2021
November
05,
2021
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09:20 AM
America/Chicago
By Justin Smith, M.D. aka The Doc SmittyThere’s been a ton of surprises related to the COVID pandemic and skipping flu season last year was another one I never saw coming.Masks and social distancing definitely played a role but the absolute lack of c...
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May
27,
2021
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09:33 AM
America/Chicago
Mosquito Season Is Here. The Doc Smitty Shares the Best Ways to Protect Your Child from Itchy Bites.
It looks like the rain in North Texas is finally going to stop for a while.But, driving to work the last few weeks and seeing all the standing water already starts to make my skin itch. Mosquitos are on the way. And I suspect it’s going to be a terri...
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2020
October
19,
2020
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10:24 AM
America/Chicago
Man…it’s going to be a doozy of a winter.
And while I’m confident that we’ll get through it together, I need your help.
Ruling out COVID-19 for kids with symptoms (some mild, some more severe) has become the biggest reason for kids visiting our...
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April
03,
2020
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14:48 PM
America/Chicago
Smell it!
It smells like strawberry Laffy Taffy.
This strategy works like a charm to get a strawberry flavored popsicle stick into a little one’s mouth, but in today’s world of COVID-19, they might have a new use as well.
New data from adult...
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January
21,
2020
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09:12 AM
America/Chicago
I have used a lot of words to tell you not to worry about fever. Fever is your child’s friend. Don’t go to the ER for fever alone. Don’t buy all the fever myths out there.
When should you be worried? The biggest issue is context. You can read the ...
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2017
January
20,
2017
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09:58 AM
America/Chicago
When our 18-month-old son, supposedly napping in his crib, came strolling into the kitchen, we realized it was probably time to make the transition to a “big-boy” bed (even though it was a little earlier than we had planned).
Most children transit...
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2015
October
04,
2015
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10:07 AM
America/Chicago
After many sleepless nights with your 9 month old, no one could be faulted because they are looking for something, anything to get a good night’s sleep.
You can read my earlier posts on the symptoms of teething and my outright forbidding the use o...
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January
13,
2015
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12:49 PM
America/Chicago
Breastfeeding is a great thing for babies and for moms.
The numerous health benefits of breastfeeding cannot be denied. Some of them might be overstated at times but, all in all, I believe that breastfeeding is best.
I know there are times when...
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January
08,
2015
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08:04 AM
America/Chicago
Warts are one of the most annoying problems.
They are not caused by holding (or kissing) frogs but, instead, are caused by viruses.
The virus that causes warts is contagious, but that does not necessarily mean that if your child touches a wart ...
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2014
August
19,
2014
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10:39 AM
America/Chicago
My son’s first day of school is coming up … as in his first day of kindergarten. He did two days a week of preschool. which more or less I took without a hitch, but this somehow seems infinitely more epic and life changing. Some children and parents ...
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April
01,
2014
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14:31 PM
America/Chicago
It’s coming up on that time of year again. Spring break is here, next comes school assemblies leading up to the end of the school year.
It’s that inevitable time of year where I see news story after news story where children are rewarded Oprah-sty...
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