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welcome to my blog.
At my job I answer questions about a huge variety of topics.
I combine 30 years of of being a pediatric nurse, my experience of raising children of my own,
a leaning towards taking advantage of natural remedies and an extra large dose of common sense.
These postings are my approach to dealing with a myriad of topics. I hope you find them useful.
I am happy to get comments or requests on topics that you would like me to address.
I often comment that if you pick a topic, any topic and ask 10 people a question you can get 20 different answers and opinions. This can be especially confusing and overwhelming to parents who are trying to figure out the best way to handle a variety of parenting issues.
I council that you should gather all of the various suggestions, sift through them and then figure out what instinctively feels right to you. If you try something and it doesn't work, learn the lesson, go back to the well and try one of the other choices.
If you have a partner it is a wise idea to have open discussions and find the approach that you can both agree with. (This sounds sensible, but often the individuals come from such different parenting styles themselves that it is a bit of work finding common ground)
During the course of my job as an advice nurse, there are some questions that we get fairly constantly.
I have found it useful to refer my patients to the blog posts for a basic overview.
Click on the right for a menu of the past topics. You need to click on each month for a full menu of all the posts. (I haven't figured out a way to have all the topics showing, If someone out there knows a secret please share it!)
The ten most popular posts will be up on top.
(It cracks me up that my head lice post is by FAR the most popular)
You can also do a search up in the upper left corner, for instance if you put in lice, up will pop the head lice post. Of course, some words will show up in multiple posts.
At the bottom here I have a list of posts which I update every once in a while
I also hold classes for parents...more info on those can be found at www.nursejudy.com
If you would like to be added to my weekly email list, just send me an email to nursejudysf@gmail.com and I will be happy to add you.
I hope you find these posts helpful.
~Nurse Judy
March 2013
Tylenol Dosing Chart
Keep a journal
Tummy bugs 101
Teething
Rashes
Milk/calcium guide
Sleep Habits
Sunscreen
April 2013
Colic
Lead
Car seats
Iron
Baby poop
May 2013
Poop #2 along comes solid foods
toilet training
constipation
Tick bites
June 2013
Head Lice
Bath time
Blocked tear ducts
tips for giving medications
Hand Foot Mouth virus
How much sugar is too much ( Nurse Jen)
Dentist guide
July 2013
Crib safety
Vitamin D
How loud is too loud?
Hepatitis B vaccine
August 2013
Tylenol before vaccines?
Basic butt care/ diaper rash
Dealing with colds and congestion ( Update 9/14)
September 2013
Medicine cabinet guide
Poisonous plants
Croup
October 2013
Nurse Jen book review
Slap Cheek
Nurse Charity on biting
Halloween safety
November 2013
RSV (updated 12/14)
dealing with fevers
Food safety
December 2013
Vick vaporub on your feet?
Creative and inexpensive activities to do with your child
Vaporizers
January 2014
Strep throat
Skin fold irritations
Empower your child
head injuries
Pin worms
February 2014
When is your child contagious? (update 3/15)
Pet safety
Impetigo
Measles (update 2/15)
March 2014
Pertussis (please see the April 2015 post)
siblings
tick bite update
Charity on warm weather nursing
April 2014
your child's hearing update
Roseola
Conjunctivitis ( please see the March 2015 post)
Cutting your baby's nails
May 2014
Your baby's weight/growth chart
Pie Theory/ finding balance (updated Feb 2015)
spitting up
Things that get stuck in orifices
Nurse Jen blogs on how words matter
June 2014
Things that get put in the mouth (not food)
Is it a Urinary Tract infection?
Sunscreen (update)
Bullies
July 2014
Motion sickness
Travel tips
Car seats
Thrush (Nurse Charity)
August 2014
dental Care (Nurse Jen)
infant acne
West Nile virus
2014/15 Flu update
Hep B/your first vaccination opportunity
September 2014
Colds/congestion review
Pacifiers: Friend or foe
Tech time: how much is too much
Keeping play dates safe (Nurse Jen)
October 2014
Picky eating
what's in your medicine cabinet and getting rid of expired meds
Enterovirus D68
Halloween Safety tips
November 2014
Poisonous plant guide
Temper Tantrums
RSV
Food Safety Guidelines
December 2014
Holiday Safety tips
Alternative Allergy treatments
When can you take your infant out into the germy world
Updated Dosage chart
January 2015
Keeping a journal
Febrile seizures
Measles outbreak 2015
Is your child contagious ( updated)
Ear infections ( cell scope promo code)
February 2015
More on Measles
Charity blogs about nipple wounds
Pie theory
March 2015
pink eye
eczema
Breast pumps (Nurse Charity)
April 2015
Healthy weight (Kurbo ap promo code)
Pertussis/ Whooping cough updated
Tick bites (updated)
Swimming with your baby
May 2015
Rashes
Sleep tidbits part 1 infant
Sleep tidbits toddler/ shifting naps
Sleep tidbits leaving the crib behind
June 2015
Fevers (updated)
Head aches
chickenpox/shingles exposure guide
travel tips (updated)
July 2015
4th of July safety tips
Car seat guide (updated)
Calcium/milk (updated)
Bedtime book
Cord care
August 2015
School immunization requirements
Constipation ( update)
Flu vaccine 2015/16 season
Bullies (update)
September 2015
speech milestones
tummy bugs (update)
Vitamind D (update)
Dentist list (update)
October 2015
Colic (update)
West Nile virus ( update)
Hepatitis A
Anaphylaxis
Halloween safety tips (update)
November 2015
parapertussis
RSV (update)
Food safety tips (update)
The power of story telling
December 2015
Holiday safety tips (update)
Essential equipment
The best present is your presence ( update)
January 2016
Slap cheek ( update)
cleaning up
altitude
cradle cap
February 2016
Head injury (update)
talking to your kids about sex
Vicks vaporub on the feet (update)
The back to work transition
March 2016
Super Lice (update)
Lead (update)
Organizing tips
Hand/Foot/Mouth (update)
April 2016
Tick bites (update)
Siblings (update)
Probiotics (Nurse Jen)
Urgent Care options
May 2016
Night Terrors (update)
Bed wetting
kids and pets (update)
swimming (update)
June 2016
Ear infections (update)
motion sickness (update)
Fathers Day post ( Mr Nurse Judy)
Talking to your kids about horrible headlines
July 2016
July 4th safety (update)
Travel tips (update)
Eye health/vision
car seats (updated)
August 2016
School vaccination requirements 2016
They put what in their mouth? (update)
Flu vaccine for the 2016/17 season
pinworms ( update)
September 2016
Cutting your baby's nails (update)
Achieving a healthy weight (update)
Carbon Monoxide
Anaphylaxis (update)
Colic (update)
October 2016
Teething ( update)
Managing stress
Dealing with habits
Halloween safety ( update)
November 2016
RSV (update)
Antibiotic considerations
taking your baby out into this germy world ( update)
story telling ( update)
December 2016
Essential equipment (update)
When is your child contagious? (update)
Holiday safety checklist (update)
What is in your medicine cabinet? (update)
January 2017
Keep a journal (update)
The Dentist issue (update)
Speech milestones/speech therapy resources (update)
alternative allergy solutions (update)
February 2017
Tips for giving Medicine
Iron (update)
Zika (update)
Coughs and colds ( update)
March 2017
Dealing with loss ( update)
Finding balance ( update)
Flat heads/PT options
Poison Oak
Vitamin D ( update)
April 2017
Urgent Care Options ( update)
Siblings ( update)
Poop chapter one ( update)
Poop/starting solids (update)
May 2017
Toilet training tips ( update)
Mothers Day musings
Tick bites ( update)
Measles ( update)
June 2017
Sunscreen (update)
Slap Cheek (update)
Father's Day
Water safety/ Dry Drowning
July 2017
Swimming ( update)
Sippy cups
How Loud is too loud? (update)
Back to school vaccination requirements ( update)
Car Seat safety ( update)
August 2017
Food Heros and Villians
Problem solving skills ( update)
First aid kit
Flu vaccine 2017
September 2017
Bullies ( update)
Fever (update)
Organizing your stuff ( update)
Rashes ( update)
Lice (update)
October 2017
Lead (update)
Smoke and air quality
Eczema (update)
Halloween safety 2017
November 2017
RSV 2017
Carbon Monoxide 2017
The Impact of a single sentence
Inhaler tips/Reactive airway
December 2017
The best Present is your presence 2017
Essential equipment 2017
Will the real Santa please stand up 2017
They put What in their mouths/ 2017
January 2018
Tummy bugs 101 (2018)
Building and protecting your immune system
Old letters and pictures
They stuck what where? 2018
February 2018
Dentist issue 2018
When is your child contagious? 2018
The Misadventure of Nurse Judy/Managing stress 2018
We could all use a little bit more Mr Rogers
March 2018
The Back to work transition 2018
Dealing with Altitude 2018
Travel 2018
Attitude
Vision Health 2018
April 2018
Urgent care options 2018
Constipation 2018
TemperTantrums 2018
Warts and Molluscum
May 2018
Diaper changing tips
Lessons from my Mom
Mosquito bite prevention
Teething (update 2018)
June 2018
Talking to your kids about homelessness
Picky eaters (2018)
The Partners Job
My Fathers Influence
July 2018
July 4th safety tips (2018)
Speech milestones ( 2018)
Milk/Calcium guids (2018)
Drowning/appoint a water guardian
August 2018
Car Seat update ( 2018)
Back to school adjustment tips
Motion sickness ( 2018)
Flu season 18/19
Epipen/anaphylaxis ( 2018)
September 2018
Measles./ travelers guide 2018
Mental illness
Attention
Time outs
October 2018
Coughs and colds 2018
Strep throat 2018
Halloween Safety 2018
November 2018
Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Honesty
Pie Theory/Finding balance 2018
Air Quality
Food safety 2018
Impact of the recent smoke/radical acceptance 2018
December 2018
Holiday safety 2018
Keep a journal 2018
January 2019
Vaporizers/humidifiers 2019
Pertussis 2019
Four month sleep regression
Gun safety
February 2019
Head injury 2019
Hepatitis A 2019
Talking to your kids about sex 2019
Tech time/how much is too much 2019
March 2019
Urgent care options 2019
New School Vaccination requirements
Colic 2019
Cleaning up made simple 2019
Chicken Pox/Shingles exposure guide 2019
April 2019
ear infections 2019
There is no such thing as a silly question
Poisonous plants 2019
Tick Bites 2019
May 2019
The amazing Nanya/Mother in Law
Nurse Judy the mom
Sun screen 2019
Tylenol/Motrin dosages 2019
Bath time 2019
June 2019
Melatonin
Measles by the numbers
Fathers day Post
Travel safety
July 2019
Allergy alternative 2019
Siblings 2019
Lead exposure 2019
kids and pets 2019
August 2019
Flu season 2019
When kids play favorites
Sleep tips/ insomnia
October 2019
Branching out from English only
November 2019
The Power of story telling 2019
Food Safety update 2019
Car seat safety update 2019
Election time
December 2019
The Best Present is your presence 2019
Holiday safety 2019
The World can use more Mr Rogers 2019
January 2020
Habits update 2020
Flat head/ tummy time update 2020
Building and protecting your immune system
February 2020
Novel Corona Virus
Selling the family home/the end of an era
Covid-19 update
Adverse Childhood experiences
March 2020
social networking
Updated Medicine Cabinet
Quarantine tips
Assessing Priorities
April 2020
Too much togetherness
It is okay not to be right all of the time
Poison Oak ( update)
Finding Humor in the time of Quarantine
May 2020
The science of hair loss
The impact of a single sentence ( update)
Vitamin D (update)
Rashes/when to worry ( Update)
Talking to your child about sex ( update)
June 2020
In Memory of Uncle Landshark
Stop feeling guilty for finding moments of joy
Stop feeling guilty for finding moments of joy
Decisions about the quarantine
Drowning
July 2020
Dealing and managing emotion
Blink my baby is turning 30
Dietary guidelines 2020
Talking to your kids about germs
August 2020
Ergonomics
Happy Birthday Lauren
Flu Vaccine 2020
How trivial choices can make a huge impact
September 2020
Mosquito bites
A story of the mysterious socks
Talking to your child about Loss
Family tree info
October 2020
Teething (update)
Happy birthday to Frida the lamp
Dealing with the time change
Halloween safety (update)
November 2020
Teach your child how to be a good winner or loser
Thanksgiving/food safety ( update)
Holiday safety checklist 2020 (update)
December 2020
Talking Barbie takes a bath
Dental checkups ( Update)
Santa and Covid (update)
The christmas Cactus
January 2021
Give your kids the gift of music
I am a Grandma!
Car Seat Guide 2021 ( update)
Having a baby is HARD
Basic Butt Care (update)
February 2021
Covid one year later
Heavy metal in Baby Food
Do you know your love language?
Carbone Monoxide ( update)
March 2021
Passover musings
Cleaning up made simple (update)
Eczema management (update)
The Milk transition (Update)
April 2021
Lessons from my mom(update)
Poisonous plants (Update)
Astrological shenanigans
May 2021
Talking to your children about Homelessness ( update)
June 2021
Making sense of the changing Covid Guidelines
Air safety in your classrooms and homes
Ghosts and Radios
Sun Protection (update)
July 2021
July 4th safety guide (update)
Things we take for granted
The Magic and importance of play
Motion sickness ( update)
August 2021
Back to school adjustment tips ( update)
Iron ( update)
RSV ( update)
September 2021
A story about strange coincidences
Flu vaccine info ( update)
Forgiveness and atonement
When is your child contagious (update)
October 2021
Fever (update)
Earthquake preparedness
Halloween safety tips (update)
Dealing with Time shift (update)
November 2021
Lead poisoning/prevention (update)
Adverse childhood experience (update)
Covid vaccine children 5-11
December 2021
The best Present is your presence (update)
Travel safety tips ( update)
Travel tips part two (update)
Holliday angst and Joy
January 2022
Keep a journal (update)
Croup ( update)
Pain and Fever reducers with dosage charts ( update)
February 2022
Healthy fish as part of your diet
Head injuries (update)
Talking to your child about differences
March 2022
Horrible headlines (update)
Tick bites (update)
Febrile seizures (update)
April 2022
April Tuesday
Tips for giving medicine (update)
No such thing as a silly question (update)
Slap cheek (update)
No posts in May 2022 Nurse Judy was off gallivanting
June 2022
Hepatitis A (update)
Stories about my dad
Covid Shots for the little ones
July 2022
Sids/crib safety (update)
Melatonin (update)
Swimming guide (update)
Intentional communication (read this if you are bickering with your partner!)
colds and Congestion (update)
August 2022
dealing with excess heat
spotlight on Polio
insect and Mosquito bites (update)
When your child is holding the keys and you are locked out
September 2022
Dealing with stress (semi update)
Flu vaccine 2022/23
hitting/biting/kicking
Grandparents and boundaries
October 2022
conjunctivitis (update)
Skinfold irritations (update)
Halloween safety tips (update)
November 2022
sippy cups (update)
RSV (update)
pinworms (update)
Thanksgiving/food safety tips (update)
December 2022
Nothing as fun as a big box
Ear infections (update)
Holiday Safety tips (update)
talking to your child about Santa (update)
Managing tylenol shortage
January 2023
Tummy bugs (update)
Homage to Uncle Bert
Gun safety (update)
February 2023
Potty training (update)
Those wacky parental moments
Milestones/shmilestones
How loud is too loud? (update)
March 2023
The milk transition/calcium (update)
Good Dental habits (update)
Poisoning
Organizing your stuff (update)
Adenovirus
April 2023
Travel stories
May 2023
sunscreen (Update)
speech and language milestones (update)
Mothers Day 2023
Managing seasonal allergies
June 2023
Identify and mange your emotions
Chinese medicine and the summer season
Father's Day 2023
Head Lice (Update)
July 2023
Probiotics
Parent GPT
Measles 2023/global travel info
August 2023
Poop and solid foods (update)
The Pie Theory of life (update)
The enormous impact of seemingly trivial decisions (update)
September 2023
What would you do if?/problem solving pearl ( update)
Understanding medical terminology/How is your Greek and Latin?
Making the most of your doctor's appointment
Flu shot info for the 23/24 season
Forgiveness and Atonement (update)
October 2023
RSV (update)
Earthquakes and natural disasters ( update)
Dealing with Bullies (update)
My favorite piece of advice
November 2023
Strep Throat (update)
Creating healthy Sleep routine
When is your child contagious? (update)
December 2023
Gratitude
They put What in their mouth? (update)
Dealing with the long dark days of winter
Personal musings/end of a start up
What is in your medicine cabinet? (update)
January 2024
Happy Birthday Elliot
Colic and fussiness (update)
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