Parents have recently been serving up lots of questions regarding their child’s nutrition based on more fiction than facts. This week I thought I would do some myth-busting of some common nutritional myths. - Popular myths - Is taking a daily multivitamin giving your child all ...

As many of you may have heard, MyNBC5’s Meteorologist Tyler Jankowski has been so interested in what I have had to share on my First with Kids segments that he has decided to give up reporting the weather and apply to medical school! I, in turn, have begun to take courses in meteorology so ...

Parents have been spoiling me with questions about what they can do to make sure they are not spoiling their child. Well, let me not be selfish and lavish you with some information on this topic. While you can never really spoil an infant with too much love and attention, as your infant ...

Parents have been asking me some eye-opening questions about whether or not their child might be getting pinkeye. Well, let me see what I can tell you about this problem. Pinkeye gets its name because it describes the pink or reddish appearance of what is normally the white part of the ...

Parents have been quite picky with their questions about what to do if their toddler won’t eat their vegetables. Well, let me see if I can toss up some tips, and not just asparagus tips, about children not eating vegetables. First, not liking vegetables probably gets its origin from the ...

I often find myself face-to-face with parents who want to discuss their children’s bad breath. So, this week let me odor-up or should I say order up some info on bad breath in children. Most bad breath is due to bacterial germs releasing sulfur compounds in the mouth. The more germs, ...