
Sara Connolly, MD, FAAP, is a Board Certified Pediatrician who practices in Palm Beach County, Florida. Sara completed her residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital at the University of Miami, where she served as Chief Resident. She divides her time between private practice and working with incarcerated girls.
In previous jobs, Sara took care of hospitalized children and newborns at a children’s hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She has a passion for child advocacy and has worked on the local, state, and national level to increase access to care for children. Her interests include nutrition, breastfeeding, and parenting skills.
Article Contributions
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Health
Treating fevers in babies over 6 months
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Toddler
Is bedwetting caused by undiagnosed constipation?
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Toddler
Kids don’t like water? Try these tips
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Health
Protecting against the flu during a pandemic
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Blog
Your Vote Matters
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Parenting
What the experts say about opening schools
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Health
Which mask is the best one for your kids?
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Parenting
Is summer camp safe?
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Health
What are COVID-19 antibody tests (and are they helpful)?
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Health
Should you visit the pediatrician during coronavirus?
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Health
Is telehealth a good option for your family?
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Health
Do children need face masks during the coronavirus outbreak?
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Health
Handwashing tips for toddlers
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Health
Parents: What you should stock in your medicine cabinet
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Health
Coronavirus and Children
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Health
Coronavirus: Safe social distancing with children
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Baby
Did science just solve newborn hiccups?
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Blog
Dr. Google is not your friend
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Toddler
From potty training to talking, your questions answered
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Blog
Flu Vaccine Update: October 2019
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Parenting
Visiting the pediatrician with your autistic child
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Baby
How often should my baby or child poop?
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Baby
What is an APGAR score?
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Blog
5 Things You Need to Know About Newborn Skin Care
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Blog
Got a vaccine question? We have answers
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Health
Tips for using allergy medications for your kids
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Baby
Measuring your child’s future risk: the ACE score
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Health
What is the most common chronic illness in children?
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Blog
Your questions on baby formula answered
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Health
Are children with autism at higher risk for gastrointestinal problems?
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Health
How do I know if my child is still contagious?
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The Momo Challenge and your child: parenting in the Internet age
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Health
QOD: Can I start using antibiotics to prevent my toddler’s runny nose from getting worse?
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5 ways you can avoid suffering this holiday season
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Blog
5 essential questions on diaper rash
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I’m a doctor and a mom … here’s what worries me
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Health
How to prepare your child for cold and flu season
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Health
The flu shot: is it effective?
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5 things you need to know about newborn sleep
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Blog
Here’s what I tell dads about bonding with their babies
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Health
Measles in 2018: should you worry?
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Health
The chicken pox vaccine
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Baby
Your 11-Month-Old: Week 3
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Baby
Your 10-Month-Old: Week 3
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Baby
Your 10-Month Old: Week 1
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Baby
Your 9-Month-Old: Week 2
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Baby
Your 11-Month Old
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Parenting
Your 10-Month-Old
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Baby
Why developmental milestones will make you crazy
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The 11 most common questions I hear from new parents
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Baby
Treatment of opioid addiction in newborns
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Health
Washing hands 101: How to wash your baby’s hands the right way
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Health
What happens if you miss an antibiotic dose and other questions
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Health
What is the Rotavirus vaccine?
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Health
Preparing for baby: 6 ways to remove toxic lead from your house
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Health
When to use an acetaminophen suppository for your baby
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Health
When should my child be tested for lead poisoning?
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Baby
5 diaper changing questions every parent asks
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Blog
4 essential skills kids need on the first day of kindergarten
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Blog
Your pediatrician most likely supports Obamacare—here’s why
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Yet another reason not to eat your placenta
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Blog
5 ways you can win Fourth of July safety
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Does your doctor ask uncomfortable questions? That’s a good thing
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Blog
Who’s on your parenting team?
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Toddler
No juice for you! AAP recommends against fruit juice for infants.
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Baby
Are baby monitoring apps doing more harm than good?
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Baby
Baby boxes: coming soon to a nursery near you?
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Baby
Will eating beets turn my child’s urine pink?
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Health
How to reduce your family’s lead exposure
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Dr. Sara: Why I marched this weekend
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Health
Protecting your family from Norovirus
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Baby
Brachycephaly: treating “flat head syndrome”
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New Year’s resolutions: the new parent edition
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Room sharing: a grade-A idea (except when it’s not)
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Health
Does Benadryl work on cold symptoms?
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Health
Why shouldn’t I divide my EpiPen twin pack?
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Health
How to use acetaminophen to treat fever
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Health
Is “green snot” always a sign of infection?
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Baby
New guidelines issued for SIDS prevention
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Parenting
Experts update screen time recommendations for infants and toddlers
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Teething Tablets Recalled
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Why you shouldn’t ask, “Are you breastfeeding?”
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A doctor’s perspective: avoiding vaccination puts a school at risk
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Advice from Dr. Sara: Vote!
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The myth of the mandatory “back to school” physical
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Baby
10 questions for your baby’s 1-month check-up
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From your pediatrician: don’t blast us on social media
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New moms: don’t skip the newborn vitamin K shot!
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Is $1,500 a year fair for an EpiPen® that costs dollars to make?
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The three week rule
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Health
Zika alert: how to keep your children safe from pests
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When an infant fever is just a fever
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Blog
We need better mental health services (for toddlers too)
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4 summer fun tips for when parents run out of ideas
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Blog
Is “crying it out” not so bad after all?
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Baby
When can I begin using sunscreen on my baby?
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Health
Should I avoid peanuts while pregnant and nursing to prevent my baby from developing a nut allergy?
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Does swaddling increase SIDS risk?
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Parenting
How do I choose a sunscreen for my baby?
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Toddler
When should I begin giving fruit juice to my baby?
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Health
Q&A: Dr. Paul Offit on effects of supplements for kids
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Health
Does my child need a specialist for strabismus?
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Parenting
How to choose a sunscreen for your child
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Baby
How can I get my breastfed baby to take from a bottle?
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Baby
When do I stop giving my baby formula?
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Why I am a complete vaccine supporter
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Health
Can my toddler take allergy medicine?
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Health
Environmental allergies and eczema
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Parenting
How to choose sunglasses for your baby
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Baby
Who can help me learn to breastfeed?
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Baby
Does formula expire?
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Blog
New York’s new family leave policy will lead to healthier families
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Health
The Hib vaccine (Haemophilus influenzae type b)
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Baby
What is a normal portion size for a child?
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Health
How do I know if my baby is allergic to a food?
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Toddler
What do I do about my picky eater?
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Baby
How long can I refrigerate formula?
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Baby
Now that my baby has eaten her first solid foods, how many times a day should she eat solid food?
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Baby
Can I give my newborn water?
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The dangerous problem with promoting celebrity parenting tips
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Parenting
Do car seats expire?
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Baby
Can babies drink almond milk?
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Blog
Closing the #diapergap
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What’s the big deal with the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative program?
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Baby
Can exclusively breastfed babies have food allergies?
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Health
When can I use an acetaminophen suppository?
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Health
What is the difference between acetaminophen and ibuprofen?
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Health
What is cold panniculitis?
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Baby
9 things you need before your baby arrives
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Health
Extremely chapped lips? Your child may have lip licker’s dermatitis
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Baby
Q&A with Dr. Jason Wanuck: Settling the debate between thumbsucking and pacifiers
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What parents can do to protect kids from lead poisoning
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Baby
How do I begin to wean my baby off bottle?
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Baby
Is it OK if my baby doesn’t burp?
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Health
What is lip licker’s dermatitis?
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Toddler
When should you give fruit juice to your baby?
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Baby
What is the ideal nursery temperature at night?
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Health
What moisturizer can I use for my baby’s neonatal acne?
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Drop in infant mortality rate is good news but US still lags
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Health
What is tuberculosis?
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Parenting
Preventing e-cigarette poisoning in children
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5 toddler habits you won’t miss when they’re gone
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Parenting
What is one thing that will make my children safer in the car?
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Baby
When is it safe to expose my newborn to other people?
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Health
What is the best way to clean a small scrape?
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Pregnancy
What is congenital syphilis?
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Illness happens — especially to kids around the holidays
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Baby
How to tell regular infant gas from a more serious condition
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Blog
New survey shows increase in autism rates
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Why do doctors care if you have guns in the home?
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Blog
I am thankful
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Health
What is insulin?
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Health
How to take your baby’s temperature (newborn to age 2)
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Baby
What does “adjusted age” mean?
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Health
Can my child with an egg allergy receive a flu vaccine?
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Blog
Why we recognize World Prematurity Day
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Parenting
What happens if my child eats lipstick?
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Blog
What type 1 diabetes is not
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Baby
How can I help prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)?
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Health
How many flu shots will my child get?
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Baby
What is an umbilical hernia?
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Baby
Vaccine schedule: does your pediatrician have vaccine requirements?
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Health
When should you worry about hand flapping?
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Health
Noise sensitivity in children
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Baby
Healthy sleep schedules for babies
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Baby
When can I start giving my infant cereal?
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Toddler
Can my child drink too much cow’s milk?
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Stopping SIDS: A pediatrician’s perspective
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Pregnancy
What are the long-term risks of smoking while pregnant?
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Health
What is cradle cap?
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Health
What is a dermoid cyst?
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Baby
Which formula is the best?
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Health
Vision screening in infants and toddlers
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Baby
Is it OK to give cold formula to my baby?
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Baby
I recently added rice cereal to my newborn’s formula to help him sleep. Do I need to change formulas if my baby is gassy?
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Baby
When does my newborn get his first shots and what are they?
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Health
What’s in vaccines?
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Toddler
My infant daughter has Atopic Dermatitis and was diagnosed with a zinc deficiency. Which milk contains the most zinc?
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5 ways to prepare your family for sick season
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Baby
When do we turn our baby from rear-facing to forward-facing in their car seat?
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Health
Is there Formaldehyde in vaccines?
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Toddler
How can I read to my toddler?
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Health
How can I treat the common cold?
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Health
How many ear infections will it take before my child needs to get “tubes”?
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Health
What is a deer tick?
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Baby
When is our newborn’s first doctor’s visit?
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Blog
Put. Down. The. Phone. We’re here to help
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Toddler
At what age can my toddler use a pillow?
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Health
How do I prevent Lyme disease?
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Health
How do I know if my baby has popsicle panniculitis?
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Parenting
Can we bring liquids like breast milk or formula on an airplane flight?
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Baby
My breastfed infant’s poop used to be yellow but now it’s green. Why?
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Baby
How do I switch my 1-year-old from formula to cow’s milk?
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In California, science beats out personal beliefs
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Health
Q&A: Dr. Paul Offit on the dangerous campaign to undermine vaccines
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Parenting
My car has both the LATCH system and the regular car seat belt in the back, but which one is better?
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Health
Hepatitis B: your newborn’s first vaccine
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Blog
Sometimes it’s my voice—why I read to my child
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Baby
How can I prevent diaper rash?
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Health
Is it OK to delay my child’s vaccines until they are older and stronger?
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Parenting
What a safe nursery looks like
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Baby
How to get started with formula feeding
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Pregnancy
Are e-cigarettes safe in pregnancy?
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Health
Should I give cough and cold medicine to my infant?
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Baby
Can our baby go in the tub or shower with us?
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Health
How do I know my child’s rash is chickenpox?
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Health
What is HPV?
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Baby
Do I really have to sterilize bottles and nipples?
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Baby
Screening for congenital heart disease in newborns
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Baby
How does my doctor check my infant son’s urine for an infection?
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Blog
Sleep training: Child abuse or life-saver?
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Baby
How to burp a baby
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Parenting
My 4-year-old just swallowed a dime. She seems fine, but what should I do?
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Health
The measles mumps rubella (MMR) vaccine
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Baby
How long can we wait until we need to name our baby?
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Baby
How to swaddle a baby
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Baby
My baby stares at lights. Is this OK?
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Health
How do I know if my newborn has a cold?
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Parenting
My baby loves to look at the TV, but the doctor said not to let her have any screen time. Won’t she be bored?
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Forcing apologies: Why do we make our kids say they’re sorry?
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Health
What is the “whoop” in whooping cough?
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Health
What are primary immunodeficiencies?
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Health
What is “W” sitting?
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Health
Can I use a household spoon to give medications to my baby?
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Blog
Watch out: you’re probably overdosing your child’s medication
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Toddler
What type of toothpaste should I use on my toddler?
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Health
My two year old was just diagnosed with scabies! Now what?
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Toddler
Is it OK to give my child sports drinks?
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Blog
Foreskin fight: Florida parents fight over right to circumcise their son
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Health
Infantile hemangioma: skin tumors in newborns
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Parenting
How to protect your family from carbon monoxide poisoning
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Health
Butterfly children: What is Epidermolysis Bullosa?
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Health
Will my infant daughter need surgery for an infantile hemangioma on the side of her nose?
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Health
Should you delay your child’s vaccine schedule?
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Health
QOD: My 1-year-old son needs the MMR and the chicken pox vaccines. Is the combination vaccine better?
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Health
QOD: What does measles look like?
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Health
Food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome: What is FPIES?
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Pediatricians aren’t kicking out anti-vaxxers. Here’s why.
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Parenting
5 car seat mistakes you’re making before your newborn leaves the hospital
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Baby
QOD: Why is my newborn’s skin peeling around his feet and ankles?
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Parenting
5 car seat mistakes parents make with their toddlers
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Health
QOD: Should I wait to give my child a fever reducer until after we see the pediatrician?
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Health
QOD: What foods are best for my toddler who has diarrhea but isn’t vomiting?
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Baby
QOD: Can I microwave formula or breast milk to reheat it?
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Blog
Dr. Sara’s Christmas request
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Parenting
What should you pack in your child’s travel bag?
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Blog
The 8 best gifts grandparents can give their grandchildren
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Baby
QOD: My baby’s newborn screen sample came back inadequate. Should I have the pediatrician repeat it?
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Blog
8 of the worst gifts grandparents could give their grandchildren
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Health
How to diagnose and treat congenital hypothyroidism
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Health
QOD: Why do children develop type 1 diabetes?
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Baby
QOD: Is it normal for a new baby to lose weight after birth?
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Stop ignoring diabetes: a pediatrician’s perspective
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Health
QOD: Can I give my child acetaminophen to bring his fever down when he’s already taking antibiotics for an ear infection?
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Health
QOD: Does the timing of introducing foods with gluten impact the chances that my child will develop celiac disease?
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Health
What is the respiratory syncytial virus?
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Toddler
QOD: What is the difference between refrigerated milk and milk that is sold on the shelf at room temperature at the grocery store?
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Health
What is thrush?
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Health
QOD: Are there natural alternatives to chemical insect repellents?
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Health
What you need to know about the Ebola virus
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6 signs your child needs to see an eye doctor
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Health
QOD: How do I prevent my family from catching West Nile virus?
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Baby
How to recognize vision problems in your child
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Blog
Breaking up is hard to do; switching doctors isn’t
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Parenting
How do I teach my toddler to wear a bike helmet?
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Parenting
QOD: Should my child wear sunscreen every day?
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Parenting
QOD: What should I look for in a bicycle helmet for my toddler?
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Blog
Dr. Sara responds to reader comments on Forgotten Baby Syndrome
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Health
How to treat heat-related illnesses in children
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Parenting
QOD: What is the best way to keep kids safe around fireworks?
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Parenting
Forgotten Baby Syndrome: Why parents leave children in hot cars
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Parenting
Does my child need sunglasses?
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Parenting
QOD: What is the best type of sunscreen?
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Blog
Are we over-medicating babies?
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Baby
Baby development: Your 12 month, 2 week old
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Baby
Baby development: Your 11 month, 3 week old
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Baby
Baby development: Your 11 month, 2 week old
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Baby
Baby development: Your 11 month old
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Baby
Baby development: Your 10 month, 1 week old
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Baby
Baby development: Your 10 month old
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What to pack in your diaper bag
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Parenting
How to help prevent drowning
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Health
QOD: What should I do if my child swallows a button battery?
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Health
QOD: Is it true duct tape can treat warts?
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Blog
Why you shouldn’t pick a hairdresser before you grow hair
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Blog
Why the AAP wants you to stay away from retail based clinics
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Parenting
E-cigarette poisoning cases increase among children
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Baby
QOD: What is a night nurse?
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Baby
Bowlegs in infants and toddlers
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Baby
I’m nursing. Why are my nipples sore?
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Blog
Spring break…or “Why I love Disney”
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Health
Why does your child need the polio vaccine?
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Health
How to use duct tape as wart removal
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Health
Childhood vision loss
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Baby
QOD: My car seat has a top tether. What is it?
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Blog
Why we vaccinate
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Blog
When Parents Yell
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Health
Crossed-eyed? Your child may have strabismus
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Dr. Sara’s baby story
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Why trendy parenting styles can make parenting harder
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Pregnancy
QOD: My large family wants to come to see the new baby in the hospital. Will that be an issue?
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Blog
The Jenny McCarthy story: what this weekend says about autism in our culture
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Baby
Umbilical hernias: why does my baby’s belly button pop out?
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Parenting
The five childcare experts you need to know
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Health
Labial Adhesions
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Parenting
QOD: We’ve been busy doing all the usual holiday fun but my children are even more demanding than usual, help!
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Health
Retinoblastoma
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Blog
Bundoo’s Twelve Days of Christmas: Dr. Sara’s elf problem
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Parenting
QOD: I’m afraid to pick up my baby. Help!
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Blog
Shingles: not the house kind
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Baby
QOD: How do I care for my newborn’s umbilical cord?
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Blog
Dr. Sara talks kids books
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Parenting
How the Affordable Care Act affects families
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Parenting
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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Baby
QOD: What kind of cereal should I give my infant at first?
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Baby
QOD: My newborn turns bright red/purple when she tries to poop and gets really fussy, is she constipated?
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Baby
QOD: Why shouldn’t I give my baby solid food for 4-6 months?