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The Pros and Cons of Chiropractic Care for Children

web March 20, 2025 No Comments

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…

What’s Your Sleepover Policy?

web March 3, 2025 No Comments

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…

Isn’t Arthritis an “Old People’s” Disease?

web February 16, 2025 No Comments

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…

When The Crying Just Won’t Stop: Help for a colicky baby

web January 16, 2025 No Comments

As new parents, you quickly develop an ear for your baby’s cries. One cry might indicate hunger and another a need for a diaper change. But when the crying suddenly…

Slamming Doors and Stomping Feet: Helping Children Manage Anger

web January 6, 2025 No Comments

When your toddler throws themselves onto the floor and starts screaming, you understand that this temper tantrum is a normal milestone; you ignore the behavior unless it’s dangerous and know…

Is Your Child Sleepwalking?

web December 19, 2024 No Comments

In the classic children’s story “Heidi,” the household is haunted by a small white ghost that appears in the middle of the night and opens the front door. By keeping…

Dinosaurs, Trains and Cars!

web December 10, 2024 No Comments

About 50 new types of dinosaurs are discovered every year, adding to over 1000 cataloged pre-historic creatures. We’re constantly learning new things about ancient and extinct creatures and as a…

What To Know About Walking Pneumonia

web November 26, 2024 No Comments

The weather is getting colder and your child has had a cough for a week now. Yes, it might be just a cold, but with “walking pneumonia” surging around Chicagoland,…

What Is My Child Inheriting?

web November 11, 2024 No Comments

At Alzein Pediatrics, we care for children that have their father’s beautiful brown eyes, or their mother’s gorgeous red hair. Sometimes, that red hair may seem to pop up out…

Call It Like It Is: Using appropriate names for genitals

web October 28, 2024 No Comments

When a baby needs to put their arms up to put on a shirt, parents say, “Put your arms up!” When they bump their head, we say, “Ouch! Your head…

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