Parent Handouts and Education

From birth to 5 years, your child should reach milestones in how he plays, learns, speaks, acts and moves. Track your child’s development (download the CDC’s Milestone Tracker App here), and act early if you have a concern.

Other Useful Information

Constipation - What Parents Should Know



Home Phototherapy

• BiliSoft device tutorial (Keeping baby's temperature between 36.4-37.4°C = between 97.5-99.3°F)
• How to use the BiliSoft 2.0 Phototherapy System at Home – Spanish cc

Inhaler Use

• Steps to using an Inhaler with a Spacer and a Mask (for younger children), Johns Hopkins Medicine
• How to use a Metered Dose Inhaler with a Spacer, Children’s Hospital Colorado
  

"Mother's Kiss" video - how to safely blow a foreign body out of your child's nostril

Thermometers 101: How to check temperature

Articles on Adolescence

• How to Help Teens Weather Their Emotional Storms (NYT)
• How to communicate with your tween or teen (and why that’s so hard) (Washington Post)