Fall and winter may seem like such fun months for children. They love getting outdoors to play in the snow with sleds and snowmen and everything else that goes with it. It isn't so much fun when they get colds or the flu. Colds and flu are very common in the colder months, and chances are your child will come down with one or both [...]
Colds and influenza share many of the same symptoms, so how do you figure out exactly what is ailing your child? Usually with the flu, your child will be much sicker than they would be with just the average cold. Learn to recognize cold and flu symptoms in children, and treatments for each. Is It a Cold? A cold is a viral infection that affects [...]
If there is one thing everyone has experienced it is the common cold. You know that the minute colder weather hits, here come all of the colds. It's just a fact of life, but there are ways to give your children the best care when they come down with a cold. You may be wondering how to choose a family doctor. Now that cooler weather [...]
No one likes being sick. That queasy feeling, the tiredness, the runny nose, and endless coughing. We all know how miserable we feel when we're sick; when our kids get sick we’d like for them to be feeling better almost instantly. There are tips and tricks for staying healthy during those months in fall and winter when everyone else around us seem to be getting [...]
