Dr. Greene’s Blog
Dr. Greene’s blog
Penis Size During Puberty
Guest Author: Cheryl Greene Background When babies are born, "It's a girl" or "It's a boy" used to be the words parents were waiting to hear from the doctor or midwife. Today, parents have the option …
Mom’s Diet while Breastfeeding
Mom's diet while breastfeeding can change the composition of her breast milk. It's no wonder nursing mothers have questions about what they should and shouldn't eat. Here's a quick overview of the mos…
What to do if you discover a lump?
Dr. Greene's advice on discovering a lump... Finding a lump on your child's body is not necessarily a bad thing, in fact most of the time little lumps it's a good thing: healthy lymph nodes swell when…
The “Free Pass”: Getting your child to sleep in their own room
At 3am a triangle of light slices the darkness in two, and a child's tired, raspy voice whispers "Mom? Moooooom?" It's now that you realize, this will not be the night of restful sleep you've been fan…
Easy Ways to Increase Healthy Omega-3s in Your Child’s Diet
When MsGreene was pregnant with my youngest in 1995, she craved tuna sandwiches. She could tell you where there was a good one within a mile of just about anywhere we normally visited. Her body was tr…
Breast Feeding for New Moms: First Questions Answered
Breast feeding is a natural experience, but that doesn't mean it's always an easy one. Breast feeding for new moms can be overwhelming. If you're having questions about breast feeding, you're not alon…
Two Practical Tips to Help You (and Your Baby) Fall Asleep and Stay Asleep
It's shocking how little sleep most people get. It's the trend in today's busy, electronic, always-on culture. It's almost a badge of honor. But it's not healthy for anyone. For many parents, especial…
How Vitamins, Sunshine and Antibiotics Have Changed Things for Your Kids
I grew up eating very different food than my children eat. I'm not just talking about different items on the menu, but an apples-to-apples comparison of the same foods shows a substantial difference i…
How to Prevent and Treat Tonsil Stones
When I was a child, it was commonplace to remove tonsils. The thinking of the day was that tonsils didn't serve much of a purpose. Much like the thinking of the day about the appendix. Now we know the…
Let’s Talk Dirty… Diapers
Dr. Greene's take on dirty diapers... There is no one right answer about your baby's poop frequency, color, smell, and texture. Your baby's poop is going to change over time and will be different depe…
Mother, You’re Still Carrying Me Today
You may have read a sentimental Mother's Day card (or one of those picture books that makes every mother cry) with the sappy phrase, "Mother, You're Still Carrying Me Today." Turns out, it's true. Li…
Tylenol for Babies & Toddlers: Follow-up Discussion on #LTKH Tweet Chat
On May 17 and 18, 2011 there was a joint meeting of the FDA Advisory Committee for Nonprescription Drugs and the FDA Pediatric Advisory Committee. I wrote an article about that meeting on May 18, 2011…
Is MiraLAX Safe for Children?
In the small print on the side of a bottle of MiraLAX, you'll learn that it's recommended by the manufacturer only for people 17 years of age and older and that it should be used for no more than 7 da…
Does My Child Have a Concussion?
Contrary to what I was taught in medical school, a child does not need to be knocked out, even briefly, to have a concussion. Most concussions do not involve a loss of consciousness. Concussions may n…
Do not “take two aspirins and call me in the morning”: The story of Polio-Like AFM
On August 4, 2020 the CDC warned doctors and parents to be on the lookout for a polio-like illness called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM. This scary illness has recently peaked every two years, and th…
TEDx Berkeley: Why Be Normal
I can virtually guarantee you, somebody you love has this problem -- high blood pressure. 1 in 3 people in the United States has high blood pressure and it tends to be even higher in developing countr…
From the Kitchen to the Bedroom
The link is more profound and more specific than many people expected. This information is so important because more than 1 in 3 children today end up overweight even as kids.[i] Sleep in kids has bee…
You Are What You Sleep
How your children sleep may change their body composition ? their lean body mass, total body fat, abdominal fat, and waist and hip circumference. A fascinating new study showed tight links between kid…
Should Infant Formula Be Sweetened: Mother (Nature) Knows Best
Breast milk is a marvelous, complex whole food, perfect for growing babies. The composition of breast milk varies from month to month, from day to day, and even within a single feeding. But whenever i…
I Was Wrong about the Environment
Time and again the magic begins the same way. Sperm and egg come together to create an absolutely unique cell. Then this cell divides to create two identical cells., These cells divide, and divide aga…