Winter Weather Woes; Ideas for exercise for your child when everyone has cabin fever By Natalia Darling, PA-C Whether you are an adult or a child, it can be challenging to find a way to get motivated to exercise in the wintertime. Once the motivation is found, the next hurdle is what to do for
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Winter Weather Woes; Safety for your child in the cold. By Natalia Darling, PA-C The DMV area has finally been hit by their first snowfall of the season. To children, snowstorms bring excitement of sledding, snowball fights, and days off of school. At Potomac Pediatrics, we think about the safety of all our patients during
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By Michelle Place, CRNP-P Baby, It’s Cold Outside Along with making snow angels, sledding down hills, and building men out of snow can come some ailments that are only a problem during the cold winter months. Here are some things to keep an eye out for and what you can do to make things better.
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By: Dr. Joseph Mechak Viral respiratory season is upon us. This means lots of sniffles, sneezing, snot, and seemingly endless cough. Cough can occur for a variety of reasons. Some scary, like asthma, pneumonia, and pertussis, but most during this time of year are either directly or indirectly related to one of these viral
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by Michelle Place, CRNP-PC Many parents worry about the appearance of their child’s lower extremities especially if that child is late to walk or seems to be tripping more than the parents think they should. This can result in unnecessary visits to the Orthopedist. Most of these physical variations are pretty common and self correct
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By: Michelle Place, CRNP-P There are some kids out there who will not allow a drop of medicine to pass their lips. These are the ones we have to cajole, beg, bribe and finally resort to hiding the drug in chocolate syrup. Then there are the ones like my son who, when diagnosed with an
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