Jun 22, 2015 | Bereavement, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Molly Kramer March 18, 2012. Nearly 38 weeks pregnant with our second child, I was frantically packing the hospital bag that I had been putting off for weeks. Contractions had started in the middle of the night and by morning, my nervous jitters had...
Jun 9, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Non Profits
By An Anonymous Blogger for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC “I’m new to the parenting thing. Last year I became stepmom to a sweet, funny, rapidly growing ‘tween,’ and the surprises are endless! When school let out last year, it hit me that he’d be at our...
May 5, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health
Is It Serious? How to Know When Abdominal Pain Is Something More By Tiffany D. Kratzer, MD, Director of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Director of Pediatric Endoscopy, Wake Forest Baptist Health Brenner Children’s Hospital Mild abdominal...
Apr 20, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Local Events, Local Resources, Recreation
By Chelsea Cullen Joslyn On Saturday, April 25, branches of the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina are holding free community events to inspire more kids to keep their minds and bodies active. YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day®, the Y’s national initiative to improve health and...
Apr 9, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Local Events, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Non Profits
By Patti Marlowe, Prevention Specialist – Darkness to Light Program Coordinator I can remember the first time I heard the statistic; “4 children die each day in the U.S., as a result of child abuse”…and, “3 out of those 4 are under age 4”. I...
Apr 7, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health
By Jason Caldwell, DO, assistant professor of internal medicine and pediatrics, section of allergy and immunology, at Wake Forest Baptist Health Many children and teens suffer from seasonal allergies in the spring. Unfortunately, there are a lot of misconceptions...
Mar 3, 2015 | -, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health
By Timothy R. Peters, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, Brenner Children’s Hospital You’ve probably already read about the measles outbreaks across the country, most notably in California. This is, of course, disconcerting. Measles is a potentially deadly...
Feb 16, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Parent & Child Groups / Support Groups, Safety
By Anonymous I can honestly say I have a happy and relatively successful life at this point in my life, so most people that know me would likely never guess or even fathom that I have what most would call a ‘dark’ and ‘tragic’ past. I was a victim of child abuse at a...
Feb 3, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Hot Topics
By J. “Whit” Mims, MD, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Wake Forest Baptist Health Enlarged tonsils are a common childhood health issue. In fact, one of the most common pediatric surgical procedures in the United States is the tonsillectomy (the...
Jan 27, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, Dental, From the Doctor, Health
By Dr. Sona J. Isharani My name is Sona Isharani (aka, Dr. Sona) and I am a mom and a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist. After 11 years of various practice experience, I started my own Pediatric Dental Practice in 2013. I share an office with a Comprehensive General...
Jan 6, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health
By Anca Safta, MD, professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Wake Forest Baptist Health Brenner Children’s Hospital, and director of Brenner Children’s Hospital’s Gluten and Allergic Digestive Disorders program There’s been a recent explosion of gluten-free products...
Dec 15, 2014 | Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health
By Elizabeth Walsh, MD, assistant professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at Wake Forest Baptist Health Brenner Children’s Hospital As a pediatric endocrinologist, I treat many children with diabetes. As part of my practice, I frequently discuss with parents the...
Nov 10, 2014 | Children's Health & Wellness, Health
By Katie Moosbrugger Just when you thought this pesky virus died off in the 80s along with your Holly Hobbie ovens and Shrinky Dinks…welp, think again. It recently reared its fleshy, crusty heads in my house this past week, and yes, my kids had been vaccinated! It...
Oct 21, 2014 | Adult Health & Wellness, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health
By Abby Haas, MD, Wake Forest Baptist Health Pediatrics – Clemmons It’s that time of year again. No, I don’t mean fall, Halloween, or the buildup to the holidays. I’m referring to flu season, the period when the flu virus starts rearing its...
Oct 18, 2014 | -, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Pop Culture, Books & Movies
By Joey Maynard, a.k.a “Aidan’s Dad” Our oldest son Aidan looked to us like he had a rash. There were little red dots on his arms, legs & groin area. No fevers, no sniffles, no throwing up. Nothing. The morning of June 16th was nothing more than a doctor’s...
Oct 15, 2014 | Children with Special Needs, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Aprille Donaldson, author of the blog Beautiful in His Time A few months ago, I found myself sitting on a bench at Bolton Park, watching my 3-year-old play in the sand with the trucks I had brought along. Two moms entered the park with their children,...
Sep 10, 2014 | Children with Special Needs, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Laura Laxton When you have a child with Down syndrome, you get used to a few things: hearing how happy and loving people with Down syndrome are; therapy (physical, speech-language, occupational); extra doctor visits; averted eyes or odd stares;...
Aug 13, 2014 | Children's Health & Wellness, Developmental Concerns, Health
By Guest Blogger Kathleen Thorell If you are like me, you assume that the vision screening they perform at your children’s pediatrician office and school are all they need, right? When my two oldest children passed these screenings with no problems, I quickly moved on...
Jul 30, 2014 | Children's Health & Wellness, Health
By Katie Moosbrugger The topic of whether or not to vaccinate a child – or putting children on our own vaccination schedules – is one that intrigues me. Unfortunately, I don’t know enough about the topic to write a fair blog which is why I hope to generate comments...
Jul 24, 2014 | Adult Health & Wellness, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health
By Guest Blogger Katherine R. Schafer MD, Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest Baptist Health Most people are aware that ticks can carry diseases, but beyond that, they’re often uncertain about what those diseases are and how to spot them....
Jul 10, 2014 | Children's Health & Wellness, Health
By Guest Blogger Allison Chapple, MS/EdS, LPC, NCC The topic of eating disorders was once thought of as a “teenage girl” issue. As time goes on, elementary school-aged girls and boys are struggling with anorexia and bulimia at an alarming rate. The National Eating...
Jul 5, 2014 | Children with Special Needs, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Kristen Bagwell As part of our special needs series, I wanted to cover a topic that is familiar to many of us: Down Syndrome. While this diagnosis has been around for more than 100 years, great strides have been made in the past 10 years as far as...
Jun 9, 2014 | Children with Special Needs, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Lisa Tandan, author of the blog Alannah Annabelle: A micro-preemie adventure I have always considered myself to be ordinary. I assume that if something, whether good or bad, happens to a small number of people, I won’t be among them. I don’t expect to be in a...
May 20, 2014 | Children's Health & Wellness, Developmental Concerns, From the Doctor, Health
By Guest Blogger Meagan P. Lewis, AuD, clinical manager of audiology at Wake Forest Baptist Health If you have a child under the age of 5, you’re probably pretty familiar with hearing screenings. However, most parents still have questions. Here are some of the...
May 13, 2014 | Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Regina Alexander, LCSW We all think of childhood as a carefree time, where the child’s only job is to be curious and learn new things. As parents we may wish we could go back to a time when we did not have to worry about bills and schedules and...
Apr 22, 2014 | -, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health, Safety
By Paul F. Meyer, MD, primary care physician at Wake Forest Baptist Health Family -Medicine Lewisville With mild weather and beautiful scenery, spring is one of the loveliest times of the year. Yet for people who suffer from allergies, it can also be one of the most...
Apr 8, 2014 | -, Adult Health & Wellness, Arts & Enrichment Activities, Camps, Children's Health & Wellness, Crafts & Hobbies, Health, Recreation, Sports
By Chelsea Cullen Joslyn, Communications Director for the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina After the winter weather we’ve had, it’s hard to believe summer is just around the corner. The spring months are the time to prepare and plan so that your family has a fun,...
Mar 21, 2014 | -, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Non Profits
By Jordan Skinner When I left for work on the morning of February 20, 2007, I had no idea that this would be a day that would weigh on my heart forever. My wife was 17 weeks pregnant, we were preparing to become new parents, and we were overjoyed! When I...
Mar 1, 2014 | -, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Safety
For the majority of us, we don’t think much about food allergies until it comes time to take snacks into school, have a new friend of your child’s spend the night, or plan a birthday party. But for the Fielders family, food allergies are something that are...
Feb 18, 2014 | -, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health
By LeAnne Kennedy, PharmD at Wake Forest Baptist Health As the mom of two active boys (ages 7 and 17), I’m not exactly a stranger to emergency departments. We’ve had enough incidents to know that a long wait in an ED can amplify the anxiety related to an...
