Forum: Kid's Health Chat

My DS is 2, and a few months ago, we noticed that his head was kind of stinky. Upon inspection I realized that he still had a bit of cradle cap. I used an oil that I had and was able to get from...

Does anyone know how I can go about doing this or has done this? What test did you do or use? Did insurance cover it? Thanks!

I have an 8 month old whose been given solids pretty slowly. There is a family history of allergies and she had a slight reaction to banana at 6mo. Just some little red spots on her bottom, nothing...

I'm panicking a little here because I'm on no sleep and this is my first experience with DD being sick like this. She started vomiting around 11:30 and has thrown up maybe 5 more times since then. I...

DS is 6.5 months old and EBF (with some solids). I have been giving him d-vi-sol since he was a few weeks old for the Vit D. I still take my prenatal vitamins too. But at his 6-month appt it was...

Couple issues... So my 13 mo. DS has a cold. Fever off and on; runny nose; congested coughing and couple times of vomiting. My questions are: 1) Does wet diaper output decreases when DS is...

I am terrible at searching, but I want to prepare myself for the 15 month visit. My pediatrician said I need to give my 12 month old vitamins because my milk is not good enough nutritionally for...

I just got back from taking my 20 month old to the dentist. He has cavities in three of his teeth. I feel so terrible. one of them is quite bad and needs to be corrected, during which they will...

DS has had a dermoid cyst since birth and we recently visited a ped surgeon who stated that the cyst needed to be removed. She had stated that while it was not urgent to have it removed, we...

I have been on some pretty strong antibiotics for the past 7 days. I have been taking probiotics but it never occurred to me that DS would need to take them too. I started to give him some yesterday...

DS is 7 months old. He's been EBF until about a month ago when he started solids. He usually eats about 2 tbsp of food each day. He often spits up and I' m wondering if that's normal. I figured it...

I am sorry if this is posted on the wrong forum. I was not sure where to post it. DS will be 5 months on Wednesday. I have not been back to work since he was born but will be heading back...

I just heard back from my pediarician that my 1 year old is anemic. I'm just curious what others do. I have been recommended Poly-vis-ol with Iron but I noticed that it has a bunch of other...

My last son got jaundice really badly. I was BF and having a hard time with his latch, then tried to pump but never got anything, I think I should have gotten a better pump. In the end I eventually...

Does anyone know what I should watch for to be sure DS is getting enough iron? A little background; DS has alway been EBF until about 2 weeks ago when I started offering solids. He eats very little...

Has anyone's child ever had a lump behind their knee? My 4 yr old had one develop and it's about the size of a golf ball. It's been growing though. That is what is worrying me. The orthopedic Dr...

Bella developed a fever this afternoon. Unfortunately I don't know how quickly it came on - I felt her earlier and thought she felt warm, but when I asked dh he said it was just that my hands were...

Hey ladies. Can someone point me in the direction of fever info. I'm on my phone and it's hard to navigate to that in a hurry. Ds has a temp of 101.1 and I wanna know how high is a real concern and...

I'm currently pregnant and I'm not sure how much breastmilk my 22 month old is getting. I'm wondering if I should put him on some sort of vitamin. He was periodically taking Tri-vi-sol (mostly for...

Hi All, so DS is 7 months old and has been on solids for about 3 weeks now. Typically he eats one meal (about 1 tbsp of quinoa mixed with 1 tbsp of squash, avocado or banana) and one snack (about 5...

I have some Baby Jarro-Dophilus powder from the last time LO was on antibiotics (blech). One ear has turned wicked again. It's been a few months. Any idea if they go bad? They botte has been...

periodically we get some pretty disgusting, super smelly, thick mucousy poops from DS --- is this a dairy thing? i think they coincide with the times ive given him kefir, or a fair amount of...

Yesterday morning after my 3 year old daughter woke up, she complained to me that her tummy hurt. She pointed to her stomach and also the middle of her chest. She said she wanted to take a bath...

My DD is almost 6 months and recently has developed a red blotchy face and head while nursing. Any thoughts on what it could be? I am looking forward to our pedi visit next week. TIA