Parenting and Children’s Healthcare Blog

At Alzein Pediatrics, we are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare to children and their families. Our team of compassionate professionals strives to create a welcoming and supportive environment for our young patients. Our practice is growing! We are currently seeking…

As parents, we know our child’s physical wellbeing is often tied to their behavior. For instance, when kids are hungry or tired, they are much more inclined to be irritable, uncooperative and unable to regulate their emotions. Connections between physical…

At Alzein Pediatrics & Urgent Care, we’re seeing more and more sick children each day. Cold weather keeps people indoors, where the spread of germs is made so much easier. When winter illnesses hit your home, you want your child’s…

At Alzein Pediatrics, we know that a lot can be accomplished in less than ten minutes. In just nine minutes, you can boil a pot of pasta. You can sort and start a load of laundry. You can pay several…

When your child prefers mac and cheese over chicken tenders, as parents we shrug and just hope they don’t change their minds before they eat the ten packages of pasta we’ve just purchased. However, when a child says, “I like…

Understanding - and overcoming - milk allergies Making sure your child is getting enough to eat typically is one of the major stress points of having an infant. Are they latching on correctly? When do you increase the amount of…

Parents are often shocked the first time they hear an obvious lie coming out of their sweet toddler’s mouth to hide inappropriate behavior. On the flip side, parents can be perfectly charmed when their child tells a story of how…

If your newborn seems inconsolable due to colic or your toddler struggles with constipation— and traditional methods don’t seem to help—you might start looking into alternative methods of relief. Some parents turn to chiropractic treatments, especially if they’ve had personal…

Children have an uncanny ability to ask for their first sleepover – and many that follow – at the last minute, when there’s little time to discuss and prepare. If you haven’t determined a sleepover policy by the time your…

When Your Child’s Joints Ache It can be alarming when your toddler starts limping, your grade-schooler complains of daily aches, or your teenager seems irritable and withdraws from sports or dance because they “just can’t do it anymore.” While arthritis…