Babies
Your Guide to Vaccines This Fall!
Seasonal Vaccine Information 2025 This fall, there are vaccines to help protect you from three viruses: Flu, RSV, and Covid-19. It can be confusing to keep track, but we’re here to make it easier with help from Katelyn Jetelina, a popular epidemiologist and scientific-communications consultant who authors “Your Local Epidemiologist”. Below is a simple guide to…
A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Vaccines Part III
Part III: What’s in a Vaccine? Common Vaccine Ingredients Explained As a parent, it’s natural to have questions about what goes into your child’s body. After all, you’re making decisions to protect their health, and you want to feel confident that those decisions are safe and informed. In part III of our vaccine blog series,…
A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Vaccines Part II
In today’s digital age, information about vaccines is everywhere. With countless articles, social media posts, and videos circulating online, it can be challenging to separate science from misinformation. Myths about vaccines often spread faster than facts, leading to confusion and uncertainty among those seeking answers. In part II of our vaccine blog series, we’re addressing…
A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Vaccines
As a parent, you want to do everything you can to protect your child’s health and well-being. One of the most important ways to safeguard your child from serious illnesses is through immunizations. We often hear questions from parents about vaccines, and we want to make sure you have science-based information to make the best…
Starting Solids Primer: Part 2
This is part two of our Starting Solids Primer. In part one we discussed when to start solids. Click here to start there. So you’ve determined your baby and you are both ready for them to start solids, and now you are wondering what exactly to do first. There are two common feeding styles you’ve likely…
Starting Solids Primer: Part 1
As a pediatric primary care provider one of the most common questions I get is: How do I know my baby is ready to start solids? And if they are ready, where do I start? This week we are starting a three part series we are calling the Starting Solids Primer to answer all of those questions. …
Keeping Your Mouth Healthy When You’re Pregnant
Let’s face it, oral hygiene can be hard for lots of us. After a long day at work we want to sleep, eat or relax. It’s hard to make brushing and flossing a priority. This gets even harder for pregnant women. Between morning sickness and the exhaustion, discomforts and stressors of pregnancy it can be…
Infant Formula Shortage in 2022: What to do When You Can’t Find Any
By now nearly everyone knows there is a national shortage of infant formula. This is impacting parents and guardians all over the country, South Boston is certainly no exception. Here is a link to the official guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which gives the option of cow’s milk when formula is not available…