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When you’re a new mom and the topic of breastfeeding comes up, it can all be overwhelming! Sometimes I find the advice to be a little black and white. You need to take breastfeeding in stride.
Some of the strict advice is unrealistic, such as: “never give your baby a pacifier, never give formula, and never [...]

Shilpan of Success Soul recently wrote a great post compiling some ways to supercharge your brain. This sparked some debate at the notion that hugging a stranger would help your brain.  He was called a “Tree-Hugging Hippie” for this radical idea that touch can be helpful for our well being. Well Shilpan, you were right [...]

A collection of my two year old’s daily reports keep piling up in his new classroom. They chronicle his day, what he ate, how he slept and most of all what he said. This morning I grabbed a handful and headed out the door. As I waited at the the stop light I thumbed through [...]

I was 22 when I first had a Mango. It was ripe and juicy but a little difficult if not messy to peel. I cut and sliced and then just picked the whole thing up and sucked the sweet orange flesh from the peel. My teeth were excellent tools to get at the embedded fruit. [...]

This is a continuation from yesterday’s post: The Healing Powers of Music
If you didn’t read it go back and listen to Mitsuko Uchida playing Mozart. Or even if you have, go back and listen to her again. She’s amazing.
Anyway the fascinating story that followed the melodious music was about Dr. Claudius Conrad, a 30 year [...]

Yesterday, as I was driving in my car I turned on the radio. I had just come off a busy clinic and needed to calm down. All morning long I moved fast, seeing this wheezing patient first- to get the neb treatment going and then jumping to the next room to exam the newborn [...]

As we saw in yesterday’s article- Should you Let Your Child Watch Television- there is evidence that allowing your baby to watch TV may hinder their language. Our cheapest babysitter may be our most expensive. It’s funny now that I’m researching TV and children, I certainly have been more aware of its use in my [...]

Here is a question I received at MommyMD: A Guide to Realistic Parenting last year. This morning I was reminded of it as my two year old is fascinated by Sesame Street. I let him watch because as you’ll see below. If your children are over two years of age, the American Academy of Pediatrics [...]

The labs are back and it looks like Jake is allergic to eggs- if the vomiting and wheezing weren’t enough of a clue- the blood test confirms it. But surprisingly he also shows a possible allergy to wheat and milk. Hmmmm…what do you do with children who are allergic to eggs, wheat and milk?
As [...]

Hi Dr. Cason,
My 18-month old burned his fingertip on some hot glue the childcare workers were using for an arts and crafts project. (I have already written a very heated letter to the proper administrators informing them of my horror at hot glue being used with toddlers.) Anyway, his fingertip is white and swollen. I [...]