of Joi and Brian Knapp of Lexington have experienced a gym-bag full of after-school activities such as soccer, gymnastics, t-ball, coach-pitch t-ball, karate, basketball, gymnastics, ballet, and guitar, cooking, sewing and swim lessons.
Autism: How Vision Therapy Can Help
Most parents looking for help for an autistic child probably wouldn’t think of scheduling a visit with an eye doctor.
But perhaps they should, according to Dr. Rick Graebe of the Children’s Vision and Learning Center of Versailles.
Teen Smoking: Still A Major Health Concern
According to the CDC’s High School Risk Behavior survey, 59.2% of Kentucky high-schoolers have tried cigarettes at least once.