Northampton Area Pediatrics

02/12/2025

Due to today’s winter weather conditions, NAP will be closing early.

21/11/2025

21/11/2025

There will be no Breastfeeding Support Group on Thursday, November 27, 2025.

17/11/2025

If your child is between the ages of 7-9 and in need of a vaccine, but is nervous or avoidant - this group is for them! Sign them up today!

12/11/2025

Hello NAP Families,

There is a recall of an infant formula called ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula due to a risk of infant botulism. Please see the link below for more information. If you have this formula at home, please follow the recall instructions in the link.

Symptoms of infant botulism include constipation, poor feeding, weak cry and decreased movement. If your child has taken the affected formula, and you notice these symptoms, please call our office to discuss next steps.

Take care,
Northampton Area Pediatrics

Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.

07/11/2025

Is your child between the ages of 10-13 years old? Do they need a vaccine? Are they nervous or avoidant around needles? THIS GROUP IS FOR THEM!!

03/11/2025

Please join other parents tomorrow night at Valley ADHD's monthly virtual support group.

31/10/2025

Halloween 2025! NAP is full of PARTY ANIMALS!

27/10/2025

Tuesday, October 28 from 5:30pm-6:30pm via Zoom, please join Edward Plimpton, PhD discuss Selective Mutism and answer your questions.

27/10/2025

24/10/2025

COVID VACCINE UPDATES

This fall has gotten off to a challenging start as we experienced a significant delay in our ability to order Covid vaccines from the state. We have heard from many of you about your concerns regarding not being able to get this protection for your child and share in your frustration at this situation. Fortunately, last week, the state immunization portal finally opened Covid vaccine ordering for children ages 6 months and older and NAP submitted the order for these vaccines that same day. We now have a limited supply of Moderna brand Covid vaccines (Spikevax) in each office and have started offering these at routine well visit and follow up appointments.

You may recall that we had offered Pfizer brand Covid vaccines in past years. We have made the decision to change to Moderna at this time as Pfizer no longer has an approved product for young children. There is good guidance through the AAP about how to transition children from Pfizer to Moderna if they are in the middle of their primary series.

We are working hard to find ways to offer additional nurse visits and vaccine clinics to children under age 5 who cannot receive a Covid vaccine elsewhere. Due to ongoing short staffing challenges and the increase in visit volume with the start of sick season, we are limited in the number of additional hours our incredibly dedicated nursing staff is able to provide to accommodate patients wanting to get their Covid vaccine at NAP. For this reason, if your child is 5 years of age or older, we are asking that you schedule their Covid vaccine at a local pharmacy so that the limited vaccine appointments NAP is able to offer are reserved for those children who do not have this option. Further, if you are in the office for a routine visit and due for vaccines, please get your vaccines at that time and not rely on our already limited nurse visits to come back another day.

It appears that select CVS pharmacies, specifically the CVS Minute Clinic on University Drive in Amherst but likely other Minute Clinics as well, can give Covid vaccines as young as 18 months! Also, the Northampton Department of Public Health is hosting flu vaccine clinics for ages 6 months and older every week. Please check their site at NorthamptonMA.gov for times and locations.

We hope everyone is having a nice start to the school year and enjoying fun fall festivities while this beautiful weather lasts!