Young and Healthy is published by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and The Cincinnati Pediatric Society as a guide to your child's good health, incorporating advice from pediatricians who are specially trained in the prevention and treatment of illness in children.
is published by and The Cincinnati Pediatric Society as a guide to your child's good health, incorporating advice from pediatricians who are specially trained in the prevention and treatment of illness in children.The magazine is produced by the Department of Marketing and Communications, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, 513-636-4420.
In This Issue: Winter 2004
For adults, potty training is often an annoying phase to get through quickly so the child, and everyone else, can get on with life. For children, though, "Toilet training is a monumental step, the first of many training processes they'll go through in life," says Bradley Jackson, MD, a Mason pediatrician... [more]
We're all born, researchers are discovering, with an innate taste for sweet and salt, and as we grow, we learn that fat makes food taste great, too. Entire candy, snack and fast-food industries have grown up around the appetites that seem to be hard-wired into us. But what happens when your school-age child becomes way too fond of what most of us label "junk" food... [more]
Combine fast-growing children and baseball and you have the classic ingredients for the most common cause of shoulder pain. Parents, coaches or young athletes may shrug off the pain, but it's often a sign of an overuse injury and time to call on physicians and physical therapists for help, says Eric Wall, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center... [more]
In January 2003, parents Grace and John Lobono were told during an amniocentesis that their unborn baby girl had a fatal condition. To cope with this news, the family needed strength beyond their spiritual faith. They were about to take one of the most difficult journeys they would ever face. Following a doctor's recommendation... [more]
Responsible parents who safeguard their families with smoke alarms now have another necessity on their shopping list: home carbon monoxide detectors. "Many families have their furnaces checked before the winter season, but carbon monoxide poisoning is often a ventilation problem," says Joseph Luria, MD, in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's. "The furnace may work fine... [more]
In a child's evolving world, grief can cover a wide spectrum of experiences, from the loss of a hamster to the divorce of parents to the death of a grandparent. Parents and other supportive adults need an equally wide range of techniques to cope with a child's profound, often confused, sense of loss. "It can be just as traumatic... [more]
The short answer is don't change anything about your interactions with your first child. Many families feel stressed about the arrival of a second child because the new baby is going to turn their world upside down. Parents understand they won't be able to give 100 percent of their attention to the first child. They fear the first child will regress... [more]
Read some simple rules keeping safe this winter while participating in winter sports... [more]
