Parenting and Children’s Healthcare Blog

Get accurate COVID-19 test results quickly! When your child has a cough, difficulty catching their breath, or congestion, you as a parent - and all of us here at Alzein Pediatrics - want an accurate diagnosis so proper and effective…

Kids tend to be underestimated nearly every day by almost everyone. We underestimate their ability to understand big problems, their ability to find solutions, and their ability to carry out a plan. In the media, adults often promote children that…

  Angela Boomsma, APRN, MSN, FNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CPN, and CLC, (yes, really!)  is already making a great impression on our patients when they visit Urgent Care. Recently, we heard, “My son wasn’t feeling well, but Angela had him laughing throughout…

Alzein Pediatrics is Opening New Location on Monday, December 13th! Alzein Pediatrics is very pleased to announce the opening of our new clinic at 5540 W 111th Street in Oak Lawn! Our new clinic will be open and caring for…

Toy catalogs are stuffing mailboxes in homes across the country to entice parents and grandparents to buy lots of gifts – things that light up, make noise, move, shake and otherwise give us all a holiday headache. Our older children…

Parents are told time and time again not to compare their children with others, as each child develops at their own pace, but parents still struggle not to compare their child to other children, particularly when kids start and continue…

For a baby born anytime since 2019, infancy and toddlerhood have been anything but “normal”. Many of these babies were completely isolated as one or both parents worked from home. There have been little or no visits from grandparents, aunts,…

Your child is on their feet and starting to form words and it’s just delightful! Then, out of nowhere, they are biting! Biting you, their siblings, kids at daycare – it seems like they are biting everywhere they go. Take…

With autumn approaching, there are a few things we know we can expect – leaves changing colors, pumpkin-spiced lattes, Halloween candy, and a likely uptick of respiratory infections, specifically Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). This year, Alzein Pediatrics has seen cases…

Babies put anything and everything into their mouths as they explore and understand their world – and parents are usually right behind them, making sure nothing is going to choke or harm their child. Most children outgrow this behavior by…