Northwest Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

10/12/2025

Click the link for good tips on safety for your child around the kitchen.

Kitchen Safety: 10 Tips for Families With Young Children

Did you know the kitchen is one of the most dangerous rooms in the home for young children? Here are some essential safety tips to keep little ones protected:

Top Priorities:
🔪 Store knives and sharp objects out of reach
🔌 Unplug appliances and don't allow cords to dangle
🍳 Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove
🔒 Lock away cleaning products, especially detergent pods (kids mistake them for candy!)

Pro tip: Create a safe play drawer with toys to keep curious hands occupied while you cook!

Get more pediatric protections here: https://healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-home/Pages/Kitchen-Safety.aspx

Remember: A few simple precautions can prevent serious accidents. Take a few minutes today to childproof your kitchen-and share this with others! 💙

04/25/2023

12/06/2022

Now through January, donate new and like-new outerwear for local youth.

Donate at: Eagle Point Lobby | Bingen
Waucoma 4th Floor Lobby | Hood River

Donate in the community:
Whitson Elementary School | White Salmon
Harvest Market | White Salmon
Henkle Middle School | White Salmon
Columbia High School | White Salmon
Molina Insurance Group | Bingen
The Next Door | Hood River

09/13/2022

Screentime an issue at your house? Ours too! Here’s a tool that may help from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Is your family spending too much time on screens? Our newly enhanced Family Media Plan can help you create healthy digital habits for the whole family. Create your plan today! http://ow.ly/x3MF50KznJh

09/13/2022

A useful guide for this time of year, as kids go back to school.

Allergy symptoms can look a lot like other respiratory illnesses such as the common cold, flu, COVID-19 and RSV. Here’s what you should look for. http://ow.ly/2LLW50Kzg9k

11/16/2021

Covid-19 vaccines for 5 - 11 years are in the house! We began giving this vaccine Monday 11/15/21. No out of pocket charge for the vaccine. Your insurance may pay us a small administration fee. Covid-19 vaccines for 12+ are expected back in stock soon, as well as other vaccines. Flu vaccines can be given at the same time. If your child's name is on our COVID-19 vaccine list, you'll be called for an appointment. Otherwise, please call us at 541.386.2300 to schedule a quick visit for this or other concerns.

We look forward to seeing you soon, helping increase the safety of all your holiday fun, and ending the pandemic with a combination of personal responsibility, vaccines, and attention to reducing spread of the covid-19 virus. Wishing you health and safety as always!

More good info here on the vaccines:

COVID-19 vaccines protect against COVID-19. Get safety info and more.

11/15/2021

Covid-19 vaccines for 5 - 11 years are in the house! We will begin giving this vaccine today, Monday 11/15/21. No out of pocket charge for the vaccine. Your insurance may pay us a small administration fee. Covid-19 vaccines for 12+ are expected back in stock soon, as well as other vaccines. If your child's name is on our list, you'll be called for an appointment. Otherwise, please call us at 541.386.2300 to schedule a quick visit for this or other concerns.
Please note, the vaccine is 1/3 the dose of the vaccine for older kids, and is a 2 dose series, doses 21 days apart. Minimal and temporary side effects such as achey arms, low grade fevers/chills, headaches might be expected as the immune system does its work. Children develop excellent immunity from the vaccine, and side effects are not being seen in most all children who have received the vaccines in trials. Minor issues such as those listed above are temporary typical immune system reactions after vaccines and will typically resolve without tylenol. Acetaminophen can be given if needed for comfort, but is not routinely recommended after the vaccine. For more information, read at the link below, email at the usual address, or give us a call.
All regular services are available, as we work extra hard to keep healthy kids healthy, and sick kids seen outside or in a separate exam room.
Please note that while we try hard to answer all calls personally, during this time of high volume of calls, please leave a message as opposed to redialing several times. We look forward to seeing you soon, helping increase the safety of all your holiday fun, and ending the pandemic with a combination of personal responsibility, vaccines, and attention to reducing spread of the covid-19 virus. Wishing you health and safety as always!

More good info here on the vaccines:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/keythingstoknow.html

07/27/2021

We are excited to help sponsor this free event to help kids have some fun this summer and build some basketball and volleyball skills! Sign up below, and bring a friend!

FREE Volleyball and Basketball Camps for kids ages 9-13. Campamentos GRATUITOS de voleibol y baloncesto para niños de 9 a 13 años de edad

06/24/2021

Just in time for the summer heat, the updated 2021 safer sunscreen guide. Be safe out in the sun, wear that sunscreen and reapply each hour, drink water, wear loose fitting light long sleeve clothing, and avoid the hottest part of the day when possible.

EWG scientists rated more than 1,800 sunscreens and other products with SPF. Our guide tells you which sunscreen products offer you the best protection and are free of concerning ingredients, such as oxybenzone.

06/10/2021

We continue to vaccinate our 12 and up patients and community members for Covid19 with another walk in clinic this afternoon! Give us a call to schedule, so we can be good stewards of our doses, as we must give several doses at a time due to refrigeration requirements. Community members do not have to be patients to get the vaccine. Let’s end the pandemic together!541.386.2300