Pediatricians look forward to the week after Labor Day. Kids go back to school, giving a slow down to the crazy pace of summer physical season. Germs haven’t had time to circulate amongst classrooms and families. We breathe in the sweet air of September and gear up for the winter sick Read More
Back to School With Delta
Summer in Minnesota is always my favorite time of year. I look forward to lazy days spent in the sunshine on a lake. This year was even a little sweeter because the beginning of the summer coincided with a drop in the Covid-19 cases. For many people, the masks came off and people gathered again with Read More
A Mom’s Perspective
About a year ago, I wrote a blog about the Minnesota newborn screen. At the end, I told a story about a family of mine that had been picked up early on that screen for a deadly disease. What I didn’t say was that the mom of those boys is our much beloved Jamie McAnelly. Jamie was a pediatric nurse Read More
Common Injuries in Growing Athletes
Thanks to the COVID-19 vaccine and plummeting COVID-19 cases our kids are back to playing sports full force, yay! With this increase in activity I have been seeing a lot more sports related injuries this spring. There are two common causes of heel and knee pain that are unique to children and Read More
Autism or Is It Ought-ism?
Autism is a very complex condition. It has been said that if you meet one person with autism, you have just that, met one person with autism. At a basic level an individual with an autistic spectrum disorder has problems with speech or communication, problems being a social being and Read More
Introduction of Foods in Infancy. Which Way is Best?
When it comes to the introduction of new foods for babies, there are different options for how to start the process. We encourage parents to start introducing new foods around 4-6 months of age. However, there has been some debate in regards to which method is best over the recent years. There are Read More