Kids Health Archives -

Teaching Your Toddler To Sleep Alone Means Sweet Dreams For Everyone

•••

It starts out innocently enough. Your child has a bad dream and wants to snuggle with you in the middle of the night. Since you want to offer your kiddo comfort (and you’re too tired to resist), you open up the covers and usher your child into your bed. And that’s where it all begins — bad sleep for both of you. But teaching your toddler to sleep alone m[...]

The Power Of Pumpkin Seeds

•••

You go to the pumpkin farm (or if you’re running out of time, your local supermarket), pick up a pumpkin, and take it home. After scooping out the insides and carving it with your kiddos, you dump all the guts and seeds into the garbage. But wait! If you’re not snacking the seeds, you’re missing out on a very important nutritional component. Because the [...]

Love Your Melon Partners With Disney To Help Kids With Cancer

•••

Getting kids to wear a hat during the winter is an exercise in futility. But with the beanies from Love Your Melon, you won’t have that worry anymore. Now your kid can keep his head warm during the winter months — and help kids with cancer, too. The apparel brand recently partnered with Disney, Pixar, and Star Wars to create stylish options for children [...]

How To Be Accepting Of All The Kids Who Come To Your Door On Halloween

•••

There's a certain protocol when it comes to trick or treating. Your doorbell rings, little kids in costume eagerly singsong, "Trick or treat!" and hold out their bags. You give them a treat (or two), they accept it happily, thank you, and leave. Ahh, if only it were that easy. On Halloween, you're bound to get a lot of costumed characters coming to[...]

Here’s What Those Teal Colored Pumpkins Really Mean On Halloween

•••

When it comes to pumpkins, they’re typically your standard orange-issued affair. But as you cruise the candy aisle in preparation for all those little ghouls and goblins who will be coming to your door on Halloween, you might have spied those teal colored pumpkins and wondered what they really mean. Is teal the new orange? Well, for kids with food allerg[...]

How Much Candy Should Your Kid Eat On Halloween, According To A Pediatric Dentist

•••

After a long night of trick-or-treating, your little monster has scored a pretty impressive amount of candy. And of course, you don’t want to be a witch and not let her have any, but you also don’t want her to eat too much and make herself sick, either. If you’re wondering how much candy your kid should eat on Halloween, you’re definitely not alone. K[...]

Should Dads Do Skin To Skin?

•••

Moments after the birth of my fourth child, the OB handed my newborn baby boy to my husband. I had complications from the delivery, and for upwards of an hour, a gaggle of doctors and nurses were positioned squarely at the foot of my bed, trying to determine if I needed surgery. As scary terms like “potential rupture” and “postpartum hemorrhage” floated [...]

Oatmeal Recipes Your Kids Will Eat -- Promise!

•••

There’s something about the start of September that can get you feeling some serious fall vibes. And there’s no better way for your child to begin his schoolday than with a healthy oatmeal breakfast. Oatmeal is one of those superfoods that boasts a ton of benefits, from being rich in antioxidants, contains heart-healthy fiber, can lower blood pressure an[...]

AAP Recommends Whole-Diet Approach to Children’s Nutrition

•••

In a new policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics urges schools and families to take a broader approach to nutrition, considering children’s whole diet pattern – rather than the amount of sugar, fat or specific nutrients in individual foods. “A good diet is built on highly nutritious foods from each of the main food groups,” said Robert Murr[...]