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Long Summer Days Doesn’t Mean Sit Around Indoors
By: Patrick Tate, MDThe days are about as long as they’ll get, which means summer is here. Plenty of time spent at swimming pools, area parks, backyards and the great outdoors should be on the agenda...
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Why You Shouldn’t Use Baby Talk When Speaking to Your Children About Their...
By: Molly Luke, Early Intervention Specialized Instruction Teacher, Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, Norristown, PAAt age 29 I gave birth to a beautiful little boy. The first weeks were exhausting...
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Choosy Says ABC, 123, Protect Your Eyes from Harmful UV! 5 Tips for Keeping...
By: Christine Cox, The Choosy MommyAs I look around the playground, 9 out of 10 moms are wearing sunglasses, protecting their own eyes from harmful UV rays. However, I start to question why my children...
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Sniffles and Sneezes
By: Jenn Ripepi, MD, The Choosy Pediatrician It's a beautiful summer day and someone has a runny nose. How can that be? Is it a cold? Is it allergies? It is hard to know what to do about those sniffles...
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The Barbie Doll Perspective
By: Christine Cox, The Choosy Mommy“I weigh 41 pounds!” exclaims my soon to be 4 year old Capri from the bathroom scale. Her dad laughs. “You are getting so big.” And I think to myself, she has no idea...
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From Dance Dance Revolution to Pokémon Go: How Electronic Games and Fitness...
By: Dr. Linda Carson, CEO, Choosy KidsIn 2005, Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) was a video game designed primarily for arcade entertainment but actually became known for pioneering the concept of total...
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Back to School, Back to Routine
By: Christine Cox, The Choosy MommyMaybe your children are already back to school, or they will be heading back in a couple of weeks. It can be a happy and exciting time, but also a stressful time for...
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How Much Should My Child Drink in a Day?
By: Christine Cox, The Choosy MommyCapri has always been my drink chugger. As soon as you hand her a drink, she drinks all of it. Then she usually asks for more, in which I oblige. It is rare that she...
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Serving Size vs Portion Size: Do You Know the Difference?
By: Dr. Linda Carson, CEO, Choosy KidsHealthy eating includes making choices. In recent years, making decisions about how much is on our plate, at home or especially in a restaurant, has become...
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Choosy Kids in the Kitchen
In honor of #kidstakeoverthekitchen day, some of our Choosy Kids staff have shared favorite recipes from their childhood. It allowed us to take a trip down memory lane, and even give our parents a call...
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Sitting is The New Smoking: Get Up Off Your Seat!
By: Jenn Ripepi, MD, Choosy PediatricianYou may have heard that "sitting is the new smoking" in the last few years. What is meant by this is that sitting for long periods is bad for our health in many...
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Teach Children How To Floss Their Teeth
By: Christine Cox, The Choosy MommyDid you know that only about 50% of Americans actually floss their teeth daily, according to the American Dental Association? That leaves only half of the population...
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Let’s Make Our Children Rich and Fit for Life
By: Dr. Linda Carson, CEO, Choosy KidsA friend of mine recently bought a Powerball ticket after being reminded of the popular saying, “You can’t win if you don’t play.” The odds of winning the...
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Be Nice! October is Bully Prevention Month
By: Melissa K. Burkhardt, M.S. Ed, BCBACertified Early Start Denver Model Therapist and Autism Specialist Did you know that October is Bully Prevention month and Disability Awareness month? Sadly,...
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Three Areas You Can Focus on When Teaching Your Kids About Keeping Their...
By: Jeffery Williams, Guest Blogger from OradyneWe tend to have a one-track mind when it comes to oral health: keep those teeth clean. The reality is that oral health can be about far more than...
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Trick or Treat? Make Halloween Less Scary for Young Children
By: Jenn Ripepi, MD, The Choosy Pediatrician Halloween started as a way to remember friends and family who have passed away. All Hallows Eve is the day before All Saints Day in the Christian calendar....
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Three Things Your Kids May Not Be Doing To Protect Their Teeth
By: Jeffery Williams, Guest Blogger from OradyneAlmost 20% of kids have tooth decay before they can even spell the words “tooth decay”. That’s right, one fifth of children between the ages of four and...
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Vote for Choosy!
By: Jenn Ripepi, MD, The Choosy PediatricianYoung children are very impressionable, as we all know. They follow our lead and DO hear a lot that we say. If you don't believe it, say something in front...
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Put Your Goal in a Bowl
By: Holly L. Goroff MS, RD, CDNPlacing POWER on the sideline, bringing WILL to the frontline. Willpower - The weapon of choice to lose a food fight.Have you ever noticed that when dieting willpower...
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Dealing with Loss
By: Jenn Ripepi, MD, The Choosy Pediatrician The loss I am referring to is not small losses but eventual big losses. But how we handle small loss can be building blocks to bigger losses. Resiliency is...
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Nourishing a Growing Body
Cam had his 18 month checkup yesterday and we received good news! He is now being charted on the average 18-month old growth charts. Basically, his growth was being tracked on the preemie growth chart...
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Readiness Skills to Practice for Kindergarten
By: Christine Cox, The Choosy MommyI can’t even believe these words are coming out, but next year I will have a child in KINDERGARTEN! Time has gone by so fast and I just can’t get over that my oldest...
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Three Holiday Lessons for Children
By: Christine Cox, The Choosy MommyAs we near closer to the holiday season, I feel like I have been teaching my 4 year old a lot of lessons at one time. This year is going to be a special holiday...
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100 Seasonal Active Learning Ideas - Winter Edition
By: The Choosy Kids TeamIn some parts of the country, cooler weather is on the way. Parents often have to search high and low to find fun indoor activities to keep kids moving and learning. If you live...
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Do What I Do
Have you ever heard of ‘monkey see, monkey do’? While you may not have monkeys in your house, you might have some children watching and hearing everything you do and say. Children tend to mimic their...
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