Patient resources

Your child looks thin or slender. Their weight is more than 20% below the ideal weight for their height. However, your child is well-nourished, with a normal fat tissue layer (8-12 mm). This is measured by a skinfold calipers.

Tantrums are normal in toddlers. Tantrums may include whining, crying, screaming or yelling. It may also include pounding the floor, slamming a door, or breath-holding. Also called meltdowns or emotional outbursts.

The tear duct is blocked in 10% of newborns. The tear duct is the tube that carries tears from the eye to the nose

Teething is the normal process of new teeth working their way through the gums. Teeth come in between 6 and 24 months of age

The most common injury is a bruised tailbone. The tailbone is the small bone at the lower end of the spine. Location: upper part of the groove between the buttocks.

An itchy harmless rash caused by tiny parasites in fresh water lakes. A less common rash can also occur in salt water (called clam digger’s itch).

Small harmless solid object swallowed. Child has no symptoms.

Your child swallowed an unusual but harmless substance. Your doctor told you it was harmless. It was not a solid object that could get caught in the throat or esophagus. It was not a poison, chemical or drug.

Red or blistered skin from too much sun. The redness, pain and swelling starts at 4 hours

Common questions about sutures or stitches. Stapled wounds are treated the same as sutured wounds

A sty is a red lump or pimple on the edge of an eyelid.

Your child says No to many normal requests. Your child disagrees with many of your normal suggestions. Your child constantly tests your rules

Grunting, straining and pushing to pass a stool. This is normal during the first 3 months. Babies are learning how to get the poop out. Doctors call this the grunting baby syndrome

Guidance on possible strep exposure.

The stool color is strange or different. Normal stool colors are any shade of brown, tan, yellow or green. Colors that may be caused by a disease are red, black and white. Dark green may look like black, but dark green is a normal color.