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I could use some parenting and/or medical tips. My 5 year old sleeps 12 hours…and has been dry in the morning for weeks. So we threw out the pull ups, bought disposable bed pads, and are washing the sheets 3-4 days a week now. I take her to...
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Toddler
Most parents look forward to potty training with eager anticipation. After all, potty training means no more buying — or changing — diapers. But even after a toddler has successfully transitioned out of diapers and into underwear, bedwetting is...
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Just curious if anyone else has a 4 year old still needing a pull up at night? I wake her at 10 or 11 before I go to bed to take her potty, and she is still wet in the AM. Not sure how else to get her to stay dry, she sleeps 12 hours. The diaper...
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Toddler
Nocturnal enuresis, otherwise known as bedwetting, is common among young children. Even children who are completely daytime toilet trained may continue to wet the bed for many years. Pediatricians consider bed wetting a separate issue from daytime...
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Blog
I’ll admit it, they were right. All those people who slapped me on the back during those final weeks of my first pregnancy and said, “Sleep all you can now…you’re not going to sleep for a LOOOOOONG time!” They would chuckle, like they had a private...
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Toddler
Unlike many developmental milestones, which often happen in a predictable order in typically developing children, potty training can be variable. Different children begin potty training at different ages and move at their own speed from diapers to...
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Blog
Type 1 diabetes is NOT the result of a poor diet or a person being too skinny, too fat, or too anything. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that causes the body to attack its own pancreas. Without a functioning pancreas, our body cannot...
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There are few things parents look forward to more than Christmastime. They can take a break from playing disciplinary bad-cop and simply threaten kids with Santa’s toy-withholding judgment. In the past, the mere mention of Santa got kids to behave....
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Health
A kidney infection, also called pyelonephritis, is a type of urinary tract infection (UTI). In most cases, UTIs are not serious and easily treated with antibiotics. However, frequent kidney infections can cause permanent damage to the kidneys. In...