Caring For Your Children From Birth to College Since 1978 - Westport, CT
When you found out you were expecting your baby, you may have hit up the hardware store for safety devices; outlet covers, cabinet locks and baby gates. You might have even installed everything before your newborn even moved off their play blanket.
Now that your baby is growing up, have you taken a minute lately to double check your home’s safety? [Read more…] about Making Your Home Safe For Your Child
Warning bells are always sounding about children and screen time. Studies show screen time negatively impacts the way the brain works, shortens attention spans, contributes to loneliness, depression and anxiety, and lowers academic success in children.
Allergies can be a barely noticeable runny nose that clears up as soon as pollen blooms fade. It can also be itching, watery eyes, difficulty breathing and uncontrollable sneezing during the spring and summer. Bay Street Pediatrics is here to help you better understand your child’s allergies and provide solutions to these symptoms.
[Read more…] about ACHOO! Do allergies make for a miserable spring and summer?
First words are so very exciting! Will your baby say “mama” first, or could it be “daddy”? Your baby’s coos and burbles are turning into real speech faster than you could imagine, but in reality, it will take years for your child to develop the tongue, cheek and facial muscles to clearly enunciate all the sounds needed for intelligible, unambiguous speech. [Read more…] about Speech Development Is Worth Talking About!
Before we are parents, we can’t imagine a time when we would be so concerned about what someone else is eating. After having children, that seems to be our major worry. Is my newborn eating enough? Is my toddler healthy if they eat nothing but green beans? Is it okay if my kindergartner eats four Granny Smith apples each day?
While most of this works itself out, parents may again become concerned about eating habits when children enter adolescence and their teen years, especially if kids suddenly seem worried about calories, exercise and weight gain. [Read more…] about Eating Disorders in Adolescents
Few things make parents feel as helpless as when their child is sick. Most parents can handle a bit of a runny nose, a cough or an upset tummy, but fevers can make a parent panic – no matter how mild the temperature is. At Bay Street Pediatrics, we understand that concern, especially when it’s our little ones that are warm and flushed. We are parents ourselves! [Read more…] about Understanding fevers helps prevent fever phobia
Each year, you hope to purchase holiday gifts that will enrich your children’s lives, from educational games to toys that develop large and small motor skills, to equipment for activities to must-have clothing. Sometimes, you feel it’s impossible to select presents. What can you give your child that will make a lasting impression but not contribute to the amount of “stuff” they already have?
Bay Street Pediatrics is here to help! We are recommending holiday presents to complement your children’s lives. With these gifts, your child will understand that you admire their individual personality and their interests, no matter how different from yours they may be. [Read more…] about Think Outside the Gift Box
Halloween is a glorious time to be a child! Children (and many adults) revel in the spirit, planning costumes, candy-gathering routes and places to see the best decorations in town.
Keeping Halloween spooky and fun, but also safe is the best way to avoid scary shrieks, screams or meltdowns. Bay Street Pediatrics is here with helpful advice to make the holiday happy. [Read more…] about Avoid Screaming “Banshees” on Halloween