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February 8, 2016

Facts for Keeping Your Baby’s Teeth Healthy-Part Two of a Series

By Gayle Lightfoot Ball RDH, MA Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Hygiene Check our Blog posting from January 27 for Part One of this series. Fact 4 When should children have their first dental appointment? The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends children should have their first dental examination when the first tooth appears. Fact 5 […]

January 27, 2016

Facts for Keeping Your Baby’s Teeth Healthy-Part One of a Series

By Gayle Lightfoot Ball RDH, MA Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Hygiene This is Part One of a series. At the end of this series parents should have a better understanding of how to […]

January 21, 2016

7 Activities to Cure Toddler Winter Boredom

Do you have Q-Tips. paper and paint? Blue construction paper works best if you use white paint for winter scenes, but any paper & paint color […]

January 10, 2016

Advice from One MD to Another on Supporting Breastfeeding

By Todd Wolynn, MD, IBCLC, MMM By 1971, only one in five moms in the US even attempted to breastfeed. Formula had become the “norm” for […]

December 30, 2015

Planning Ahead for a Healthy New Year

By Andrea Chiarchiaro, M.S., RD, LDN TEIS Registered Dietitian As this year comes to a close, many of us start to look ahead to the next […]

December 22, 2015

What Toys are Best for Practicing Gross Motor Skills?

By Mary Yoho, PT TEIS Physical Therapist The holidays are upon us and so are lots of toy ads, commercials and overload for moms and dads. […]

December 15, 2015

Just Fixing a Flat-What Can Be Done To Correct Plagiocephaly?

It has been increasingly common to see babies under the age of one year sporting some colorfully decorated hard shell helmets with Steelers decals or slogans […]

December 8, 2015

How to Survive a Holiday Party with a Toddler in Tow

By Kristen Burke, OT TEIS Occupational Therapist I was at a party with my family a couple of weeks ago and I watched as my friend’s […]

December 4, 2015

Healthy Eating During the Holidays

By Andrea Chiarchiaro, RD TEIS Nutritionist Navigating the holidays’ crazy schedules of family, kids, work, and extra parties and events is like a marathon. Eating right […]

November 29, 2015

5 Tips to Minimize Holiday Toddler Meltdowns

Wasn’t it just summer? Not sure where the Fall went, but anyway, the holiday season is upon us and that means as families we are often […]

November 21, 2015

7 Tips to Get Your Kids to Help in the Kitchen this Thanksgiving

By TEIS Registered Dietitian Emily Novak, RD, LDN Wasn’t I just sitting on the white sand beaches enjoying the summer sun? It feels like I blinked […]

November 18, 2015

What Are YOU Thankful For?

What are you thankful for? Gratitude doesn’t come naturally to everyone, but it does come with a lot of benefits. We’ve all had days when we […]

November 2, 2015

Is Your Child’s Separation Anxiety “just a phase”?

Our guest blogger is Erin Troup, LPC, NCC, CT from the Sprout Center for Emotional Growth and Development, LLC You drop your child off to daycare, like […]

October 21, 2015

It’s Fall, So Let them Climb…and Fall

As parents today we are so very aware of the dangers in every aspect of our children’s lives. Not that our own parents were not aware, […]

September 24, 2015

Love Music?

Today’s entry is from our guest blogger Tamara Guo, M.Ed. I love music, and I can’t imagine my life without it. Do you share my love […]

August 27, 2015

Got Back to School Anxiety? Take a Deep Breath!

Today’s entry is from our guest blogger Tamara Guo, M.Ed. You’ve been counting down the days until your older children return to school, right? Yikes! But […]

August 5, 2015

Summer Sensory Play

Guest Blogger: Casey Waugh, MOTR/L One of the glories of summer… outdoor play!! The great outdoors has so much to offer to the little explorer. Moving […]

August 3, 2015

Traveling with Young Children

When I was growing up, we traveled from Pittsburgh to Connecticut in the back of a station wagon, lying on our bellies with no seatbelts, coloring […]

July 14, 2015

Being a New Mom

One of the hardest things to handle as a new mother is when your baby is crying, and nothing you try will settle them. Or when […]

July 2, 2015

Security Objects

Does your child have a lovey, blankie, or taggy? They can be called so many things! Security objects, or transitional objects, are usually soft items such […]

June 30, 2015

Separation Anxiety

Have you dropped off your toddler at child care, or left the little ones with a sitter for a night out, only to hear their cries, […]

June 25, 2015

Playground Play

One of our very favorite things to do on a beautiful summer night after dinner is to take a short trip to the nearest playground. If […]

June 18, 2015

Benefits of Pool Play!

How many of us have memories from our childhood that involve summer and water? Trips to the beach, afternoons at the pool, swimming at the lake, […]

June 16, 2015

Tips About Toys

As therapists, we spend a lot of time with young children and toys, and we’ve picked up some really awesome ideas from our families. Here are […]

June 10, 2015

Time Away from the Kids

I don’t know about you, but there are definitely days when I long for a girls’ weekend away, or I’d even be happy with a night […]

June 4, 2015

Outdoor Activities with NO Prep

Summer has arrived, and with it comes the opportunity to go outside and get some fresh air! Most young children really enjoy the sun on their […]

June 2, 2015

Benefits of Play-doh

Who doesn’t love the smell of play-doh? It’s like the natural scent of childhood! And really, who hasn’t EATEN play-doh at one point in their life? […]

May 26, 2015

What’s with all the climbing?

On three separate occasions last week, caregivers asked me what to do about the climbing? What did all three children have in common? They were all […]

May 11, 2015

Rough and Tumble Play

Is your child the one that loves to be THROWN up in the AIR and tossed around?? Then roll on the floor as if they were […]

May 1, 2015

Diaper Box

How many times do you pick up a box of diapers from Target or Sam’s Club, only to toss it out in the weekly trash when […]

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