Every pediatrician has ten common questions new parents always ask. So I teamed up with Dr. Danielle Fernandes and answered the questions we always get from new parents. If you are a new parent, then this is for you! And if you know a new parent, pass this video along to them. They will thank...
As a pediatrician, I know how to prescribe medication, but it was only until I became a mother that I truly began to understand the challenges of actually giving medication to children. Now let’s face it. Most children hate taking medication and will do anything to avoid it. But there are a few tricks we...
Throughout my medical career as a pediatrician, I have witnessed several children pass away. Each patient has a way of touching your very soul. What I have learned from the precious angels that I have lost is immeasurable. There is wisdom that comes when a person faces his or her own mortality. The best way...
Becoming a parent has completely transformed me as a pediatrician. And I think it has a lot to do with perspective. When I was finally able to walk in the shoes of the parents I talked to everyday, I saw the advice that I had been giving in a new light. My words connected more...
Even though it has been a year and a half since those days, I still remember them vividly. On one day in particular, as I was walking in circles in my living room with my crying baby, I frantically called my husband. “She won’t stop crying!” I said. When my husband got home that evening,...
