M & C Children's Clinic

12/27/2022

Happy Holidays. We will be closed this week and will resume regular business hours January 2nd.

11/03/2021

When can children get the COVID-19 vaccine?

​Vaccines are our best hope to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Three vaccines currently have emergency use authorization for adults, and one also can be given to children age 12 and older. Vaccines for children age 5 and up may be authorized soon, and clinical trials are now underway in children as you...

10/29/2021

Helping Your Child Learn to Read

How can I help my child learn to read?

Reading books aloud is one of the best ways you can help your child learn to read. The more excitement you show when you read a book, the more your child will enjoy it.

10/25/2021

Language Development: 2 Year Olds

At two-years-old, your child will speak with their rapidly growing vocabulary of fifty or more words. Over the course of this year your child will make sentences with four, five, or even six words, use pronouns and begin to understand the concept of mine.

10/22/2021

Physical Development: What’s Normal? What’s Not?

Whatever pattern a teen's growth follows, it is during the pubertal years that your son or daughter grows tall more rapidly than at any other time in a child's life.

10/15/2021

Signs of Low Self-Esteem

What are the signs of low self-esteem?

To help you determine if your child has low self-esteem, watch for the following signals. When they become a repeated pattern of behavior, you need to become sensitive to the existence of a problem.

10/11/2021

Body Odor in Teens

​In this video, pediatrician Lewis R. First, MD, FAAP, comes clean on the subject of body odor in teens and discusses what parents can do to help prevent and reduce the odor their teen produces.

10/08/2021

8 ADHD Myths & Misconceptions

So much misinformation has circulated about ADHD and its causes, diagnosis, and treatment over recent decades that it is just as productive to describe what ADHD is not as what it is.

10/05/2021

5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Family's Eating Habits:

obesity~5 easy tips to improve your family eating habits from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to share with friends and family.

09/30/2021

Does Your Child Snore?

​In this video, Romaine Johnson, MD, MPH, FACS, explains why it is important to talk with your child's doctor if your child snores.

09/27/2021

With School Sports Underway Learn More About ACL Injuries in Young Athletes

As pre-teens enter into puberty and grow taller and heavier, their risk of ACL injury increases – beginning at age 12 for girls, and age 14 for boys. Girls are at higher risk of ACL injury because after puberty, as their body size increases, girls do usually not develop more muscle power. Learn ...

09/23/2021

Safe Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic

​In order for schools to stay open for in-person learning during the pandemic, there are a number of steps they need to take to make sure students, staff and families and communities stay safe from COVID19.

09/20/2021

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11

Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters. The vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech already is available for anyone 12 and olde...

09/20/2021

Protect your child this flu season: The importance of getting your child’s flu shot early

https://www.texaschildrens.org/blog/protect-your-child-flu-season-importance-getting-your-child%E2%80%99s-flu-shot-early

Latest Blog Posts Texas Children’s Foster Care Clinic: Supporting children and families in foster care Arda’s story: Our son’s courageous battle and triumph over childhood leukemia Protect your child this flu season: The importance of getting your child’s flu shot early Resilience is spelled...

09/01/2021

06/28/2021

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05/27/2021

How to Use Meditation for Teen Stress and Anxiety

Tools to calm, increase mindfulness

05/24/2021

Top Tricks to Get Your Child to Take Medicine

Expert advice on helping your child to get better, faster