Nobody has time to sort through the constantly changing, conflicting advice on infant feeding — and Google makes it worse, not better. So here is the current version, plainly. The old advice was backwards For years parents were told to delay allergenic foods as long as possible. That advice has been reversed. There is no evidence that waiting past 4–6 … Read More
Fever in Kids: When to Worry and When to Relax
Let’s start here: fever is not the enemy. Fever isn’t an illness. It’s your child’s immune system doing its job — raising body temperature slows bacteria and viruses down and revs up the cells that fight them. There’s no evidence that fever itself damages a child or causes lasting harm. So the goal isn’t a normal thermometer reading. The goal … Read More