Advocare Fairmount Pediatrics, Montgomery County

09/11/2025

Flu and Covid vaccine is in the house!

08/12/2025

Carolyn Hax: Daughter doesn t need Dad harping on her weight

07/05/2025

Mine is, that’s ok, I love you.
It’s helpful to have what you are going to say ready in advance.

05/06/2025

This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates studies of associations between parental technology use in a child’s presence and such outcomes as motor development, cognitive development, psychosocial health, physical activity, screen time, and sleep in children younger than 5 years.

03/23/2025

Read to the end for the alphabetical list.

CR tested over 40 baby formulas for heavy metals as well as lead, arsenic, BPA, and other potentially harmful contaminants. Here's what you should know.

03/22/2025

In this video I discuss several practical tips for working on picky eating in children. Some of these tips will also help adults. I also go through some rela...

03/03/2025

With the local case of measles, I think this video is helpful. Please also see ghe otger post w details for you.

Everybody is talking about Measles – but what does the virus actually do in the body? Is it really so harmful that you need a vaccination? We go deep into th...

03/03/2025

There’s a case of measles near Plymouth meeting in Montgomery County. Here is our guidance, pending more specific guidance from the Montgomery County health department.

If you think your child has measles, please come to your appointment in a car and call us when you arrive. We will come out to see your child in the car. Please do not come into the office.

If your child is six months to one year and you would like an early MMR, please book a medical assistant appointment for this on our website using the Schedule Online button, if you are an established patient. If you are a new patient, please book a sick appointment. This early vaccine will not count as the one year old vaccine.

If your child is one year to four years old and you would like an early second MMR-Vvaccine against measles, please book a Medical Assistant appointment for this (or a sick appointment if you are a new patient). This WILL count as the 4 year old vaccine.

One vaccine makes about 93% of people completely immune. Two vaccines makes about 97% of people completely immune.

If your child had a 4 year old well visit, they should have had a measles (MMR-V) vaccine at the visit.

You CAN see your child’s immunization record on the portal.

If your child is not vaccinated for measles, and you are choosing to keep your child unvaccinated, we are waiting for guidance from the health department but you may want to keep your child at home until contact tracing is complete.

02/20/2025

01/13/2025

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12/16/2024

We asked listeners to submit questions, and you did! On this week’s episode of the Healthy Children podcast, Dr. Jennifer Shu, a pediatrician and medical editor of HealthyChildren.org, joins host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to answer your questions on preventing RSV, traveling with your baby, different crawling styles, what to do if your child hits someone else and so much more. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

09/29/2024

What’s the story with Saturdays in our Montco office? We are open 3 Saturdays in October and November, 2 in December, and starting in January, every Saturday!