Child's Weight (pounds) 20-24 25-37 38-49 50-99 100+ lbs Liquid 12.5 mg/1 teaspoon (tsp) 3/4 1 1 1/2 2 -- tsp Liquid 12.5 mg/5 milliliters (ml) 4 5 7.5 10 -- ml Chewable 12.5 mg -- 1 1 1/2 2 4 tablets Tablets 25 mg -- 1/2 1/2 1 2 tablets Capsules 25 mg [...]
Parents need to know that using antibiotics when they are not the right medicine will not help and may even cause harm to children. Antibiotics are medicines used to treat infections and they target bacteria, not viruses. Before prescribing an antibiotic, your child's doctor will find out if it is the right medicine to treat your child's [...]
Meats: lean beef, pork, lamb, liver and other organ meats. Poultry: chicken, duck, turkey— especially dark meat. Fish: sardines, codfish, shellfish, anchovies. Dark-green leafy vegetables, such as kale, mustard greens, turnip greens, collards, broccoli. Legumes, such as lima beans, green peas, dry beans and peas, canned baked beans. Dried fruits such as prunes, apricots, [...]
We all know that milk is a great source of calcium, but you may be surprised by all the different foods you can work into your diet to reach your daily recommended amount of calcium. Use the guide below to get ideas of additional calcium-rich foods to add to your weekly shopping list. Produce Serving [...]
We get many calls every day about this topic. The most important things to know are: (1) Fever is your friend! Pathogens like viruses can not live at high temperatures so this is the body’s response in order to fight off the illness. Fever does a better job warding off the virus than antibiotics ever [...]
Lyme Disease is often misunderstood and misdiagnosed so here is some information that should help reassure you as well as guide you as to when you should seek medical attention. What is Lyme Disease? Many people know that Lyme is a disease spread by tick bites – but what is less commonly know is that [...]
A comprehensive history and physical will be done at each well child visit (including growth measurements), anticipatory guidance will be given, and all parental questions will be addressed. In addition, some additional things will take place at certain routine visits as outlined below. Newborn: Obtain birth history, review family and social history. 2 weeks: 1 [...]
Congratulations on the birth of your new baby! We are excited to begin our relationship with you and your child as we provide pediatric care for your family. Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a serious bacterial infection of the lungs. Young infants who get pertussis are at risk for lung damage, brain damage and death. [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make the following recommendation: Because children aged 6--23 months are at substantially increased risk for influenza-related hospitalizations and because children aged 24--59 months are at increased risk for influenza-related clinic and emergency department visits, ACIP recommends vaccination of children aged 6--59 months. The current LAIV and inactivated influenza [...]
2 months DTaP HIB IPV Rotavirus HepB Prevnar 3 months 4 months DTaP HIB IPV Rotavirus HepB* Prevnar 5 months 6 months DTaP HIB IPV Rotavirus HepB Prevnar Flu§ 9 months 12 months HIB MMR Varivax 15 months DTaP Prevnar 18 months [...]