Hartman Pediatrics

08/04/2025

Summer is winding down and back to school season is here! Call today to schedule you child's physical if they have not had one in the last year to be sure they start the school year healthy! We are also accepting new patients and offer same day school physicals once we have records. Have a great year everyone!

08/02/2025

Did you know that ear pain does not always mean there is an ear infection? Ear pain is a common childhood complaint and always deserves a visit in person with the pediatrician to be able to make a correct diagnosis.

07/31/2025

Summer flew by! August is upon us and several of our area districts will be back in school next week already. Just a reminder that if your child had a well exam in the past year, this includes the sports physical. You may already have a form in your portal, so check there first. If you are not sure, send the office a portal message to check. If you do need an appointment, we offer same day visits. If you have a specific form that needs completed, we can fill that out as well if you drop off to the office.

07/18/2025

Unfortunately our power at the office is out. We do not have phone or internet service and cannot access our EHR either. We will not be able to see patients until power is restored. We apologize for the inconvenience.

07/18/2025

First aid tips for those summer injuries!

07/15/2025

Hand foot and mouth is in town in full force!

07/11/2025

The hepatitis B vaccine was developed in 1981, nearly 45 years ago. It is an important vaccine and is recommended to be given to newborns in the nursery for best protection. It takes a very small amount of body fluids or blood to infect an infant with hepatitis B for life. Please don’t delay protecting your baby.

As a new parent, you may wonder why a vaccine is recommended at birth. Hepatitis B poses unique risks to infants, but the Hepatitis B vaccine prevents infection and can keep your baby healthy from infancy through adulthood.

If you have questions or concerns about the Hep B vaccine dose at birth, ask your healthcare provider.

07/10/2025

It’s hard to believe we’re already half way through summer!

☀️ Summer is here! ☀️

While screens can be fun, don’t let electronics take over your child’s summer. Encourage plenty of outdoor play, fresh air, and most importantly — keep those pages turning! 📚🌳

Reading and outdoor adventures help kids grow healthy minds and bodies all summer long. Let’s make this summer active, fun, and screen-smart!

07/03/2025

The office will be closed Friday, July 4th. Have a safe holiday weekend!

06/14/2025

An important message from Hartman Pediatrics:

At Hartman Pediatrics, we firmly advocate vaccinating all children according to the currently approved, evidenced based schedule.

I have struggled with whether or not to post on this topic for quite some time for several reasons. At present, it feels my silence would be equal to being complicit with the attack against science and healthcare currently happening in our country and in our own community.

We consider immunizations to be a foundation of pediatric practice. We will always discuss and answer any concerns the parents might have, and do our best to assure that vaccinating is the safest way to shield their child against deadly and debilitating infections that still exist in US and across the world. That said, the pediatrician-parent-patient relationship is built on trust. When parents don’t trust our medical opinion, that relationship fails. If parents do not trust our knowledge regarding immunizations, how will they trust us when their child is ill?

Anti-vaccination groups have gone to great lengths to confuse the public and have unfortunately succeeded in seeding doubt in our intentions. There’s no secret agenda behind vaccinating children. Pediatricians are paid the cost of the vaccine by insurance companies and we do not get kickbacks for vaccinating. Practices actually loose money at times in order to vaccinate, because of the practical concerns related to storing, monitoring, supplying and administering the shots.

In addition, anti-vaccine groups would have you believe there is no risk in our country to an unvaccinated child; that the vaccine itself is more dangerous than the infections we prevent. From personal experience caring for a child with a vaccine preventable disease, such as whooping cough and meningitis is completely devastating. Many do not survive. The memory of those kids who were lost to these terrible, prevebtable infections will forever be the most powerful incentive for all pediatricians to never give up our mission to vaccinate timely and fully every child including our own.

We do respect that it is a parent’s choice to vaccinate their child. Please recognize that it is also a physician’s duty to provide evidence based care. I spent the better half of my 20s in the classroom and in children’s hospitals learning to care for children. It took me 11 years of training after high school to be able to practice pediatrics independently, which I have now been doing for an additional 11 years. That’s 22 years of learning science and treating patients.

For all of these reasons, Hartman Pediatrics will continue to recommend every child that is able to receive every vaccine on time, and we will not accept patients in our office who choose to delay or skip vaccines. Our goal is to protect our family and yours. Thank you for trusting us. ❤️

06/13/2025

Fun summertime snack idea!

06/07/2025

Another devastating and preventable loss. Please vaccinate yourselves and your children.

An infant born prematurely and infected with measles has died in Canada. The infant’s mother was infected and had not received the MMR vaccine. Ontario has reported 1,729 confirmed cases of measles since Oct. 28, 2024, and the CDC has confirmed 1,168 cases in the U.S. this year as of June 6. Learn more in AAP News: https://bit.ly/4mOcNEb