Building Blocks Pediatrics

05/09/2025

Do not prop a bottle inside your infant's mouth. 🍼 "Bottle propping" increases your baby's risk of choking, over-feeding, reflux, ear infections, gassiness, and tooth decay. 😳

It can be SO tempting to free up your hands during a feed by propping the bottle in place using a pillow, blanket, etc. 👐 I get it. However, consequences can be serious. Until your babies are able to hold the bottle on their own, take the time to hold them during feeds. Consider it a beautiful bonding experience that will be gone before you know it.

By the way, I got this photo straight off of Amazon. 😫 Just because a product is widely available to consumers does NOT necessarily mean that it's safe!

Note: By NO means am I saying any of this to shame parents for doing what they feel is necessary to feed their babies (eg, parents of twins or triplets). I'm just providing information for you to do with as you please. 🩷

04/25/2025

Visit out website for updated information about the measles…

A nurse practitioner owned pediatric clinic that has served Pleasanton and the surrounding area since 2004.  Through a team of Certified Nurse Practitioners and support staff, we provide quality care for our patients from birth to 20 years of age.  We are dedicated to providing the best care durin...

04/25/2025

👶 In 2025, no parent should have to worry about their baby facing diseases like measles or whooping cough, yet outbreaks remind us how fragile progress can be.

The campaign is here to remind us: a childhood free from vaccine-preventable diseases is possible — but only if we choose to protect it. 🙌❤️

Vaccines are safe. Diseases are not. Let’s honor the past, protect the present, and build a healthier future for all babies. 🌟🛡️

📣 Join us for National Infant Immunization Week — and don’t forget to use + tag so we can amplify your voice! 🗯️✨

vaccinateyourfamily.org/niiw

03/10/2025

02/12/2025

The clinic is closed today, February 12,2025. We will be open tomorrow for normal business hours.

01/17/2025

Update: Power has been restored. We should be operating normally on Monday. Check back for any updates!

12/31/2024

Roald Dahl on Measles: "Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything.
'Are you feeling all right?' I asked her.
'I feel all sleepy,' she said.
In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.
The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was...in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunised against measles...I dedicated two of my books to Olivia, the first was ‘James and the Giant Peach’. That was when she was still alive. The second was ‘The BFG’, dedicated to her memory after she had died from measles. You will see her name at the beginning of each of these books. And I know how happy she would be if only she could know that her death had helped to save a good deal of illness and death among other children."
Roald Dahl, 1986

12/22/2024

❄️ The holiday season is in our grasp. So long as we have washed hands to clasp. ❄️

Diarrhea and vomiting from norovirus can sour any holiday plans. The virus spreads easily and quickly. To prevent getting norovirus, wash your hands well and often with soap and water, especially before eating or preparing food.

Learn more simple prevention tips to keep yourself and the people you love healthy: https://bit.ly/3YE63hc

11/27/2024

The office is closed until Monday.
Happy Thanksgiving!

11/19/2024

We are experiencing some phone issues. We appreciate your patience. Will update as soon as possible.