Pediatrics Of Boerne

02/02/2023

Due to power outages along with icy weather, our office will be closed today. We are watching the updates and eagerly waiting for power to return and ask for your patience as our office is managing these unprecedented conditions.
Stay warm and safe everyone!

02/01/2023

Due to winter weather and icy conditions, our office will be closed today and we will resume regular office hours tomorrow, February the 2nd.
Please stay warm and safe!
PoB

12/23/2022

Our office is closed for the Christmas holiday on December 23rd and Monday, December 26th. We will resume regular office hours on December 27th.
Sending all the warmth and wishing all of our PoB families a very Merry Christmas!

11/23/2022

Happy thanksgiving everyone!
Our offices will be closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to give our staff much needed time off to be with their families.
We resume regular office hours Monday the 28th. We wish everyone a wonderful thanksgiving with their families!
PoB

02/18/2022

We have been receiving high volume of calls due to the formula recall announced earlier.

Things to know:
-The formula came from single facility and has been distributed across the US.
-Please look in the article below to see if the exp date or lot numbers match ones you have at home and STOP USING.
-If your child has consumed this formula and is exhibiting symptoms, please contact your Pediatrician, or GI specialist as elemental formula was also involved.
-Formula involved:

ALL SIMILAC that has the following:

🍼the first two digits of the code are 22 through 37; and
🍼the code on the container contains K8, SH or Z2; and
🍼the expiration date is 4-1-2022 (APR 2022) or later.

All Alimentum and EleCare

Products that do not contain the information listed above are NOT impacted. The FDA advisory does not include liquid formula products or any metabolic deficiency nutrition formulas. Consumers should continue to use all products not covered by the advisory.

We hope this information helps.
Please check back for updates,
Your Pediatrician,
Dr.B
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-warns-consumers-not-use-certain-powdered-infant-formula-produced-abbott-nutritions-facility

The FDA is investigating consumer complaints of Cronobacter sakazakii infections and one consumer complaint of infection of Salmonella Newport potentially linke

02/02/2022

Due to inclement weather and impending icy conditions, our office will be closed for in person visits tomorrow, February 3rd. Our staff will be answering calls pending no outages in power. We are expecting to be open regular hours on Friday the 4th.

Sending warm vibes to all of our PoB families and please stay safe!
Pediatrics of Boerne

12/24/2021

Wishing all of our PoB families a very merry Christmas!!!

Your Pediatrician,
Dr.B

12/11/2021

A friendly reminder to practice gratitude this holiday🎅 season. Many of us have endured changes that are good and bad this year, which means our kids have endured it as well. A great way to build mental stamina 💪🏽 for ourselves and our kids is by practicing gratitude 🙏🏽 .

The best way to teach 👩🏼‍🏫 your child about gratitude is by modeling it. A good example is: I’m so thankful for our beautiful tree, I’m so lucky to enjoy the pretty lights and ornaments. Another example: I am so excited to see our family soon, I’m so thankful to spend time with them and share yummy food!

By not forcing our children to say they are thankful but by being(by verbalizing)thankful in front of them, we are teaching them a strong skill. It also helps kids navigate tough times by taking mental stock of what is going well and is good in their current situation.
I’m always thankful for a safe,healthy and happy holiday season🎄 with all of our wonderful PoB families!
Your Pediatrician,
Dr.B

11/25/2021

Happy Thanksgiving to all our PoB families and community!

We are thankful for many things this year but to list a few: all of our wonderful families and their new additions(👶🏻🍼), our staff—who have come in daily and never called in last minute, their dedication, health, and lastly thankful for our growth. We are truly blessed this holiday!

We also want to make a special note that we’ve undergone some growth along with unusually high levels of infectious diseases this season. We try our best to get everyone seen to avoid urgent care(especially during the week). This usually meant longer wait times on busy days(Mondays, Fridays, day before holiday closures). Inspite of this, our families have shown us patience and kindness when seeing that we are working around the clock these past few months. We know it’s a trying time for our Parents with sick children. Thank you to everyone that has shared a kind word, said thank you, brought us treats and coffee to cheer us on!
At the risk of sounding redundant, we really are thankful and blessed by our PoB community!!

We are closed Thursday and Friday for some much needed rest and will be back in the office on Monday, ready to take care of your family with renewed vigor!
Your Pediatrician,
Dr.B

09/13/2021

Meet the Staff Monday!
I am so very pleased to introduce Austin to all of our PoB families. Several of you have been helped by Austin these past couple of weeks. Austin recently relocated to Boerne/Fair Oak, Texas from North Carolina(which is where I grew up and went to undergrad: Go Deacs!).
Austin has beeen a tremendous help to our growing practice, and has helped implement new hippa compliant communications system in office, removed quite a bit of admin work off my hands and has been all around pleasure to have in the office! If you notice some new movies playing in the waiting room, you’ll have to ask Austin about it🥰 Please welcome our new addition as we have some temporary changes happening to get ready for Vanessa to take her Maternity leave.
Any tips for Vanessa as she will soon be a Mom of three will be welcomed from our expert PoB parents!! 🥰🤪
As always,
Your Pediatrician,
Dr.B

08/25/2021

To all our PoB parents using any of the HIPP, Holle, Kendamil and some other European formulas, please note they are no longer FDA approved. While breastmilk and formula tends to be low in iron, these formulas were particularly shown to have lower than acceptable levels to meet the nutritional requirements for your infant. Please stop using these formulas, switch to any regular term ones that do meet these requirements such as enfamil or similac. If you have questions about any organic formula, please reach out to our office via portal or messaging system, we can also do quick televisit for any formula w/ special requirements.

Please pass this info onto any friends or family members as well! We are striving to keep up with current reccs and guidelines to best meet your baby's needs!

Your pediatrician,
Dr.B

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/able-groupe-recalling-products-labeled-infant-formula-formulas-have-insufficient-iron-levels

Able Groupe announced today it is recalling certain products used as infant formulas. The recalled products are infant formulas (i.e., products intended as a complete or partial substitute for human milk for children 12 months old and younger), but the required pre-market notifications for these new

08/11/2021

Wishing all of our PoB students a very happy first day of school!!!

Here’s hoping some of your before and after pictures do not resemble this! 🤣

https://www.boredpanda.com/before-after-first-day-at-school/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

I don't remember my first day at school, but judging by the expressions of these kids, they're sure going to remember theirs...

07/09/2021

Happy Friday everyone! We had a ONEderful week celebrating our one year anniversary—and this included birthday celebrations with the first baby(and first patient) that our office had the privilege of seeing!
Happy birthday sweet S! 🎉🎂🥳
We love you and look forward to many more milestones together! 🥰

05/14/2021

We are so thankful for all the treats so many parents have dropped off for us in the past couple of weeks! Thank you for spoiling us and we sure love our families and community!

Pictured: farm fresh eggs(I’m so tempted to get chickens😆) and a beautiful charcuterie board! Not pictures: cookies, homemade lemon bars and pretzels and candy and flowers!!
We love our POB families! 🥰

Dr.B

05/09/2021

Happy Mother’s Day to all the hard working mommas, we see how you all have stepped up over the past year!!
Wishing everyone a wonderful Mother’s Day!
Dr.B

04/27/2021

We love our sweet families and community! Check out all the amazing women in this months edition!

Hollyn was so excited to see that Dr.B was featured on the cover of the newest issue of .lifestyle Have you checked out the May issue yet? Lots of amazing women are featured!

03/25/2021

Dr.Joy forgave me for being late to my appointment and soon after uttered the words “you definitely have a fever.” 🤣

All jokes aside, Mom shared that Joy wanted to be a actor or a doctor one day and I made her promise that she would use these pictures on her graduation 👩‍🎓 slides when the time came🥰. Kids begin to have ideas of who or what they want to be when they grow up from a very young age. Our job as parents is to just make sure they continue to believe they can be anything they want to be! 👨‍💼👩🏻‍🔬🧑‍💼👩🏾‍💼🧑🏾‍💻👨‍💻👮🏼‍♂️👮🏼👩🏽‍⚕️👨🏻‍⚕️🕴🤹‍♀️🤹🏻‍♂️🪂⛷🏋🏻‍♀️🏊🏽‍♂️🧑‍⚖️👨🏾‍⚖️

Happy Thursday,
Your Pediatrician,
Dr.B

03/23/2021

Nail care tips:

Nail 💅trimming for your infant can be intimidating as a parent, so here are some tips:

-trim after a bath 🛀 when baby is relaxed and nails are soft
-choose appropriate clippers or files made for 👶🏻
-pick a area with good lighting ☀️and get comfortable
-push back the skin of the finger and get the clipper under the nail and clip
-babies kick frequently, so best time to trim toes are when baby is napping 😴
-should you accidentally cut the skin, stop the bleeding with pressure, apply some OTC antibiotic ointment and cover with bandaid🩹 if needed
-DO NOT bite nails off, peel nails off, you may cause an infection or damage the nail bed

Happy mani/pedi to all the parents!
Your Pediatrician,
Dr.B

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