Children's Wisconsin

Children's Wisconsin We provide the best care for infants, children & teens, no matter how simple or complex the illness.
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Children’s Wisconsin is the region’s only independent health care system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. Children’s Wisconsin provides primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers.

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We created the Children’s Wisconsin page as a space to share the inspiring and encouraging stories of our patients, their families and our fans, allowing you a space to connect with other individuals who have experiences with or affinity for Children’s Wisconsin. In this spirit, we welcome your comments, praise and criticism. While we always monitor and reply to messages and comments, it bears repeating that we’re not legally allowed to discuss specific patients via Facebook. If you have questions regarding your child, it’s best to reach out to their doctor directly. Please understand that while we make every effort to respond on social media, some inquiries may require follow-up through another channel. And please don’t share your personal information on our page — this is a public space. If we are requesting contact information from you, we’ll encourage you to provide it via private message. Children’s Wisconsin Facebook Rules of Engagement

We won't remove your comment just because we don't like it. You are part of our community, and you deserve to be heard, even if your comment is critical of your experience with us. With that in mind, we have some simple rules that we’ll apply out of respect for others visiting our page, or those who we may feature in our stories.

1) No name-calling
If you disagree with someone, that’s fine. If you have a criticism of Children’s Wisconsin, we want to hear it as well. But we ask that that you respect each other, our patients, their families and our staff. That means not using vulgar language, not mocking appearances or name-calling other members of the page or those individuals featured in our posts. Out of respect for our employees and their privacy, we may also remove a post or comment that refers to them by their full first and last name.

2) No profanity
We recognize that there’s a fairly broad definition of “profanity,” so we ask that you consider your words in the mindset of whether or not what you say is appropriate to be said around a child. If not, please reconsider posting.

3) No advertising or spam content
If you have something to sell, provide services or want a job, that's for your own page, not ours. Spam, whether to advertise or simply repeat any message multiple times on our Facebook wall, is also prohibited.

4) No copy and paste posting
If you keep posting the same thing (or a variant of the same thing), whether as a post or as a comment, we reserve the right to hide or delete duplicates. This includes efforts to cover messages or opinions of those with who you don’t agree with.

5) No misinformation
We view content posted on our page as a representation of our organization and ultimately our medical perspective, which extends to the comments and posts by our community members. For that reason, we may remove posts that contain misinformation as it relates to medical topics such as – but not limited to – vaccinations, COVID-19, community services and more. Actions we may take

1) On Reviews
We will request Facebook remove reviews from individuals who are not reviewing their own experience with our organization. Just because you have a bad experience and share it in a review does not mean we will request it be removed. We want to hear the bad reviews as much as we want to hear the good ones — we need to know when we’re falling short of our standards. That always matters to us.

2) On posts and comments
We reserve the right to delete posts or comments that violate these rules of engagement, and to block users who repeatedly violate them, or otherwise abuse the forum of the Children’s Wisconsin page.

3) Banning/blocking
As mentioned earlier, we may resort to banning individuals from our page should they continue to engage in toxic, inappropriate content as outlined in these rules.

10/31/2025

Halloween magic happened today ✨! We surprised kids and families with a flash mob at our Children's Wisconsin Milwaukee Hospital 🕺💃. Those smiles? Absolutely everything 💙. Our talented Child Life and Creative Arts Therapies team choreographed an amazing routine. Can you guess which musical hit we danced to 💕? We'll give you a hint...Hey, Barbie!

Last week at the Building for Kids Children's Museum, families brought their teddy bears and stuffed animals for playful...
10/31/2025

Last week at the Building for Kids Children's Museum, families brought their teddy bears and stuffed animals for playful check-ups with our pediatric urgent care team members from our Children's Wisconsin Appleton Clinic. Kids enjoyed a free evening of play and learning about what happens during an urgent care visit. We had a blast meeting with you, your family and all your stuffed animals 💙!

10/30/2025

From magical princesses 👸and fierce witches 🧙‍♀️, to glitter goddesses ✨and cowboys 🤠... these kids sure had a spook-tacular time picking out their Halloween costumes.

We are grateful to Spirit Halloween for donating a large variety of costumes for kids at our Milwaukee and Fox Valley hospitals and Child Advocacy Centers...and for making kids' hospital stays a little less scary 💙.

Thanks to Spirit of Children, Spirit Halloween not only donated the costumes, but they've raised more than $600,000 for the Children's Wisconsin Child Life and Creative Arts Therapies Program since 2009. It's going to be a great Halloween!

10/30/2025

Happy Halloween from these cute little pumpkins in the Children’s Wisconsin Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU)! 🎃

Thank you to our Fox Valley and Milwaukee Hospital NICU nurses for dressing up our tiniest patients, and to for providing such adorable costumes. 💙

Potty training is probably one of the biggest milestones for any toddler. But moving on from diapers can often be a long...
10/27/2025

Potty training is probably one of the biggest milestones for any toddler. But moving on from diapers can often be a long, difficult process. Read this blog post by Cheryl Wendt, APNP, a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at the Children’s Wisconsin Mayfair Pediatrics primary care office, for a few simple steps that can help make potty training less stressful — and maybe even fun — for everyone.

Moving on from diapers is a big accomplishment, but potty training can be an intimidating process for children and caregivers.

10/24/2025

Fall sports are in full swing, and ankle injuries are common this time of year. The good news? Licensed Athletic Trainers (LATs) at Children's Wisconsin help student-athletes recover from injuries every day. They guide young athletes through recovery after an injury and help them get back to playing the sport they love!

Every athlete and injury is different, so LATs create personalized recovery plans. These plans help athletes heal, regain their strength and get ready to return to the field or court safely.

If your child gets injured playing sports, our LATs can help. They'll make sure your athlete gets the right medical care and support for a full recovery.

10/23/2025

Sneezing, congestion, fatigue... is it a cold or allergies? It can be tricky to tell the difference in your child's symptoms!

Dr. Asriani Chiu (aka Dr. Ah-choo!), an Allergist with Children's Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin, breaks down the key signs that help distinguish between cold and allergy symptoms.

“Doctors come face to face with a lot of pain and a lot of suffering, and that is something we were not taught to deal w...
10/21/2025

“Doctors come face to face with a lot of pain and a lot of suffering, and that is something we were not taught to deal with,” said Dr. Cassie Ferguson, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician at Children’s Wisconsin and Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin who helped design The Good Doctor course and Learning Communities. “I believe that we have a moral obligation to equip these students with the ability to be present with suffering and to be a compassionate presence for their patients, but also not feel like they're getting sucked in and completely overwhelmed.”

Medicine is much more than diagnoses and treatments. There are complex human connections, emotions and vulnerabilities. But most medical school curriculums only focus on the science. Topics in The Good Doctor cover everything from delivering bad news and inherent bias to spirituality in medicine and the ethics of truth-telling.

Read this blog post to learn about the unique way Children’s Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin are preparing the next generation of doctors .

Topics in The Good Doctor cover everything from delivering bad news and inherent bias to spirituality in medicine and the ethics of truth-telling.

10/17/2025

Trick-or-treaters will be knocking at your door before you know it! 🎃 Help make Halloween inclusive for ALL kids by participating in the Teal Pumpkin Project.

Dr. Matthew Tallar from the Children’s Wisconsin Allergy Clinic explains how: Set out a teal pumpkin and offer non-food treats like pinwheels, stickers, slinkies, poppets or other small toys alongside candy. This simple step means kids with food allergies can enjoy trick-or-treating safely!

Don’t forget to add your address to the 2025 Teal Pumpkin Project Map at TealPumpkinProject.org so families know where to find you.

Learn more about how you can make trick-or-treating safer for all families this year: http://childrenswi.link/4oiV5bU

Happy Halloween from Children’s Wisconsin! 👻

NOW OPEN! We are excited to announce the opening of our pediatric urgent care at our Children's Wisconsin Appleton Clini...
10/16/2025

NOW OPEN! We are excited to announce the opening of our pediatric urgent care at our Children's Wisconsin Appleton Clinic. Open 9 a.m. - 8 p.m., 7 days a week. From ear aches to injuries, strep throat to a rash, we are here to serve your family ages 0-18 💙.

Learn more:

Located at 2575 E. Evergreen Dr. in Appleton, urgent care will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

10/16/2025

Meet Hail, a Cardiac Researcher at the Herma Heart Institute at Children's Wisconsin 🫀. From analyzing heart tissues to modeling diagnoses with technology, Hail's work provides a deeper understanding of various congenital heart diseases. The collaborative efforts of him and his team drive improvements and treatment innovations for infants, kids and adults we care for at the Herma Heart Institute.

Halloween is all about costumes, spooky decorations and, of course, candy. But for the millions of American kids with fo...
10/14/2025

Halloween is all about costumes, spooky decorations and, of course, candy. But for the millions of American kids with food allergies, this exciting activity can turn into an unsafe one. As a result, some families may miss out on the joy and memories of trick-or-treating altogether.

Read this blog post by Rachel Rapala, BSN, RN, a Food Allergy Nurse Clinician at Children’s Wisconsin, for some fun ways to make sure all kids can enjoy Halloween without fear. http://childrenswi.link/4oiV5bU

In the United Sates, one in 13 kids has a food allergy.

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Keeping You Safe During COVID-19

Your safety is our top priority

At Children’s Wisconsin, our high standard of care has always required an uncompromising approach to safety. And during this COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to ensure every visit, appointment, procedure and surgery offered across all our Children’s Wisconsin locations is safe. Nothing will change our commitment to your safety.

What you can expect from us

As one of the top pediatric health systems in the country, Children’s Wisconsin has a team of nationally recognized infection. And during this COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to ensure every visit, appointment, procedure and surgery offered across all our Children’s Wisconsin locations is safe. Nothing will change our commitment to your safety.o ensure the safety of our patients, their families and our staff. Below are some of the things you can expect across all of our Children’s Wisconsin locations: