Product Safety Alert

    Late last week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price issued a warning about the Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play sleeper due to reports of infants rolling over and dying in them: The CPSC is aware of 10 infant deaths in the Rock ‘n Play...

“Is Your Home Gun-Safe?”

  Dr. Lili has produced a terrific 22-minute video that every parent needs to watch. On her excellent blog, My Pocket Pediatrician, Dr. Lili discusses gun safety while remaining apolitical and staying in her lane as a mom, a pediatrician, an emergency...

Emergency Kit

Sudden fevers, itchy skin eruptions, scraped knees and banged heads are just some of the situations parents must be ready to manage at the most unexpected moments. Mom and pediatrician, Dr. Jamie Friedman, suggests that parents and caregivers stay prepared by taking a...

*Flashback Friday*

*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on January 4, 2016.   Saving Lives With Car Seats     Last week we learned that parents and caregivers are finding the installation and proper use of car seats, booster seats, and seat belts challenging....

*Flashback Friday*

*This post first appeared on The PediaBlog on November 30, 2015.   “Bare Is Best”   In a 2011 policy statement regarding “SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Deaths,” the American Academy of Pediatrics expanded their recommendations to make a baby’s...