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The Empathic Pediatrician: 07/01/2010 - 08/01/2010
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Dr Wolffe Nadoolman's blog about parenting, pediatrics, children, child behavior, ADHD, autism and other topics. July 30, 2010. A Baby with Diarrhea. The mother that called me wasn't in a panic, and that's usually reassuring to me. She told me that her 3-month-old baby had diarrhea for 3 days. At that age, with nursing well-established and generally consistent growth, they can usually weather a brief illness without too much difficulty. But I asked the usual. 8221; I had a feeling about what to expect.
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The Empathic Pediatrician: 05/01/2011 - 06/01/2011
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Dr Wolffe Nadoolman's blog about parenting, pediatrics, children, child behavior, ADHD, autism and other topics. May 11, 2011. Back to Birth Weight. I just received a comment on a blog post. The post was called, “ Newborn Won’t Gain Weight. 8221; The comment from Joey, 5/17/2011, said, What if the child is now 1 month old and still 5oz shy from birth weight? My niece is in the hospital right now. Her parents aren't the brightest and I'm worried. Thanks for writing about this by the way! Pediatricians o...
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The Empathic Pediatrician: 02/01/2010 - 03/01/2010
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Dr Wolffe Nadoolman's blog about parenting, pediatrics, children, child behavior, ADHD, autism and other topics. February 26, 2010. A First-Grade ADHD Story. There was no secret about Sean. when Mr. Dickson took over the first-grade class after the original teacher had to leave for an operation, she had told him a little bit about every student. So he knew what to expect about Sean. I asked her some neutral but important questions. Was he doing his assignments? Was he handing them in? As I have written b...
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The Empathic Pediatrician: 07/01/2009 - 08/01/2009
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Dr Wolffe Nadoolman's blog about parenting, pediatrics, children, child behavior, ADHD, autism and other topics. July 26, 2009. Problems with Medical Ethics: Perimortal Obsession. I did a search on PubMed. The National Library of Medicine online medical research reference source. I searched:. And got 12,416 publications. In pediatrics, there are grave and important decisions to make when babies are born with such severe developmental problems that their survival is in doubt. How much should we do? Despit...
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The Empathic Pediatrician: 12/01/2009 - 01/01/2010
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Dr Wolffe Nadoolman's blog about parenting, pediatrics, children, child behavior, ADHD, autism and other topics. December 31, 2009. Television 3: Brave New World. Because I think television goes directly to our deepest unconscious, this post will have some provocative ideas I haven't heard before. Maybe you will have read it here first, and that seems like a good way to close out the year. There's lots of evidence about all the correlations between TV viewing and all sorts of unfavorable impacts. Televis...
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The Empathic Pediatrician: 04/01/2010 - 05/01/2010
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Dr Wolffe Nadoolman's blog about parenting, pediatrics, children, child behavior, ADHD, autism and other topics. April 27, 2010. The Empathic Family Meal. Since I’m writing this to encourage you to make a family meal part of your daily routine, or part of your weekly routine if you can’t do it daily, you should have an idea what an Empathic Family Meal might look like. Is this just another unrewarded chore that Eric, 5, is supposed to do while you catch up on your emails? When they give him baby food he&...
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The Empathic Pediatrician: 10/01/2009 - 11/01/2009
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Dr Wolffe Nadoolman's blog about parenting, pediatrics, children, child behavior, ADHD, autism and other topics. October 28, 2009. A True Halloween Mystery Case: Tammy. Once a week, her mother told me. Over the summer it had been less predictable. Sometimes 2 or 3 times a week, then. Now that she's in school, it's once a week. Nearly always on Monday. Tammy's mom found her way to me. Our first visit took 2 hours. Around, she said. So did the lips get swollen? All the usual stuff: sometimes macaroni and c...
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The Empathic Pediatrician: 01/01/2010 - 02/01/2010
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Dr Wolffe Nadoolman's blog about parenting, pediatrics, children, child behavior, ADHD, autism and other topics. January 29, 2010. Worst Possible Scenario Survey. This post isn’t just about pediatrics, it’s about a practical problem. I don’t know the answer, so I need the help of my readers. That means you. Let me clarify some assumptions. The good people at the hospital don’t wait around for Phyllis's neer-do-well adult daughter (too close to home? Under what circumstances yes or no? A diverse committee...
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The Empathic Pediatrician: 03/01/2010 - 04/01/2010
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Dr Wolffe Nadoolman's blog about parenting, pediatrics, children, child behavior, ADHD, autism and other topics. March 30, 2010. I told her that it was OK with me, of course, for her to choose what she is and is not comfortable with doing. This is not naughty behavior! There is no discipline, no punishment, no consequences that should ever be used in a baby this age. Though his behavior is inconvenient, perhaps a pain in the neck, where did he learn it? How did he choose it? Links to this post. In a work...
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The Empathic Pediatrician: 11/01/2009 - 12/01/2009
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Dr Wolffe Nadoolman's blog about parenting, pediatrics, children, child behavior, ADHD, autism and other topics. November 26, 2009. Dear father and mother, I know. I cannot your kindness repay,. But I hope as the older I grow. I may learn your commands and obey. You loved me before I could tell. Who it was that so tenderly smiled,. And now that I know it so well,. I should be a dutiful child. From a sampler by Fanny Kitson Newman, London 1832, age 6. Yes, 6. Provides a glimpse of a typical hazing ritual ...