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Allergy-Friendly Lunchbox Must-Haves: Snacks and Gear Kids Actually Love

Allergy-Friendly Lunchbox Must-Haves: Snacks and Gear Kids Actually Love

It's back-to-school season! (The most wonderful time of the year 😀) If your child has food allergies or your school follows an allergen-free policy, you should consider your snacks, lunches, and gear carefully. My kids are thankfully free of food allergies, but some of their best friends have them.

Why School Spirit Days Will Break Your Spirit

Why School Spirit Days Will Break Your Spirit

“We’ve got spirit, Rah Rah Rah!” The time is 8:15, and the bus arrives at the neighborhood bus stop precisely at 8:25. It takes me, an average adult female of average height, weight, and physical fitness, about two minutes to walk to the bus stop at a

Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Kids: Prevention and Treatment Tips from a Pediatric Pharmacist

Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Kids: Prevention and Treatment Tips from a Pediatric Pharmacist

If you’ve ever received a daycare email saying “Three children in your child’s class have been diagnosed with hand, foot, and mouth disease,” you know that sinking feeling. Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is one of those miserable childhood illnesses that spreads faster than glitter at the

What's Best for Your Child? Chewables, Liquids, or Meltaways? A Pediatric Pharmacist Explains

Chewables, Liquids, or Meltaways? A Pharmacist’s Guide to Choosing Kids’ Meds

Medicine for kids comes in many different dosage forms. If you walk up and down the aisle of your local pharmacy, you’re likely to see shelf after shelf of what seems like the same product. It’s good to have options, but it can also be a bit confusing!

That's How You're Supposed to Use an Inhaler? title with kid holding inhaler

Asthma Inhalers for Kids: A Parent’s Guide to Types & Use

Getting a new asthma diagnosis or receiving a prescription for an inhaler or nebulizer can be very overwhelming for parents. Honestly, I felt overwhelmed the first time I learned about inhalers in school and had to practice counseling a patient! I'm sure my preceptor was laughing at me

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Understanding Your Child's Asthma Action Plan

Asthma is a chronic disease of the lungs in which the patient's airway is inflamed, making breathing difficult and causing coughing or wheezing. The lung and airway tissue is sensitive, like a toddler whose favorite show has ended or a preteen styling their hair. It must be treated

What Drugs Are Safe and Effective for Seasonal Allergy Treatment in Children?

What Drugs Are Safe and Effective for Seasonal Allergy Treatment in Children?

Cold winter months make me long for spring. When spring rolls around and everyone in my house can’t stop sneezing, I swiftly long for summer. Or some good noise-canceling headphones. Where I live, we don't have four seasons but eleven. There’s winter, then fool’s spring,