Denville Pediatrics

12/21/2025

Happy Birthday Ericka!

12/19/2025

Flu season has entered the chat!!!

Symptoms may include: fever, cough, sore throat, body chills, body aches... and parents Googling at 2 AM.

What actually helps:
✳️ Flu vaccine

Even if the flu shot doesn't prevent infection entirely, it is still the single best way to protect against serious complications, hospitalization, and death.

✳️ Handwashing with soap & water for at least 20 seconds

✳️ Covering coughs and sneezes

✳️ Hydration

✳️ Tamiflu (an antiviral medication that blocks the actions of the influenza virus in the body.
It is given within the first 48 hours of onset of symptoms)

✳️ Rest & fever control as needed

12/17/2025

The holidays can be especially challenging for children and teens with food and body concerns. Changes in routine, food centered gatherings, and body focused conversations can increase anxiety and distress. Supportive, intentional care can help this season feel safer.

How caregivers and families can help:

🍽 Maintain structure and consistency
Predictable meals and snacks are protective. Try to keep regular timing and avoid skipping meals to “save room” for later.

🛑 Avoid food pressure and negotiations
Encourage completion of planned meals when part of treatment, but avoid bargaining, threats, or emotional responses around eating.

🧠 Limit body and diet talk
Avoid comments about weight, appearance, calories, exercise, or “compensating” after meals (even in joking or self-directed ways).

🗣 Use supportive, neutral language
Focus on nourishment, strength, and healing rather than “healthy vs unhealthy” or “good vs bad” foods.

🎄 Plan ahead for events
Preview menus, bring safe foods if needed, and discuss expectations ahead of time to reduce anxiety.

🤍 Validate distress without reinforcing the disorder
Acknowledge how hard it is while holding boundaries. “I know this feels scary, and I’m here with you.”

⚠️ Watch for warning signs
Increased restriction, food avoidance, rituals, body checking, or mood changes may signal the need for extra support.

✨ If your child is in treatment, stay connected with their care team.

The holidays are not a time to loosen treatment plans without guidance. Support is always available and early intervention matters.

12/15/2025

12/11/2025

***Our office will be closing early today on Thursday 12/11/25***

12/09/2025

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12/07/2025

Last night we traded our scrubs for sparkles and danced the night away celebrating our very own Jaycie and her husband!

💍✨ Wishing them a lifetime of love, laughter, and endless happiness. ❤️

12/07/2025

12/05/2025

Clean hands reduce the risk of spreading infections: not just to yourself, but also to others, including children, older adults, or people with weaker immune systems😃

12/03/2025

Influenza makes you feel miserable.

Fever, muscle aches, chills, headache, cough and fatigue are all common symptoms. As a parent, it's difficult to watch your child suffer through the discomfort of "the flu." That's why so many parents ask their pediatrician to prescribe the antiviral drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir) when a child develops influenza-like symptoms.

💡What is Tamiflu?
Tamiflu is an antiviral medication that blocks the actions of the influenza virus in the body.
It is given within the first 48 hours of onset of symptoms.

If a child has been sick for more than 48 hours, current data from the CDC suggests that there is virtually no benefit from Tamiflu.

It can help decrease the length of time the patient feels ill by about 1 to 1.5 days.

It only works on true influenza. Not on colds or other viral illnesses that may seem like flu.

Viral illnesses such as influenza are self limiting and will resolve themselves without treatment. With plenty of rest, fluids, and OTC fever reducing medications, most children will start to feel better and be on the road to recovery within four to five days!

12/03/2025

✨ Scenes from: Friendsgiving with our work family. The team that takes care of tiny humans and still finds time to fill each other’s cups. Grateful for this crew every single day. 🧡

12/02/2025

Meet Caitlyn Skolnick, a licensed clinical and social worker with over 10 years of experience and a deep passion for supporting the mental health of women and mothers. Drawing on her expertise in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Caitlyn helps women find peace, balance, and strength through every stage of motherhood and modern life. As both a therapist and a mom, she brings empathy, understanding, and real-world insight to her work. 🌿 Join Caitlyn at Denville Pediatrics for our New Moms Group on Wednesday, December 10th, at our Denville location—a warm, supportive space to connect, share, and grow together.

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