Kids Health Blog
with Dr. Dina Kulik
Mom, Pediatrician,
Emergency Medicine Doctor,
Entrepreneur
Dr. Dina and her team of child health and parenting experts share their knowledge, tips, and tricks.
The Latest From The Blog
10 Surprising Signs Of Dyslexia, Number Ten Will Blow You Away
Signs of Dyslexia Every Parent Should Know You have an extremely bright and inquisitive child. So when you send her off to kindergarten, you are excited for this new adventure in her life. Yet as kindergarten progresses, you are surprised to receive a phone call from...
Creating Healthy Baby Sleep Patterns
Baby Sleep Patterns Explained Many parents want to know if their baby’s sleep patterns are normal and how they can create healthy baby sleep patterns. Here is handy chart which summarizes the sleep recommendations from the Canadian Paediatrics Society. These are the...
Charts For Kids – A Child’s Best Friend
Charts For Kids A Child’s and Parent's Best Friend! (Appropriate for kids aged 3 years and up) So what are charts for kids? Our ultimate job as parents is to do our job properly so that one- day we are out of a job! I don’t mean that you stop being parents, but I do...
Baby Acne .. Different Types Of Acne And How To Prevent It
Baby Acne .. The Battle with Babies and Acne So what's "Baby Acne"? Well, I am the mom to three little boys. I haven’t quite reached the teenage face and back acne stage and there is no acne medication in our house yet, but I sure have dealt with baby acne! My kids...
Self Esteem and How Not to Grow It
Self Esteem and How Not to Grow It - Why praising your kids for the wrong things may be doing more harm than good. My mother, who stayed at home and gave us everything she had, raised me and my brother with the notion that three good home-cooked meals a day and a hug ...
Athletes Foot and Bacterial Infections 101
Bacterial Infections –Athlete’s Foot, Warts, Foot Infections 101 The skin is the largest organ on our bodies. It covers every inch of us and we have to protect it and take good care of it. When we go to the doctor’s office they often tell us to take our clothes off...
4 Tips on Transitioning your Child from Co-Sleeping
When you're ready to end co-sleeping, here's some helpful tips to smooth the way at bedtime. Co-sleeping. Now THAT is a controversial topic among parents! On one end of the spectrum, you have your committed co-sleepers; on the other end of the spectrum, you have...
Reiki Healing, a Physicians Perspective
Reiki healing was a slow start I was first exposed to the concept of Reiki Healing back in medical school. I had a friend who was from Hawaii and he told me he could change my energy. "I didn't think much of that experience" What does that even mean? He didn't explain...
10 Tips to Help Parents Navigate a New Food Allergy Diagnosis
Ten Great Strategies for Gaining Control of Your Allergy Diagnosis If you’re reading this then your child has likely recently received a food allergy diagnosis or maybe even a diagnosis of multiple food allergies. So first of all I’m sending you hugs, because I know...
Should You Be Teaching Children About War and Injustice?
Teaching Children About War and Injustice Should we be teaching children about this difficult topic? With recent tragedies and political turmoil in Paris, Syria, Beirut and others in recent months, I can’t help but worry about the generation of children growing up...
Child Or Baby Not Sleeping After The Holidays?
Baby Not Sleeping? Getting Your Child's Sleep Back on Track Is your baby not sleeping after the busy holidays? I always talk about sticking to a routine and schedule, even during the busy times, but I will be the first to admit that it wasn’t easy to do this past...
4 Ways to Stay Connected With Your Spouse
Tis the season to be jolly? There's a reason January is the divorce month. Here are ways to stay connected with your spouse through the holiday season in spite of the stress. No one can deny that December is one of the most stressful months of the year. The increased...
