Blackmon Pediatrics

10/30/2025

As a parent, it’s understandable to want to learn about what’s in vaccines. But as you research, you might come across misleading claims about vaccine ingredients.

Antigens, for example, are a key ingredient in vaccines that help children’s immune systems learn to respond to viruses. Your children encounter antigens in many places they visit each day, including playgrounds. In fact, children can come in contact with up to 6,000 antigens each day.

If you have any additional questions about vaccines and their ingredients, talk with your pediatrician or click the link below.
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10/29/2025

RSV symptoms in babies
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Typically, RSV causes cold symptoms. Those symptoms may be followed by bronchiolitis or pneumonia. These are infections of the lower airways in the chest or lungs. RSV symptoms are typically at their worst on days 3 through 5 of illness. Symptoms generally last an average of 7-14 days.

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10/28/2025

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It’s Learning Disabilities Awareness Month. If your child was recently diagnosed, remember this: Supporting them starts with supporting yourself — even in small, everyday ways.

10/27/2025

What is the TEAL PUMPKIN PROJECT?

Raising food allergy awareness and offering the option of non-food trinkets and toys in a separate bowl makes Halloween safer and more fun for all trick-or-treaters.

Food Allergy Research & Education

10/24/2025

FUN FACTS about 🎃 H A L L O W E E N 🎃

🐕 Pet costumes are becoming more popular
🍭 Americans spend 2.6 billion on candy
🍬 2/3 of adults admit to stealing some of the kids' candy
🤡 Some places only kids are allowed to wear masks
🎃 Giant pumpkins can weigh over 2000 lbs.

10/23/2025

Throwback to the beginning days.

10/22/2025

The AAP’s vaccine schedule is designed to prepare your child’s body to resist contagious diseases as early and fully as possible, and sometimes that means getting several vaccinations during a single well visit. These vaccination recommendations have been developed to keep your child healthy and active and give their immune systems the strongest resistance to preventable diseases.

If you have any questions about the AAP’s immunization schedule, don’t hesitate to reach out to your pediatrician.
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10/21/2025

TECH TUESDAY:

Children build media habits and preferences from a very young age, so it’s worthwhile to set them up for a healthy relationship with media before they grow into teens and young adults. The following practical strategies are ways to build balance, critical thinking, self-regulation, and safety skills for toddlers through elementary school-aged children.
American Academy of Pediatrics

Learn More: https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/media-and-children/center-of-excellence-on-social-media-and-youth-mental-health/building-healthy-relationships-with-media-essential-skills-for-children-10-and-younger/

10/20/2025

Telling your kids to wash their hands is easy. Getting them to understand why? That’s the game-changer. With cold and flu season ramping up, this video breaks down the real reason hand washing matters—and it might just get your kids wanting to do it.

We breakdown the science behind the "20-second hand wash", why it works and what the key ingredient is for proper hand washing.Check it out! ...

10/16/2025

When our kids start doing more things on their own for themselves, it's easy to forget about the things we still need to be doing. Has it been over a year since your teen has had a WELL CHILD visit?

10/14/2025

How Does ADHD Affect Parent-Child Relationships?
✋🏼 FIVE areas of that relationship that gets affected by ADHD and how that ADHD is manifesting in the child. ADHD Awareness Month

1️⃣ Communication
2️⃣ Parental Stress
3️⃣ Discipline and Behavioral Management
4️⃣ Emotional Regulations
5️⃣ Academics

Learn More:
https://www.adhdawarenessmonth.org/adhd-and-parent-child-relationships/

10/13/2025

We are proud to have served our community for the past 25 years as Blackmon Pediatrics. Our purpose remains: we seek to provide quality medical care to the children of our community. Striving to create a comfortably inviting atmosphere, where we take great joy in the care of our patients.