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Dealing with a child who is a picky eater
Galveston County Daily News, March 17, 2010
Almost every child goes through a stage where he or she is picky about food, wrote UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly in their Keeping Kids Healthy column. “You can’t force a child to eat, but luckily picky eating usually improves as a child gets older. Children establish a certain amount of independence through mealtime because once they start feeding themselves, they can choose what they are going to eat. Their refusal to eat what you put on their plate may actually have less to do with the food and more to do with the need to show this independence and test your authority. This is why pressuring your child to eat certain foods may backfire,” they wrote. Read more here ...
Center builds poison prevention awareness
Galveston County Daily News, March 14, 2010
Southeast Texas Poison Center is marking National Poison Prevention Week, which begins today. The UTMB-based center is a 24-hour information and emergency treatment facility for the people of 28 counties in southeast Texas, providing physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals with education and training in clinical toxicology and poisoning and publicly promoting a safer environment for Texans. During the week, it will focus attention on the public health problem of 2 million to 3 million poisonings reported annually, more than half of which involve children younger than 6. “Unintentional poisoning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death in Texas and nationwide,” Jon Thompson, director of the center, said. “Poison centers are our nation’s primary defense against injury and deaths from poisoning.” Read more here ...
The dos and don’ts of caring for a baby’s skin
Galveston County Daily News, March 10, 2010
In their Keeping Kids Healthy column, UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly address how to care for a baby’s skin. The baby has been bathed in amniotic fluid for months — without soap. Water makes up a great part of this fluid, and it follows that moisture, or water, is an important quality of skin. Water is also the most important ingredient in cleaning a baby. Until the umbilical cord falls off, sponge bathing is sufficient. Daily bathing isn’t necessary, but the diaper area must be cleaned with gentle soap and rinsed adequately. Be sure diaper wipes do not contain alcohol. Read more here ...
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