Five Breastfeeding Tips from Dr. Greene
    Five Breastfeeding Tips from Dr. Greene

    Breastfeeding is one of the best gifts you can give your baby. Here are five tips for making it as easy as possible: (more…)…

    Tips for Helping Underweight Kids (and Their Parents)
    Tips for Helping Underweight Kids (and Their Parents)

    Parents of underweight kids who really don't eat enough deserve better help than they often get. Still, most of the time when people say to me that their child is skinny and a very picky eater, the ch…

    Tips for Managing Asthma, Allergies and House Dust Mites
    Tips for Managing Asthma, Allergies and House Dust Mites

    House dust mites contribute to allergies and asthma. They are tiny creatures that live in pillows and mattresses, carpets, and couches ? quietly eating dead skin cells and hair. And pooping. They requ…

    Slips, Trips and Crashes: Handling your Children's Falls
    Slips, Trips and Crashes: Handling your Children’s Falls

    When your little one falls from his bed, crashes his bike or simply runs into the wall during a game of chase, you experience his pain as well as that heart-racing panic feeling that you try to suppre…

    The Peace Lily is one of the top ten air filtering plants.
    Top Ten Air-Filtering Plants

    In an effort to identify plants that can filter air in sealed environments, NASA spent 2 years testing common plants to determine the best natural filters. The following list includes plants that perf…

    Tips for Taking Care of Yourself When There’s a New Baby in the House
    Tips for Taking Care of Yourself When There’s a New Baby in the House

    Dr. Greene's advice on taking care of yourself with a new baby at home: New mothers are excited about bringing home their newborn, but most of the time it's not long until Mom feels the stress of the …

    Tips for Treating Teething Pain
    Tips for Treating Teething Pain

    The teeth (or tooth) that causes the most pain varies from child to child. Some babies appear to have no teething pain at all. For others, it is sometimes the first tooth that causes the most discomfo…

    Tips For Cold, Cough, or Flu Prevention
    Tips For Cold, Cough, or Flu Prevention

    Infections can be avoided both by decreasing the exposure to germs and by boosting your child's immunity. Here are 6 powerful ways to decrease germ exposure: (more…)…

    Tips for Two Year Old Play
    Tips for Two Year Old Play

    Dr. Greene's advice if you have a two year old... One of the joys of parenting is finding that zone of moderate challenge for your child, and setting up fun opportunities for her to teach herself thro…

    Tips for Where to Find Information on Car Seats
    Tips for Where to Find Information on Car Seats

    Excellent information on car seats (including approved models) for premature babies through older children is available from the Academy of Pediatrics. Another great resource is the website of the Nat…

    Tips for Car Travel with Toddlers
    Tips for Car Travel with Toddlers

    Dr. Greene's advice on car travel with little ones... Try to stay as close as possible to your normal routine in terms of meal times and sleeping times. (more…)…

    Tips for Avoiding Repetitive Stress Injuries
    Tips for Avoiding Repetitive Stress Injuries

    Children's flexible bodies are in some ways more forgiving than those of adults. My kids can easily sit on the floor in positions that would give me backaches. For most children, it would take many mo…

    Tips for Treating Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Rashes
    Tips for Treating Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Rashes

    Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac together produce more cases of allergic contact dermatitis than all other allergens combined. The resulting rash can range from mildly unpleasant to a true eme…

    Tips for Preventing Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Rashes
    Tips for Preventing Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Rashes

    Urushiol is the reason for those itchy rashes one gets when coming into contact with one of these plants. The oil is found in the leaves, roots, and twigs of poison ivy and its cousins. There is no di…

    Tips for Avoiding Damage from Sun Exposure
    Tips for Avoiding Damage from Sun Exposure

    Even though skin cancer occurs in adults, the serious skin cancers are caused by the radiation damage (particularly the sunburns) that occurred in our youth. Children are at the highest risk for sun d…

    Tips for Surviving Temper Tantrums
    Tips for Surviving Temper Tantrums

    Temper tantrums are very common, especially in children 2 to 3 years of age. When viewed in context, temper tantrums can be an extremely constructive part of the development of a healthy child. That s…

    Tips for Managing Back-To-Back Kids
    Tips for Managing Back-To-Back Kids

    As parents, it is only natural to want to continue to give your first child all the attention you have been giving him, plus give your new baby the special attention you gave to your first child. That…

    Tips for Helping Young Children Deal with Temporary Separations

    Dr. Greene's tips on helping children handle temporary separations: From the time that we begin to let ourselves believe that a positive pregnancy test could actually mean that we are going to be pare…

    Tips for Treating and Preventing Eczema Outbreaks
    Tips for Treating and Preventing Eczema Outbreaks

    The first step in treating eczema is to identify the precipitating event or trigger and avoid it if possible! You may not see an immediate improvement, but if you are going to successfully treat eczem…

    Tips for Weaning your Child from a Bedtime Bottle
    Tips for Weaning your Child from a Bedtime Bottle

    When a toddler or preschooler is still using a bottle to go to sleep, there are two patterns that must be overcome. First, she has chosen the bottle as her special comfort object to help her with the …