Bay Area Pediatrics

01/06/2026

01/05/2026

Don't forget: Your child's car seat or booster seat also has a shelf life! We know that life is busy and those expiration dates can slip our minds, so consider this a friendly reminder to check those expiration dates. Find the expiration date, usually on the date of manufacture sticker on the bottom or back of the car seat or stamped on the plastic shell. While you have the seat out, you can snap a photo of the label or pop the expiration date reminder into your favorite calendar app.

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01/04/2026

01/02/2026

As we make New Year’s resolutions, we often think of what we can do to make ourselves “better.” This year, consider how to increase your parenting success by finding out what resolutions your kids…

12/31/2025

Practice these tips for good :

🏋️‍♂️ Exercise regularly
🍲 Eat healthy
😴 Get adequate sleep
🍺 Limit your alcohol intake
🗣 Talk about your feelings

12/30/2025

Breast milk storage guidelines can be confusing! Here are the "rule of 4s" for breast milk storage. For more tips on how to refrigerate and freeze your breast milk safely, visit https://bit.ly/49oS9Wy

12/29/2025

Today's A Mighty Girl Community Pick: “Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through The Seven Transitions Into Adulthood” by Lisa Damour. This insightful parenting book explores the major transitions that girls go through on the road to adulthood and how the adults in their lives can help them along the way. According to Damour, a clinical psychologist and the director of the Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls, says that a better understanding of these seven transitions can help parents more effectively guide their girls through this time of change while, at the same time, keeping the parent/child bond strong. In her reassuring and accessible book, she encourages parents to see how this process of raising a happy, healthy young women will "help [parents] grow too.”

Damour’s seven transitions, which include things like letting go of childhood, learning to plan for the future and take care of herself, and contending with adult authority, can be as difficult for parents to navigate as for teens. Parents, she says, will find that knowing these seven transitions will make their daughters less mysterious. “Often the parents’ experience is they felt like they understood their daughter and then all of a sudden they feel like they don’t understand their daughter. It’s so jarring for your own child to suddenly seem inscrutable.” However, she points out, “even some of the really difficult or contradictory things that teenagers do start to make a lot more sense if we see what teenagers are aiming at.” Moreover, she observes, “even when things are going well, the more that parents understand their adolescents, the better things go.”

“Untangled" is available at https://www.amightygirl.com/untangled

Lisa Damour is also the author of the excellent parenting books "The Emotional Lives of Teenagers" (https://www.amightygirl.com/emotional-lives-of-teenagers) and "Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls" (https://www.amightygirl.com/under-pressure)

You can also find numerous guides to help girls through all stages of growing up, including physical, emotional, and social development, in our "Guides for Girls" book section at http://amgrl.co/2olmk9o

For more advice and wisdom about raising Mighty Girls of all ages, we've shared our favorite parenting books in our own blog post, "25 Parenting Books About Raising Mighty Girls," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=12416

12/27/2025

Did you just get your kid their first phone for the holidays? We recommend becoming a member of Common Sense Media to get the ultimate guide for setting up parental controls and smart tips for helping your kid navigate tech safely. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/parents-ultimate-guide-to-parental-controls

12/24/2025

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12/24/2025

Food is a huge part of many holiday celebrations and is a way for us to celebrate our culture and connect with one another. Pediatrician Reshma Shah explains why it’s important for parents to model to their children that food can be fun and enjoyable on a recent episode of the Healthy Children podcast. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

12/23/2025

Pediatricians across the U.S. are already seeing surges in influenza cases this winter. The flu can be serious for kids under 5 or those with conditions like asthma or diabetes, putting them at a higher risk of severe illness.

AAP recommends that children and teens receive the influenza vaccine annually to help build immunity to the flu virus each year.