Illnesses & Symptoms: Child

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My 6 year old daughter has snored for as long as I can remember. I took her to her Ear, Nose and Throat doctor and he recommended surgery to have her ...
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My son is 8 months old and has had a runny nose for about three weeks now, no fe...
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My 5 year old son snores horribly at night. I have spoken with the peditrician n...
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Hello Moms, Most of my friends with 4 - 5 -6 yrs old are bragging and ra ra ...
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Hi moms! My 5 yr old son has had a stuffy nose for months now. I took him to t...

Aches & Pains

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Two weeks ago my family moved to a new state. We have only had a chance to meet a couple of our neighbors. One of which invited us to her 5 year old d...
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If you guys read my post regarding my defiant 5 year old, then you know all abou...
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I really need some advice. My 6 year old daughter is very sad. I have tried a ...
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Hi. My tender five year old daughter gets very worried about pain. When she ha...
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I have a 6 year old daughter who is in 1st grade, a great student, a very sweet ...

Acne

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My 5 year old daughter has excema. When she was an infant, it was so bad that she has scratches all over her face. She was reffered to a determatologis...
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My 17 year old daughter has a major case of acne she does everything she can to ...
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My 5 year old daughter gets acne on her lip in almost the same spot. It looks li...
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Does anyone out there have a teen on the medication "Accutane". I have a 16yr o...
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I always suffered with acne as a teenager but it became tolerable as an adult. ...

ADD, ADHD

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I have a 6 year old son who argues with EVERYTHING we tell him. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make it stop?...
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My 6 year old daughter has snored for as long as I can remember. I took her to ...
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I need help with my 6 year old he's outta hand. He likes to tell me waht to do a...
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Two weeks ago my family moved to a new state. We have only had a chance to meet ...
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If you guys read my post regarding my defiant 5 year old, then you know all abou...

Adenoid & Tonsilitis

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My 6 year old daughter has snored for as long as I can remember. I took her to her Ear, Nose and Throat doctor and he recommended surgery to have her ...
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My 18-month old son had tubes placed in his ears two months ago. He's had one e...
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I am having a dilemma over what to do with my 3 year old. We just went to the E...
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My 3.5 year old daughter has been chronically stuffy for what seems like her who...
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My son is 3 and has had chronic ear infections and sleep apnea since Sept of 200...

Allergies

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My 6 year old daughter has snored for as long as I can remember. I took her to her Ear, Nose and Throat doctor and he recommended surgery to have her ...
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My 5 year old son snores horribly at night. I have spoken with the peditrician n...
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My 5 year old daughter has excema. When she was an infant, it was so bad that sh...
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If you guys read my post regarding my defiant 5 year old, then you know all abou...
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I posted a week ago about my son's hands swelling up with a light red rash. It ...

Appendicitis

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Before I start, I want you all to know that I talked to a nurse last night and will be getting my son to the doctor today. I was hoping that someone m...
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I have a great 5 year old daughter! She has been complaining for probably the la...
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My six year old daughter has been complaining of a belly ache right at her belly...
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My 5 year old daughter for the last year or so has said that her tummy hurts ran...
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My son has had acid reflux for a couple of years. We have tried prescription me...

Arthritis

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So a little while ago I sent in a question about my daughter having an "infection" in her knuckle...well that is what the doctor thought. After a full ...
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I wonder if anyone out that has any experience with juvenile arthritis. My 9 ye...
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I just had an amazing baby girl about 1 week ago. During the last stages of my ...
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I saw my doctor yesterday for help with some significant and lasting joint pain ...
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Hi All, I'm coming to you ladies because I'm having some communication issues...

Autism

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Hi, there! My daughter, whom we adopted from China when she was 10 months old, has a long list of psychological challenges, but we do our best to deal...
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I have a grandson on the autistic spectrum and belong to a support group for gra...
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Did anyone who has an autistic child see the news press conference about autism/...
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i know a 2 year old who still does not talk, is overy irritable, clingy to his m...
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i have a dear friend, my best friend of ten+years who has a 23 mo old who doesnt...

Autism Spectrum

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Hi, there! My daughter, whom we adopted from China when she was 10 months old, has a long list of psychological challenges, but we do our best to deal...
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I have a grandson on the autistic spectrum and belong to a support group for gra...
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I feel like a hostage to my 6 year old boy. He has had ongoing behavior problem...
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Did anyone who has an autistic child see the news press conference about autism/...
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I will try to keep this short but I want to provide as much info as possible to ...

Bed Wetting & Night Accidents

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My 5 year old boy is still wetting the bed at night. My older son was potty trained at 2 1/2 and never had any accidents even at night. My second son i...
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My 6 year old son has been potty trained for years now, night and day. He has ov...
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Hello everyone. I need to get some suggestions on my daughter's condition. She i...
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Hi Mom's. I don't know what to do, my 5 year old son is suddenly wetting the be...
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Hello all. I have a seven year old son, soon to be eight, who is still wetting t...

Cancer

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My 5 year old daughter has excema. When she was an infant, it was so bad that she has scratches all over her face. She was reffered to a determatologis...
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My 6 year old son recently started thinking about death. After he goes to bed, h...
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I am hoping that somebody out there will know how to handle this situation. We j...
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i just wanted to feel better i am in a relation for over a year and half and i...
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Most recently I have been under some serious stress due to a big change in my li...

Chicken Pox

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Have any of you experienced Chicken Pox in your children even after the vaccine? My 5 year old daughter woke up this morning with 9 little blisters......
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How to deal with chicken pox? My son is 6years old and just started developing a...
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My 10 year old has chicken pox and I was wondering if my 8 month old would get t...
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I would like to expose my daughter to chicken pox. If anyone has a child or know...
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hi all, my 2 1/2 month old has been exposed to shingles and from what the doc ...

Cholesterol & Blood Pressure

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I've always had high blood pressure... well, above 'normal' (which is 120/80)... The past few time's I've been to the doctor for various reasons, I've ...
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Hi I am 31 years old, and I have high blood pressure. It is controled with lo...
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i went for my 6 weeks checkup and my blood pressure was 150/100. when i had my c...
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Hi, I'm wondering if there is any one who has had this happen to them and how it...
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Does anyone know of any possible blood pressure medications that are safe along ...

Cold & Flu

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My 18 month old has her first cold. She has a runny nose, and drainage that made her gag and throw up a little last night. I could hear that she has a ...
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Hello Mommas, Today I took my almost 20 month old to a story time. While we ...
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My son is 8 months old and has had a runny nose for about three weeks now, no fe...
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My daughter who is almost 6 month old ( she will be 6 months next week) has had ...
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This will be the death of me! My 9 mo. old has had a snotty nose for 3 weeks! ...

Constipation

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My 5 year old daughter has had constipation since she was born. She would go for 2 weeks without having a bowel movement. At times, she has been so con...
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My 6 year old is constipated and has been pooping his pants. This happened once...
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my five year old boy has been constipated since one month i had tried many thing...
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Hi MOMS My daughter is 6 year old . She is having constipation problem for the ...
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My daughter is about 4 1/2 weeks old. I recently switched her from breastmilk to...

Cough & Cold

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My 7 month old just recently started to get a stuffy nose. I don't know what to do and I feel for him because he doesn't nurse for long and he won't e...
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My 5 month old has had a stuffy nose for a little over a week now. Last Wed, sh...
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my daughter has had a stuffy nose for almost a week. i called the ped. they just...
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My son Joseph is 11 and suffer's from common seasonal allergies. The most commo...
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my daughter is three weeks old she had a stuffy nose since yesterday and today i...

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Dehydration

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Hi moms. My 22 month old son has had a pretty bad cough for the past 2 weeks. We just got him on antibiotics. I'm worried about dehydration, though, as...
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my son (17 months)has had loose stool since Wed. I called his Dr. on friday when...
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Hi my little guy (almost 5) has the stomach bug. He as been throwing-up and som...
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Just trying to find out if anyone else has this problem. My son seems to get deh...
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hello my name is Kim and i have a 3 month year old son named Josh. Josh has Acid...

Diarrhea

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My son has had diarrhea for about a week now and it's causing a rash, I have stopped giving him juice hoping it would subside but it hasn't any ideas ...
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Hi Moms, I was wondering what you did when your little ones have diarrhea. M...
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I'm a new mom & have no idea what baby diarrhea looks like so I'd like to ask yo...
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I have an 11 month old who had the stomach flu starting a week ago. The vomiting...
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I have a 13 month little girl who is on her third day with diarrhea. She is ave...

Dyslexia

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My soon to be 8 year old (March 20) daughter has always written things backwards. She used to write her name in mirror image all of the time. So not ...
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My 5 yr old daughter often writes some letters and numbers backwards. Her teach...
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Hi friends, to make this kinda quick, my 5th grader asked me the other day what ...
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My son is 10 years old and has struggled in school since 1st grade with his writ...
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I have an eleven-year-old (fourth grade) daughter who was diagnosed with dyslexi...

Fever

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At what temperature do you bring a 4 year old to the ER?...
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My 5 year old daughter has excema. When she was an infant, it was so bad that sh...
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My four year old son has been running a very high fever for three days now. Eve...
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So, the high temperature today is supposed to be at least 100. My 5 year old do...
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While in the hospital a couple weeks a go, the nurses took my son's tempersture ...

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Flu

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My 6 year old daughter has snored for as long as I can remember. I took her to her Ear, Nose and Throat doctor and he recommended surgery to have her ...
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So as you can tell from my last couple posts I have recently had 2 miscarriages ...
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Does anyone know how to tell the diferance between a bad cold and the flu?...
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I have the flu, how can i prevent my 21 month from getting it too?...
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Hi. My tender five year old daughter gets very worried about pain. When she ha...

Head Lice

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Every time I get my granddaughter she has lice. What should I do about this problem?...
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Does anyone have a remedy for lice. The rid is not working for me and i cannot a...
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hello all. i found lice in my 3 year old head. i cant believe it. it is so gross...
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If you have had experiences with lice, I would like to know what treatments work...
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We have our first bout of lice :( I have spent hours doing the girls hair with ...

Heart Disease

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I'm looking for a nice gift for a precious little 5 year old girl who is recovering from heart surgery in the hospital. She is definitely a "girly-girl...
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DD: Mommy, do they only make bikinis for grown ups? ME: No, you saw Grandma's...
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Two weeks ago I had to go to the emergency room with severe chest pains. This wa...
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My 5 year old had surgery friday on his ear ( well let me explain), He does not ...
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My 2 year old has to have his tonsils and adnoids removed later this month. Her...

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Heartburn & Indigestion

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He had a problem about a year and a half ago but only lasted a few days. In this last week he has started to what he says is "throwing up", but I think...
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My 6 year old daughter has been burping a lot the last week. To the point that ...
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My six year old daughter has been complaining of a belly ache right at her belly...
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My son constantly talks about vomiting and is always afraid he is going to and f...
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The last two times my little girl has eaten hot dogs or McDonalds she has goteen...

High Cholesterol

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Yesterday my kid's doctor did blood work on them that i requested and she said they have high cholesterol. I never heard of such a thing since they are...
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My five year old son was just diagnosed with high cholesterol. He's also lactos...
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For my son's 5-year old well visit, the doctor does a routine blood test to chec...
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My husband told me last night that he heard (I think from the news or something ...
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Does anyone have any experience w/ Simvastatin, to lower cholesterol? A relativ...

Medications

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I am wondering if anyone has any experiences or any information about celexa. I was given the generic brand for this, citalopram. I have never taken an...
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I am looking for words of encouragement as I don't have alot of people to talk t...
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I am having a hysterectomy soon and i need to know what to tell my 6 year old an...
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We are planning a trip to Florida to see my grandpa. He lives in Seminole, FL. N...
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Hi Everyone, My husband and I are new to the area and I am looking for referr...

Mental Health & Learning Disabilities

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This may seem a little off the wall. I was looking for moms opinions on Pediatric Bipolar Disorder, also known as onset bipolar disorder. There are a l...
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My 5 year old has been battling allergies since the fall. The doctor put her on ...
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My 5 year old has high anxiety.(She turns 6 in March) She has trouble adjusting...
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My 6 year old daughter has me in tears. She gets so angry, mainly with me, and ...
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My friend suspects her son has a learning disability and since my daughter had s...

Pink Eye

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How long do kids have to take medicine (eye drops) for pink eye. I thought the directions are on the eye drops but it is on the box that I threw out....
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I think that I might have pink eye, I woke up this morning with goopies on my to...
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Ok mom's I know this may sound strange but I was hoping you could help.. I am 3...
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for the 4th time in the past year my son has pink eye! 2 times were due to sinus...
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My daughter has had pink eye since Friday. She went to the doctor and he said i...

Rashes

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My daughter has horrible hives. She has had them for 2 weeks and the doctor has no explanation for them. We eat organic and use natural products in o...
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My 4 year old son starting breaking out with hives a week ago. I called the doct...
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My 5 year old daughter has excema. When she was an infant, it was so bad that sh...
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If you guys read my post regarding my defiant 5 year old, then you know all abou...
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Hi Moms! My son has had hives for a while now. Normally he gets them with a feve...

Stomach Virus

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My 6 year old came down with the stomach virus late Monday night. She felt terrible all day Tuesday and was feeling better by Wednesday. Thursday night...
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My 6 year old daughter has been having severe stomach pain, usually within a a f...
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My 4 year old son got the stomach bug at school last week. He recovered quickly...
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Hiya moms! My kids recently has a stomach virus. Though mild with intermitant vo...
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My 4 year old daughter began complaining about her belly hurting on Monday night...

Strep Infections

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Hi, My Dr. Just called me to let me knoe the strep throat culture they did came back positvie for him. I guess this means that he is a strep carrier at...
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My son has not had a problem with frequent strep throat but he caught it about a...
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My daughter has been diagnosed with strep throat 3 months in a row. Within abou...
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I have 2 kids (4 1/2 and 18 months). They get strep throat constantly. The las...
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My 9 Year old son has been getting strep throat 3 times a year for the last 4 ye...

Support Groups

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I will be going to my sons Ped. tomorrow to discuss the chance that he has ADHD ( i am almost positive that it will be a "he does" answer). I am scare...
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My 6 year old has been diagnosed with ADHD. I've been reading studies about chi...
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does anyone know of support groups for single parents with kids who have adhd or...
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I need a little help. I have a 6 year old daughter who would much rather play by...
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My husband and i are in the process of getting our 5 year old in to be tested fo...

Urinary Tract Infections

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I am looking for suggestions to help me teach my 5 year old daughter good hygiene skills. She seems to have trouble with wiping herself although she i...
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Can a UTI go away on it's own, without antibiotics? Any idea of the possible do...
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Normally I don't post about things I should see my doc for, and I will probably ...
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So, my six year old daughter has been peeing nonstop for about two months. Her ...
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My almost 6 year old son is still wearing diapers at night. He is such a sound ...

Vomiting

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I need help with my 6 year old he's outta hand. He likes to tell me waht to do and not to listen to me. Any time you tell him to do something he throws...
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Two weeks ago my family moved to a new state. We have only had a chance to meet ...
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Around the time my daughter started school, her moods have changed. She went thr...
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I have a 6 year old daughter who is in 1st grade, a great student, a very sweet ...
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My 6 year old son recently started thinking about death. After he goes to bed, h...
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