Caring for a Sick Toddler

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Spoiler Alert: Sick Season Sucks for Parents

Cold and flu season is no laughing matter—but parents can use some comic relief when they're home with sick kids. After force-feeding every one vitamin C, here's what you really need to do to prep for the season of sickness.

10 Tips to Survive Your Child's Hospital Stay

This essential guide (that we hope you’ll never need) to getting through your kid's stay in the hospital comes straight from a mom whose daughter lived in the hospital for 123 days.

7 Home Remedies for Tummy Aches

Your little one has a stomach ache? Try one of these natural home remedies to tame his tummy trouble.

8 Things Doctors Can't Believe You Still Believe

I meet too many parents who are following outdated (and potentially dangerous) guidelines. Are you one of them?

5 Medication Mistakes Parents Make

Are you making these common errors when it comes to dosing your kids?

9 Clever Ways to Help the Medicine Go Down

Ditch the spoonful of sugar. Use these proven strategies, from both doctors and real parents, when the "here comes the airplane" tactic fails.

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Why You Shouldn't Give Cough Suppressants to Children—And How to Soothe Symptoms Instead

Over-the-counter cold and cough medicines should no longer be given to children younger than 4 years old, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. We asked top pediatricians how to help your child feel better without them.