Toddler News
The American Dental Association has changed its guidelines and now recommends fluoride toothpaste in all children, including infants and toddlers who are too young to spit out the excess too... Read more
The FDA has approved the MCV4 meningococcal vaccine (Menactra) for use in children as young as 9 months of age. It was already approved for use in children as young as 2 years old. It is giv... Read more
The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its recommendations for child car safety. The recommendations raises the time that a baby should face backwards age to two years of age (former... Read more
The debate continues about cough and cold medicines in young children. Last year, a group of pediatricians petitioned the FDA to remove approval for children less than 6 years old. The indus... Read more
The FDA has issued a public health advisory for parents and caregivers recommending that cough and cold medicines should not be used in children under 2 years of age. (The advisory applies o... Read more
Meningococcal disease, caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, is a devastating and often fatal infection that can strike quickly and without warning. The highest rates of disease ar... Read more
The FDA has approved the meningococcal conjugate vaccine MCV4 (Menactra) for use in children as young as 2 years of age. It was previously approved for ages 11-55 years old. An effective vac... Read more
In addition to the Tylenol and PediaCare products, the other brands are also withdrawing infant cough and cold medicines. These include the Triaminic, Robitussin, Dimetapp and Little Colds... Read more
This is not really a new story, but it is being widely reported in the press right now. The FDA has posted on its website (though it is very hard to find) the analysis and research in advan... Read more
The FDA has issued an advisory about the use of cold and cough medicines in children, particularly those less than 2 years old. They also announced that the they will scientifically review t... Read more
The Baltimore City Health Department and a group of pediatricians from children’s hospitals and pediatric departments in Maryland, along with pediatricians from Harvard and other insti... Read more
In an interview with the New York Times, the head of the FDA's division in charge of nonprescription medications acknowledged that the agency is investigating the use of cough and cold m... Read more
Formal developmental screening now recommended in infants and toddlers. Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) released new child growth standards on April 27, 2006. These new growth charts are for children from birth to age five years and are the result of a lengt... Read more