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This page is designed to answer general questions about your child's nutrition (including getting enough Vitamin D and calcium), starting solid foods, vaccines, sleep, screen time, mood and abdominal pain, and what actions to take for fever and pain relief, eczema, and constipation.
If you have more pressing or specific questions, please call or email Dr. Greco or make an appointment.
A comprehensive list of what your baby, toddler, gradeschooler, and preteen or teen needs in terms of calories and water.
This article contains guides that will help you figure out how many calories your child needs, and from which specific food groups.
Some eating patterns encourage consumption of too much fat (trans and saturated fats) and sugar, leading to obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Each food group is necessary for supporting normal and healthy growth and development if the foods you are choosing are high in nutrients compared to fat, calories, and sodium.
By choosing healthy and nutritious foods, you are helping your child develop healthy eating habits for the rest of his or her life.
The teenage years are an important time to attempt weight loss programs if your child weighs more than 10% above their healthy weight.
This page contains a definitive ranking of food sources that contain Vitamin D. It also includes calories per standard serving size and per 100 grams of the food.
This article provides information on common misconceptions about Vitamin D and the requirements that your child needs in order to get enough of it. It gives information on how to get Vitamin D both naturally and through supplements.
This page contains a ranking of food sources that contain calcium. It also includes calories per standard serving size and per 100 grams of the food from the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Acetaminophen (Tylenol, Feverall, Tempra) is an over-the-counter medication used for pain relief and fever reduction. Give the appropriate dosage every 4-6 hours as needed, but do not exceed 5 doses in 24 hours.
Do not use acetaminophen with children younger than 12 weeks.
Ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil) is an over-the-counter medication used for pain relief and fever reduction. Give the appropriate dosage every 6-8 hours as needed.
Do not use Ibuprofen with children younger than 6 months.
This article contains information about setting up a bedtime routine for children entering their school years and children in middle school, and keeping this routine manageable.
This article contains the recommended amount of sleep for different age groups and tips for both setting up and maintaining healthy sleep habits.
This article contains suggestions for sleeping environment, sleeping routines, what to do during the day, and what to avoid in order to sleep well.
Eczema is a chronic skin problem manifested by dry, red, and itchy skin. Although eczema does run in families with a history of this condition, it is not contagious. This article contains information on preventing eczema flare-ups and methods of treatment with both over-the-counter and prescription medications.
This article contains information from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) about constipation: causes, symptoms, forms of treatment, prevention. A change in diet might be the most effective way to prevent or treat constipation in your child, but if not, Dr. Greco can suggest other options.
Fiber is an important nutrient that everyone needs to incorporate in their diet to encourage normal bowel movements and prevent constipation. This article contains information on good sources of fiber and how to read nutrition labels.
Parents play an important role in their children's digital usage and citizenship. Children should not lose face-to-face interactions as they increasingly use technology.
This articles contains recommendations for healthy digital media usage in children younger than 2 years of age, children between 18 and 24 months of age, and children 2 to 5 years of age.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) encourages parents to help their children develop healthy habits in technology usage from a young age.
The family media plan is a tool developed by the AAP to help families manage and balance both their online and offline time. Click the link below to make your own family media plan.
Parents of young children need to spend less time with technology in order to make sure their children's communication skills are properly developing.
This article contains information about adolescent depression: how to identify signs and symptoms, and what you can do to help your child.
This article helps you identify anxiety disorders and ADHD through signs and symptoms in your child, and provides different forms of treatments.
This article helps you identify Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD) as well as behaviors such as temper tantrums, physical aggression, argumentativeness, stealing, and defiance to authority.
This page includes a video with tips on how to start giving your chid solid foods because their taste preferences are largely set at 9 months of age. It also contains an infographic with tips for healthy eating habits.
There are many sources that say different things about starting solid foods – this article contains a good synthesis of frequently asked questions about the entire process.
This article is a helpful guide for parents whose children are starting solid foods but also are breastfeeding simultaneously.
This article gives several common underlying sources of your child's abdominal pain, such as constipation, urinary tract infections, strep throat, among many others.
This article also provides several common sources of abdominal pain or stomachaches, and also gives helpful tips on when to call your pediatrician.
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