Kids

Do you, a close family member, or a dear friend have a mental health diagnosis? Are you worried that your child or teen is exhibiting signs of a mental health issue? Since research shows that roughly one in five Americans […]

Your newborn’s fresh circumcision site can be painful to look at – and painful to emphatically support as your son expresses just how tender it is. The good news is that when newborn circumcisions are cared for properly, pain recedes […]

Bringing home a newborn for the first time is so exiting – and it’s also daunting. That’s particularly true if you live far away from family and core friends from childhood and college. What we’ve learned over time though, you […]

Parenting is certainly not for the faint of heart. And, where once new moms and dads may have felt a sense of isolation (heck, we still do sometimes…!), the internet and the blogosphere provide an online support network of other […]

Support groups for new moms come in many guises. Sometimes, it’s the luck of the draw when you find out a mom or two in your neighborhood are walking infants in strollers as well. A coffee date or two and […]

Toddlers are so easily swept away by the magic of the holidays – and it’s a delight to be swept away along with them. Bellevue has plenty of things for toddlers and their families to do this time of year. […]

While miscarriage is the unspoken fear during the first half of a pregnancy, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the unspoken fear of the postpartum mother. While researchers have long correlated breastfeeding with reduced incidences of SIDS, a recent study […]

Question: What’s worse than a colicky baby? Answer: Nothing! Woe to the mothers, fathers and guardians of a colicky baby. The constant crying, disruption and lack of sleep caused by that being’s colic can turn a happy household upside down. […]

At first, it can seem pretty simple; how much does a new baby need outside of love, warmth and nourishment? Well, if you’ve been loading up your baby shower registry (or staring at it like a deer in the headlights […]

We wish the annual gynecologist visit wasn’t such a dreaded event, but we get it. It’s embarrassing and uncomfortable to lay on a table and have your most intimate parts examined by someone you only see a once or twice […]