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
Already Know What To Cook For Dinner? How Your Kids Can Help
Already Know What To Cook For Dinner? How Your Kids Can Help Do you ever feel like letting your child “help” in the kitchen will just slow you down? This is one of the main reasons parent do not involve their children in meal preparation. We can simply be more...
17 Tips For Travel With Kids
17 Tips For Travel With Kids With this recent cold spell, many of you are looking to get away somewhere warm. I don’t blame you – I’d be travelling too, if I wasn’t due in December! I think you’ll have the best vacation possible if you're well prepared, so here are my...
How To Develop Healthy Child Attachment
How To Develop Healthy Child Attachment The emotional and social development that a child and parent create sets a positive foundation for a secure child attachment. Attachment is a bidirectional relationship that stems from interactions; typically this...
Pregnancy Aches and Pains: What Can You Do About Them?
Pregnancy Aches and Pains: What Can You Do About Them? A friend told me, “I just found out I’m pregnant’ yet she felt like she’d aged 20 years! This is very common with the many changes your body is undergoing right now, but fear not! There are some things you can do...
Types of Child Temperament
Types of Child Temperament Becoming a parent is an exciting and often daunting prospect. The media is full of images of happy parents and babies. The notion of ‘sleeping like a baby’ abounds and people everywhere make assumptions of how wonderful it will...
How To Teach Your Child Emotional Regulation Skills
How To Teach Your Child Emotional Regulation Skills Emotional regulation is defined as the way in which a person handles their emotions, specifically how one controls their emotions, their facial expressions and body language. During early infancy, parents, caregivers...
Sensory Processing Disorder And Sensory Integration Issues
Sensory Processing Disorder And Sensory Integration Issues Sensory processing or sensory integration (SI) , as defined by the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation as “a term that refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them...
Pregnancy Pains: “Normal” Versus “Common”
Pregnancy Pains: "Normal" Versus "Common" Regularly overheard in my office are things like "This is just part of pregnancy, right?" "My doctor says it will go away when baby's born." Although aches and pains during pregnancy are common, they are not necessarily normal...
To Grandma’s House We Go! – Sleep Techniques To Maintain Healthy Sleep
To Grandma’s House We Go! – Sleep Techniques To Maintain Healthy Sleep The car is packed, the kids are buckled in and you’re on your way to the grandparent's house! Whether they live close by or further away, there will be some changes that your kids have to adjust...
5 Ways to Make Your Child’s Bedroom Healthy Sleep Friendly
5 Ways to Make Your Child’s Bedroom Healthy Sleep Friendly Many people underestimate the power of a great healthy sleep environment on their child’s sleep quality. Sometimes a few tweaks to your child’s sleep environment are all they need for a great night’s sleep....
Breastfeeding Problems? – What Does The Spine Have To Do With It?
Breastfeeding Problems? - What Does The Spine Have To Do With It? Nursing can be a challenging and frustrating experience for many moms. There are so many potential reasons that moms can have breastfeeding problems, including tongue tie, milk production, latching...
There’s A Baby In My House! Now What? How To Encourage Healthy Sleep
There’s A Baby In My House! Now What? How To Encourage Healthy Sleep You’ve just had a baby and you are trying to navigate your new role of being a mom. You are excited. You are over whelmed. You are exhausted. And the first question people will ask is: “How is your...
