On Becoming Babywise: Going Against the Grain.

I certainly want to raise thriving, independent, well-adjusted children. To do this, I have to put some thought into how I will parent. There are many different ways to go about parenting our child. No one way is right for every child and all parents. In the early stages of parenting (or pre-parenting), a major decision surrounds how you will feed your child. Now, there are obviously many different ways to go about doing this but for the most part there are two different approaches: Demand Feeding & Scheduled Feeding. Read more

Infant CPR

This is a very simple and great video that covers the basics of infant CPR. Remember there is nothing fancy about CPR. Don’t worry about the number of breaths and the number of chest compressions – Just understand the basics. If you know the basics you can Read more

On Becoming Baby-Wise

As a Parent… I am trying to compare some of my new “real-world” experience with that of the advice I give to parents as a pediatrician. One of the things I have noticed with many of my friends who are parents is how great their kids sleep. I often ask, “What is your secret?” The standard response … “Baby-Wise.” So I had no choice but to try this out for myself. My wife and I read the book cover to cover about a month before the birth of our son. Thinking it would be a complicated series of lessons we wanted to make sure we had ample time to read and understand each section. Shockingly this is not the case. The Baby-wise concept could not be more logical and easy to implement. Let me sum it up for you in 5 simple steps: Read more

What’s Riskier: A gun or a swimming pool?

I hear all-too-often families talking about how they never let little Johnny go over to little Timmy’s house because “they have a gun in the house.” Instead, they let little Johnny go over to little Billy’s house to swim. Now, if this is a political statement against guns I suppose it makes some sense. However, if this is a calculated risk assessment I find little support for this parental policy. Read more