Children's Medical Group of Saginaw Bay

11/10/2025

11/07/2025

Did you know there are food resources in our community? Visit the links below to find out more information on the days and hours of operation for your family. 🥝🍌🫘🥩

https://safeharborkitchen.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SalvationArmyBayCityMichigan/events
https://www.ymcabaycity.org/community/
https://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/schoolnutrition/
https://www.fbem.org/find-food/?
https://www.211nemichigan.org/

11/05/2025

TODAY! FREE Food Distribution at the City of Bay City's Public Works Department. Details are below:
📍Address: 1645 Marquette Ave, Bay City, MI 48706
⏰Time: Line Up Starts at 9 AM, Distribution begins at 10 AM until food runs out

There are NO requirements to show up at this distribution. If you need the help, please come! If you do not, share with those who may!
Let's uplift our county, so that our residents can stay safe, and nourished through this difficult time. ❤️

Thank you to Bay City Government and to the IBEW Local 692 for providing volunteers to help distribute the food to our community, and thank you to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan for partnering with us to provide the assistance to Bay County residents. 🤝

11/03/2025

Struggling with potty training?

Check out these helpful tips from the OT Toolbox to help you both going forward!

These tips for potty training are based on the occupational therapy and physical therapy perspective of the whole child and development.

10/31/2025

Wishing a very happy and safe Halloween to all of our CMG families!

10/29/2025

10/24/2025

Looking ahead into some healthy Halloween Tips:

Offer dye-free or lower-sugar treats like fruit leather, yogurt-covered raisins, or pretzels. 🍎
Make festive snacks like "monster" apple slices with peanut butter and raisins. 👻
Remind kids to drink water after sweets to help protect their teeth. 💧
Encourage brushing and flossing after celebrations. 🪥

Balance is key! Enjoy the fun while helping kids build healthy habits that last.

10/22/2025

Your child trips over at kindy. Scraped knee. Tears. You get the call or see it at pickup, and your stomach drops.

Here's the question we want you to sit with for a moment:

When was the last time you fell, bumped yourself, or got hurt doing something ordinary? Maybe you stubbed your toe, cut your finger cooking, or tripped on the footpath. What did you do? You probably swore under your breath, grabbed a bandaid, and kept going.

You bounced back because life taught you that minor injuries are just part of being human. They're feedback, not catastrophe.

Now think about your child. When they fall at kindy, skin their knee, or bump their head on the slide, what message do we send if we treat every small injury like an emergency?

If we gasp, rush over in a panic, or wrap them in bubble wrap for the rest of the session, we teach them that their body is fragile. That the world is dangerous. That they can't trust themselves to recover.

Here's what we do instead: We stay calm. We assess. We comfort without catastrophising. "You fell over. That must have hurt. Let's clean it up for you." Then we let them decide what happens next. Do they want to keep playing? Do they need a hug? Would a cold face washer help? Most of the time, they're back in action within moments.

Why? Because children are naturally resilient. Their bodies are designed to move, fall, recover, and learn.

Research shows that when adults respond to minor injuries with calm acknowledgment rather than panic, children recover faster and develop better pain tolerance and emotional regulation (Goubert et al., 2011; McMurtry et al., 2010).

When we overreact to every bump and scrape, we accidentally teach anxiety.

We're not talking about ignoring real injuries. We're talking about scraped knees, bumped elbows, the everyday tumbles that come with being a small person learning to navigate space.

So here's what we're asking: When your child comes to you with a minor injury, pause. Take a breath. Respond with warmth and matter of fact care. "You're okay. That hurt, but your body knows how to heal. What do you want to do now?"

Let them climb, run, take risks, and yes, occasionally fall. Because the alternative isn't safety. It's a child who's afraid of their own body and the world around them.

10/20/2025

New requirements for blood lead testing of young children: By law, Michigan now requires blood lead testing for all children at 12 months and 24 months of age and at other intervals based on exposure risk.

A blood lead test is a test that measures the amount of lead in the blood. During a blood lead test, a small amount of blood is taken from the finger or arm and is tested for lead. Blood lead testing is particularly important for young children and pregnant persons because exposure to lead early in life has been shown to cause problems with learning, behavior, hearing, and growth.

Lead exposure is preventable. The key is stopping children from coming into contact with lead. If a person has an elevated blood lead level, the goals are to:
1. Identify the source of lead
2. Stop the lead exposure and determine any other tests or follow-up that might be needed.

10/16/2025

👻For more information and registry see here below 👻;

River's Edge Learning Tree: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-FJLfw5q4HQKJk6-qNXePOj71ZNCgaDGwjAxqkRiz5vQYfg/viewform

Spooktacular: https://www.ymcabaycity.org/spooktacular/

Trunk or treat: https://www.facebook.com/events/1329645588778601

10/15/2025

How to Stop Toddlers from Hitting:
*Toddlers are learning, and with your guidance, they’ll get there.