Wilmington Pediatrics

10/03/2024

Flu can be extra prickly for pregnant people. A flu shot during pregnancy can help protect both you and your baby after birth from flu’s wildest symptoms. Talk to your doctor about how a flu shot can tame flu for two, or find answers to your questions here: https://bit.ly/3T6UEV3

10/03/2024

10/03/2024

This week on the Healthy Children podcast, host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez and Dr. Scott Hadland talk about counseling your teens about drugs and alcohol, without judgment while also providing tips for preventing substance use. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

02/12/2024

Due to the predicted storm we will be closing the office on Tuesday, 2/13/24.
Please stay safe everyone!

01/14/2024

Tabletop activities like building blocks or puzzles can help your child learn and practice concentration skills. Learn more tips here. https://bit.ly/3na4PYM

01/14/2024

This National Center of Excellence will serve as a centralized, trusted source for evidence-based education and technical assistance to support the mental health of children and adolescents as they navigate social media.

01/14/2024

01/14/2024

Punishment says that when our children do bad, they are bad. It defines them. But anyone who has ever looked at a baby knows that there is nothing bad there. Our toddlers and teens are just as much a marvel today as they were the first day we ever held them.

Discipline guides brain development through connection, shaping many of the most important life skills including the ability to manage feelings … communicate wants and needs … control impulses … think ahead to consequences… and more.
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If you weren’t raised this way, it can be a challenge to parent this way.

Join us for our annual Reparent Yourself Summit and heal the past, tame your triggers, and bring newfound self-awareness to your parenting/life!
https://reparent.genmindful.com/2024-register/
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01/14/2024

​The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) answers questions parents have about protecting babies from measles who are too young for the vaccine. 

12/12/2023

Join us for Ugly Holiday Sweater Day on Thursday, 12/14!

11/28/2023

Recently, health officials warned people not to eat certain brands of cinnamon applesauce pouches because they had high levels of lead in them. Here's what parents need to know, and what to do if your child ate one of the recalled pouches.

11/07/2023

Looking for ways to get your kids to help around the house? Here are some simple, age-appropriate chores for every age group!