Newborns
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 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…
Newborns, Visitors and COVID-19 (and Flu and RSV): When can I hold your baby? Updated for Fall 2022
In the nearly 2 decades I have spent working with new parents, I can’t remember a time when the question about who should be allowed around a newborn was so complicated. We have always wanted to keep new babies and new parents healthy, fed, and supported (no small feat) but even as the COVID-19 pandemic…
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…