What You Need to Know About This Season’s Flu

March 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

***Join us tomorrow evening for a FREE webinar! To learn more and reserve your spot, click here!*** Let’s be honest: I’ve been missing MY friends at school pick up because of the nasty flu this year that many of the kids and moms I know are catching. Even worse, they have been vaccinated, so what […]

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Uh-oh: Strep Throat is Making the Rounds

February 14, 2011 By 3 Comments

A favorite go-to pediatrician Dr. Gillin gave Breezy Mama the head’s up that strep throat is making the rounds. From what symptoms to look out for, how to treat it and more, she fill us in. Why is strep throat going around right now? Is it seasonal? Strep throat is ubiquitous (around all the time). […]

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My Son Had the Swine Flu: Learn from My Experience & Advice from a Pediatrician

August 31, 2009 By 26 Comments

My Story: Yes, it’s true; we were able to celebrate summer with my son coming down with the Swine Flu. This past July, Kieran woke up one morning with a runny nose. It was clear, so I didn’t think much about it and we went to our scheduled playdate. At it, he was acting tired, […]

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Swine Flu: What the Pediatrician Community is Saying Today (4/29) and More

April 29, 2009 By 3 Comments

Dr. Gillin answered our questions on whether she’s treated patients with Swine Flu, what concerns she has been hearing from parents, the measures being taken in California and more.  Now that California Governor Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency, what can we expect as far as a vaccine in California? When do you guess […]

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Swine Flu: First Death in U.S. is a Toddler — Deaths Due to Influenza Happen Every Year

April 29, 2009 By 2 Comments

As a follow up to Monday night’s post on Swine Flu, Dr. Gillin said this morning, “As you know, there has been the first death- in a toddler. Again, time will tell. Every year we have deaths of infants, children, and adults due to influenza. Time will tell whether this flu is acting like a […]

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Swine Flu: A Pediatrician Discusses the Symptoms, Treatment and Why the Sudden Panic

April 27, 2009 By 5 Comments

For the Wednesday, April 29 Post, “Swine Flu: First Death in U.S. is a Toddler — Deaths Due to Influenza Happen Every Year” — Click here. For Wednesday April 29 post, “Swine Flu: What the Pediatrician Community is Saying Today and More,” Click here. Monday, April 27 With three boys in school and a teacher […]

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