Your child’s birthday is coming up – how can you possibly make it special during a time when parties and going out to a restaurant aren’t options? Fortunately, technology and WPP are here to help! Here are some ideas for how to turn your child’s…
With school closures, working from home, and social distancing, our daily routines have changed completely! We are here to help you with some practical advice about how to keep your kids busy (and keep yourself sane!) during the days at home. Below are a few…
Imagine yourself in the following situation: It’s Friday night, your child has been fussier than usual this evening, and all of a sudden he feels hot. You rummage through the medicine cabinet trying to find your thermometer, and when you’re finally able to wrestle him…
Now that Texas is heating up and school is out, you and your family are probably planning to spend some time in the sunny outdoors. It is very important to remember sun protection for your little ones to prevent both the immediate damage of a…
Maybe you are a parent to the baby who just WON’T cut those teeth despite being a year old! Or, perhaps like me, you had one of those little ones whose first tooth erupted early around 4 months of life. Both scenarios are completely normal…
If you’ve had a little one in daycare or school, then you’ve likely heard about “hand-foot-mouth disease”. This is a common, highly contagious illness caused by a family of viruses known as coxsackie virus, which is from a bigger family of viruses called enterovirus. The…
Lead is a metal found in the environment kids can be exposed to through a variety of methods. We worry about lead because lead toxicity is associated with decreased IQ and often has no symptoms until the level becomes very high; in those cases it…
Providing expressed breastmilk is an alternative to nursing for mothers who either have difficulty with latch, are working or otherwise away from their baby, or who find it more convenient. Nursing frequently and on demand is the best way to stimulate milk production in the…