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Hi everybody! This is my lovely daughter signing the alphabet in ASL! Kids love learning to sign. If you are worried that teaching your child American Sign Language will delay their language development, don’t! Check out my other article Does Teaching your Baby American Sign Language cause Speech Delay? If you can’t see the following [...]

What’s a quick way to get organized and feel immensely better about your busy life? Clean out your purse or bags or whatever you schlep around day to day! Do you do this regularly? I haven’t been so good at it lately and when I found myself lugging 4 bags around recently I knew it [...]

Life is good. There are my three playing in our back yard with their friends. Jake is better. Can you tell? There’s no ragged struggling breath. His lungs are open and clear. I’m training the daycare in Epi-Pens and we’re waiting for the labs. There’s no medevac to Hawaii just yet. The panic has subsided. [...]

We took this photo on a boat to Green Island, Australia. Brianna was mesmerized by the ocean, the sharks and the other incredibly friendly passengers. Only later when I was analyzing the photo did we notice the details! The Road Less Traveled… Freedom… Ocean Freedom…

Whew! The morning is over and I’m at lunch, preparing for a busy afternoon. With the ever increasing time crunch, pediatricians are forced to see more patients in less time. Often we are only given 10-15 minutes to get the history, do an exam, make a diagnosis, formulate a plan and then explain the directions [...]

Some of you may be wondering why I’m starting this up again. You’d think I should be happy being a pediatrician right? Why spend all that extra time blogging and writing when you could see an extra 200 patients a week? The truth is I’ve done it and it didn’t work. I’ve worked 12 hours [...]

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan written by Lisa See is a must read for those who are interested in learning more of nineteenth century Chinese culture. The account of footbindings were particularly fascinating as was the description of nu shu the unique language of the Chinese women that was created to communicate in secret. [...]

Each morning I pack the kids up in the car and head down my windy road out of the jungle and into town. NPR ‘s All Things Considered crackles through the dashboard as I bounce along. Most days I am cruising along listening with amusement or even concern but last week Melissa Block stopped me [...]

After a 4 year courtship that spanned medical school we dedicated our lives together. We’ve survived internship, 2 residencies and 3 children. We’ve endured countless calls, sleepless nights and a navy career that keeps us traveling the world. It wound up being more than I signed up for but better than I expected. Happy Anniversary. [...]

When you’re a pediatrician you just have to expect that you’re going to be talking about the same thing over and over and over. I don’t mind. It’s the patients and their families that make it fresh. I’ll keep giving the same info because I know it’s the first time time my families have heard [...]