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09/23/2025
It’s Monday, we get it. I mean, the LAST thing you need is to be mindlessly doom scrolling after the kids go to bed, trying to just relax and unwind, and then you happen upon THIS crappy list. 😩 We don’t love being the messenger, but we DO love being the hero if you need us. So if something off of this dreaded list hits your house, you know where to find us ➡️ www.pedshousecalls.com
09/19/2025
Happy sunny Friday! ☀️We truly believe every word of this, and try to live this out every day! ❤️
09/07/2025
With house calls, waiting rooms don’t exist! (And we’re happy to put this waiting room toy manufacturer out of business!)😉 No more waiting. No more germ exposures. No more miserable sick kids being dragged out of the house. Pediatric medicine as it should be. 🥰
09/02/2025
If we can’t laugh, we’ll cry! If you’ve been hit by the back-to-school germs already this school year, give us a ❤️ (not that we love back-to-school germs, but just to show some solidarity!) or drop your favorite emoji in the comments! Leading the way right now is COVID - the current strain seems to be causing a terrible sore throat, fever, and body aches, followed by cough and congestion. We are also seeing other upper respiratory viruses (rhinovirus/enterovirus), hand-foot-mouth disease, and Strep throat. That’s not an exhaustive list, but just what’s most common right now. Let us know what questions you have!
08/26/2025
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We love what we do and we love that others love what we do, too! 🥰
08/17/2025
Sunday evening PSA! We posted this around the same time last year, and we think it’s worth a re-post!!! It’s back to school time and this is your friendly reminder that it takes kids an average of 6 WEEKS to adjust to a new school year. This includes kindergarten to college. This means:
1. DON’T make any snap judgements about the school, your child, the teacher, or your life, for the first 6 weeks. (And DON’T get sucked into your kid’s insistence about these things. Listen, stay calm, reassure that you hear them, will be there for them, and if age-appropriate, tell them about the 6-week average.)
2. DO prioritize sleep. For everyone. Parents included.
3. DON’T prioritize Instagram-worthy back-to-school trends, compare your kids’ experience to someone else’s, or ramp your own anxiety up to match their’s.
4. DO normalize tummy butterflies. It’s our body’s way of reminding us we are doing something that matters, and that we care. If we didn’t care, we wouldn’t feel the butterflies. Butterflies don’t have to be bad, we just need to figure out tips and tricks to get them “flying in formation.”
5. DO use “low-hanging-fruit” easy-to-implement strategies like sticking to a consistent bedtime, making the hour before bed be screen-free and low-stim, and learning about breathing exercises (Google 5-finger breathing and box breathing, to start with)
6. DO express your belief in your kids. Out loud. Regularly. When they say “I can’t do XYZ thing. Don’t jump into problem solving or rush to send emails or make big changes…(remember, adding more changes is probably the LAST thing they need right now)…Simply telling them you believe in them and are going to be right there with them, is GOLD.
7. DO keep in mind that 6 weeks as a parent, when kids are struggling to adjust, can feel like 6 years. Resist the urge to dynamite the above plan. Mark 6 weeks on your own calendar if you need to, and then see where everyone is at that point. ♥️
08/10/2025
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08/08/2025
Pediatric Housecalls nurse practitioner, Becca Jones with some “pearls” about febrile seizures. Follow us for more helpful info on all things pediatrics. lifejustgotalittleeasier
08/05/2025
07/28/2025
Summer is flying by! Whether you've enjoyed lazy days with no specific schedule or agenda, taken the scenic route and scheduled lots of travel and vacations, heroically juggled the work/summer camp madness, or a combination of all of the above, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU! Summer with kids can be both magical and maddening. Being a parent is hard. Being a parent in the summer can be even harder. Kids love routines. When routines are thrown off, often times so are the kids. So...if your social media feed is telling you that you're the only parent on the planet that hasn't had an influencer-worthy summer, we're here to say: DON'T FALL FOR THE PROPAGANDA! :)
That said, if you're struggling to come up with ways to fill the remaining days of summer that don't break the bank and don't cost an ounce of sanity either, we've got plenty of ideas to share with you. If you find our suggestions to be helpful, please forward this email to someone (or several someones) you think might appreciate some love!
1. LEGO day! Did you know that your Alexa device can create an entire day of lego ideas for you? Simply say, "Alexa, open Lego Duplo stories." Then follow the prompts and your kids will be immersed in different audible stories that they can build Lego worlds and characters to go along with the story. Or maybe you want to do your own theme for the day, like a contest to see who can build the best Lego imaginary animal or a Lego fort for their stuffies. If you already have a ready supply of them, great! But if not, post on your local neighborhood page to see if anyone has Legos they are looking to get rid of. Garage sales are another gold mine for Legos.
2. Go old-school with a tape recorder and a cassette tape (yes, they actually still sell them at places like Walmart and Target) and let your kids record their own made-up stories, or make pretend podcasts. Teach them how to make their own mix tapes.
3. Paint inspiration rocks to hide around the neighborhood. "Be Kind" or "Believe in yourself" kinds of messages. Paint pens work great for this! Then go on a neighborhood walk to distribute the rocks in different places for people to find.
4. Make cards for residents at a local nursing home and then hand deliver them.
5. Tape paper together to create a long art mural like a pirate ship or a make believe city.
6. Use painters tape on the floor to create race tracks for matchbox cars.
7. Build a blanket fort
8. Bake cookies and take them to the local fire station as a thank you.
9. Fill up buckets of soapy water with sponges, and invite friends over for a free bike wash or toy wash.
10. Play a game of indoor tennis with balloons and kitchen spatulas!
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07/27/2025
It’s that easy! Openings still available in select Charlotte and Virginia areas for today (Sunday)!
07/24/2025
Our go-to, swear-by, works-wonders diaper rash cream recipe! All ingredients are over-the-counter. Share away!
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We get one shot at this thing called life. As women, we often talk about finding that nirvana of personal and professional fulfillment, but it seems like most of our lives (heck, most of our days) are spent just trying to get from one end of the day to the other.
So often, our lives become covered up with carpools, making lunches, shuttling to dance class, and helping with homework. The idea of holding up a dream, studying it, working towards it, and bringing it to life can seem overwhelming and out of reach. In my 20’s my dream looked something like this: Go to medical school, study like a madman, earn top scores, become a pediatrician, and ride off into the sunset.
In my 30’s things changed (funny how meeting your soulmate and starting a family changes things!) and the dream began to look a little more like this: Survive sleepless nights with a newborn (eventually 3 times over), nurture them, protect them, be present for them, teach them, feed them, enrich them. Oh and there’s a husband that I’d like to spend a little bit of time with too!
So, you can see how, by mid-way through my 30’s, I was forced to come face to face with the idea that the original dream and the current dream didn’t gel with one another. Am I sounding familiar to anyone at all? Fast-forward to my favorite decade yet, my 40’s. (Although I am told that my 50’s will be even more wonderful and fulfilling!)
The idea of Pediatric Housecalls was born out of boldness, a sense of purpose, and the little bit of wisdom that finds its way back into your life during your 40’s. It was born out of a personal desire to create a way to practice medicine (the original “dream”), while being able to call the shots, be the boss of my own schedule, and still be the kind of wife and mother that had a starring role in dream #2.
It was born out of a desire to make life just a little bit easier for parents and kids. And while the idea, the brainstorming, and the planning all originated from these very personal dreams...a funny thing happened along the way to bringing Pediatric Housecalls to fruition. It began to resonate with other women. Women who had similar details buried in their own life’s dreams. Women who have so many gifts to offer the world but who maybe hadn’t yet found that blissful combination of things that add up to what some experts call “work-life balance.”
Before I knew it, the universe had brought a team of vibrant, smart, beautiful women into my life to become part of the Pediatric Housecalls team. And suddenly, what was once a tiny little personal dream, was now part of a bigger mission to empower women and the children they care for. I believe with all of my being that some of the world’s greatest healers, medical providers, and nurturers, are mothers themselves. And I also know that you will not find a more caring and dedicated group of women to care for your children.
I hope you’ll take the time to get to know us better, and I hope we have the privilege of making your life JUST a little bit easier.