Valley Pediatrics

01/19/2026

MARSHA--

🎉 Congratulations on your 40th work anniversary! 🎉
We are so grateful for the years of dedication, care, and commitment. Friends, past patients, and current patients—please stop by to visit and help us celebrate this special milestone We hope to see many familiar faces! Just a reminder we let Marsha have off on Wednesday and can’t wait to celebrate another 40 years with her!

01/14/2026

Both breastfed and formula fed babies need the additional vitamin D; bigger kids need it too! "Beyond bones, vitamin D supports a healthy immune system, helps regulate blood sugar, and may even play a role in mental health, making it vital for overall rapid growth and bodily function."

01/05/2026

We know how confusing the information that came from the CDC today can be. We are here to answer your questions and provide good resources to help you make the right decisions regarding vaccinating your children.

From the AAP President just now: “Today’s announcement by federal health officials to arbitrarily stop recommending numerous routine childhood immunizations is dangerous and unnecessary. The longstanding, evidence-based approach that has guided the U.S. immunization review and recommendation process remains the best way to keep children healthy and protect against health complications and hospitalizations.
For decades, leading health experts, immunologists, and pediatricians have carefully reviewed new data and evidence as part of the immunization recommendation process, helping to keep newborns, infants, and children protected from diseases they could be exposed to in the United States as they develop and grow. Today’s decision, which was based on a brief review of other countries’ practices, upends this deliberate scientific process.
During this uncertain time, the AAP will continue to publish our own childhood vaccine recommendations.”

01/05/2026

We know how confusing the latest information from the CDC can be. We are here to answer your questions and provide good resources to make you feel comfortable regarding vaccinating your children.

From the American Academy of Pediatrics President just now:
“Today’s announcement by federal health officials to arbitrarily stop recommending numerous routine childhood immunizations is dangerous and unnecessary. The longstanding, evidence-based approach that has guided the U.S. immunization review and recommendation process remains the best way to keep children healthy and protect against health complications and hospitalizations.
For decades, leading health experts, immunologists, and pediatricians have carefully reviewed new data and evidence as part of the immunization recommendation process, helping to keep newborns, infants, and children protected from diseases they could be exposed to in the United States as they develop and grow. Today’s decision, which was based on a brief review of other countries’ practices, upends this deliberate scientific process.
During this uncertain time, the AAP will continue to publish our own childhood vaccine recommendations.”

12/31/2025

From all of us to all of you - we hope 2026 brings you joy, peace, and good health!

12/24/2025

12/22/2025

Warmest holiday wishes from your Valley Pediatrics Family. We are always committed to caring for your families, but we always make time to celebrate together.

12/21/2025

🎁🎄❄️Merry Christmas to our families who celebrate!
Our office will be open until 3pm on Christmas Eve, and will be closed Christmas Day (an on-call provider will be available!). We are OPEN on Friday, December 26th so call the office if your child needs to be seen! 🎄🎁⛄❄️

12/21/2025

We are seeing SO MUCH FLU! Most kids recover relatively quickly, but others do get very sick and we've seen it - pneumonia, dehydration, and asthma exacerbations. It's not too late to get a flu shot! Call the office!

Everyone has Influenza A… or at least that’s what it feels like.

A majority of the patients I’m seeing right now have the flu. Influenza brings fever, cough, congestion, sore throat, headaches, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea and fatigue. It is miserable and can last 7-10 days.

For most people, it’s a bad week and they will recover without issues. Unfortunately, influenza can bring a lot of ‘badness’. We’ve admitted a few kids with myositis, asthma exacbations, asthma attacks and dehydration. The pneumonia with influenza is often MRSA. We can see myocarditis or heart inflammation, sepsis, encephalitis, guillain-barré syndrome, ADEM, multi system organ failure and more.

Take flu seriously.

12/18/2025

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/teen/substance-abuse/Pages/kratom-what-parents-need-to-know-about-this-risky-substance.aspx?utm_source=MagnetMail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=PA%5FOnCall&utm_campaign=OnCall%5FWEDS%5FDec17%5F2025

Kratom: What Parents Need to Know About Risks, Safety​ and Teen Use

12/16/2025

Happy UGLY SWEATER Day! 😝