Measles - What You Should Know At this time, there is not a measles outbreak in our area. Parents and providers do not need to do anything differently — just continue to immunize appropriately. If your child has had a 12 month checkup at our office, they were given the first dose of the [...]
Kids in Sports - Aim for Variety By: Dr. Dominica Donnal When thinking about starting your child into a youth sports program, it is easy to see the many benefits of doing so. Youth sport participation is wonderful for so many reasons as it can really help improve concentration and build the confidence of [...]
Welcome Dr. Mogavero and Heide Ruegg, CPNP Annapolis Pediatrics is happy to announce the addition of two new providers to our practice - Dr. Jeannine Mogavero and Heide Ruegg, CPNP. Dr. Mogavero is from Haddonfield, New Jersey. She attended St. Joseph’s University and Penn State College of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at [...]
Winter Car Seat Safety – Remove Winter Coats and Snowsuits for Proper Harness Fitting By: Jennifer Redmond, CPNP, IBCLC and Michelle Schall, CPNP Winter weather is officially here in Maryland! With the recent snowy weather and frigid temperatures, it’s important to reinforce car seat recommendations that will keep your infants and young children both [...]
Effective January 2019, we have improved our existing patient forms process to make things easier in the New Year. Existing patients who completed the full intake packet of health information for each child in 2018 will no longer need to fill out the full packet before their first 2019 office visit. There are still a [...]
Annapolis Pediatrics is happy to announce that we are partnering with the Lila Grace Milk Depot to be a drop-off location for pre-screened milk donations at our Crofton, Maryland office. Starting December 3rd, 2018, nursing mothers in our community with extra breastmilk may contact the Lila Grace Milk Depot directly through their website at [...]
Choking Prevention – What You Can Do to Minimize Your Children’s Risk of Choking By Dr. Valory Hill Your child choking is one of the most frightening things you may ever experience, especially if you don’t know what to do. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), “mechanical airway obstruction is the leading [...]
Fall Allergy Prevention and Tips for Every Family By Diane Scull, Asthma Educator/Care Coordinator at Annapolis Pediatrics We all love Fall! The beautiful colors of bright orange, yellow, red and brown. The pumpkin patches and apple picking trips with our families, warm apple cider, hay rides, and corn mazes, going camping, and making s’mores [...]
Fitness for the Whole Family – Developing Healthy Habits for Your Children By Dr. Laura Herzig Having a healthy and fit life starts with forming positive habits that become part of yours and your family’s daily routine. With childhood obesity rates continuing to rise, forming these habits at a young age are more important [...]
Flu 2018/2019 See the list of flu clinic dates and locations below. We will begin giving flu vaccines at well visits starting on September 17th, 2018. Siblings are also able to receive the flu vaccination at these well visits. Please remember, we cannot provide flu shots during sick visits or in our walk-in clinic. If [...]