A Parenting and Children's Health Blog by Dr. Natasha Burgert
TweetOne thing can be assured when working with children and their families – you will hear a lot of funny stuff. Here are my top quotes of the year, as spoken by my charming patients and their families. (Details have been changed to protect the innocent.) A visibly overwhelmed dad came for an urgent care [...]
TweetIn a pediatrician’s office, summertime is teen check-up time. And, I love it. Annual checkups are a time for me to catch up on the school year, brag about amazing extra-curricular accomplishments, and swoon over summer vacation plans. It is also a time for anticipatory guidance, private conversations, and facing the often sobering reality of Kansas [...]
TweetFrom time to time, I get approached by writers who would like a pediatrician’s perspective on various topics. Since talking about pediatric issues is my life’s work, I am often happy to oblige. Last week, I was asked two great questions by a writer. I had to think a LONG time about these because every [...]
TweetWhat if you told your child that you expected them to fail? Let me be clear. I am not suggesting you tell your child they will be a failure. In contrast, what if you told your child certain parts of life are really hard, and they are not always going to succeed? How do you [...]
TweetAre you tired this morning? Did you order the Venti instead of the Grande, like me? Pushing the clock ahead one hour at this time each year can seem like a cruel joke. Those 60 minutes of “lost time” have a profound effect, physically and mentally, at the beginning of this week. And although I [...]
TweetDo you remember this? What about this? Or, this? It seems like a novelty, an almost rarity, to find these playground equipment classics. When we drive through my husband’s small home-town in Nebraska, this equipment still stands in City Park. We just have to stop and play. My kids are able to hang, climb, and [...]
TweetDid you make any New Year’s resolutions for 2012? I stopped making resolutions years ago. It was just too tough for me to keep them in my central vision. But, like most people, I still like to recognize the newness of a calendar year. I like to remember various accomplishments from the last 365, and [...]
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