Halloween costume ordered? Check. Candy purchased? Check. Pumpkins carved? Check. Flu shot scheduled? Wait…flu shot? That’s what Dr. Marcy Solomon Baker, pediatric medical director for BayCare Medical Group, advises parents: By Halloween, make sure you’ve got your flu shot. Why? Because it takes about two weeks for the flu shot to become fully effective, and…
Among the bottle warmers, sleep technology and adorable crib bedding that you might be putting on your baby registry, there is one thing that is so important that you cannot go home from the hospital without it: your baby’s car seat. In terms of safety, comfort and peace of mind, it may be the most…
If your kids are still on summer sleep schedules, this guide to back-to-school sleep routines will help you reset things before the first day.
Learn why child heatstroke deaths in hot cars continue to happen and the simple steps that can help prevent them.
Learn how a few simple drowning prevention tips can help keep your kids safe and give you peace of mind around the water.
Read about the St. Joseph’s Children’s Infant Cardiac Stent and its impact on treating newborns with heart conditions.
Learn how pediatric cardiologists at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital deliver support and offer lifelong congenital heart care to their tiniest patients.
St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital is turning 50! Take a look back through time celebrating 50 years of the Hospital’s care and impact on the Tampa Bay community.
Anyone whose community participates in National/International Walk to School Day knows what a wholesome sight that morning presents, with little and big kids, parents and entire families strolling down neighborhood sidewalks like a scene from an old-fashioned movie. And it is a wonderful thing, until someone stops paying attention, and something bad happens. BayCare Kids…
The experts from BayCare Kids Wellness and Safety are sharing the best ways to keep your baby safe: while sleeping, on the road and at home.
In the early 2000s, there was a national push to increase immunization rates for children. In 2004 in Tampa, Florida, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital responded to the call by putting together the Mobile Medical Clinic (MMC)—a bus with a registered nurse, a nurse practitioner and a program coordinator that drove around to underserved areas. That…
Your children may fight bedtime as strenuously as they can, but here’s the real truth from the mouth of babes: Sixty percent of middle schoolers and 70 percent of high schoolers admit that they do not get adequate sleep. And that’s just awful, according to Dr. Luis Ortiz, a physician at the Sleep Center of…
From humble beginnings to a monumental $50 million donation, the Pagidipati family’s gift to St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital Foundation is a heartwarming testament to their commitment to children’s health and the Tampa community’s future.
When Ashlyn Strathman had surgery as a high schooler, it was a member of the hospital’s Child Life team who eased her nerves by giving the teen a hospital tour and teaching her relaxation techniques. Today, with a master’s degree in Child Life Studies, Strathman works at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in a role that…
As we welcome 2024, many of us are filled with exciting new resolutions: To eat healthy, to save money, to exercise. BayCare Kids Wellness and Safety Specialist Michelle Sterling has one other resolution that each one of us can make. The good news is that it’s quick, inexpensive, and can potentially save your life: to change the…
Here’s a sobering statistic: During the past three years since the pandemic, the number of kids visiting the Emergency Room at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital for children’s mental health disorders has increased by 300 percent. That’s a three-fold increase. Here’s another number: When it comes to available mental health resources, Florida (one of the most…
September is all about back-to-school, but it’s also the month set aside for a more sobering “b” word—boo boos. National Childhood Injury Prevention Month is underway No one sees more injuries than the people who work at hospitals. BayCare Kids Wellness and Safety Specialist Michelle Sterling shares the four top injuries health care workers see…
No one wants to find themselves in a situation where their child has to be admitted to a hospital. But if your family does have to do so, at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, you can rest easy knowing that your child is in the hands of some of the country’s most sought-after, highly trained professionals….
Lindsay Carson, Chief Executive Officer of the Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas County, shares details about optimal start times for learning, and how every parent can find the right Early Learning Center (ELC) for their budget.
Michelle Sterling, Senior Wellness and Safety Specialist at BayCare Kids Wellness and Safety Center, shares important tips every caregiver needs to know to keep kids safe around water this summer.
In December, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital rolled out the AngelEye camera system to help parent-preemie bonding in the NICU.
Learn how a cardiologist at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital helped a local teen avoid another open-heart surgery using brand new technology!
The holidays can be chaotic. Check out these tips to stay safe and healthy this season, when ordinary rules can fall through the cracks.
Thanks to a recently approved gene therapy named Zolgensma, the outlook for babies born with SMA has suddenly brightened.
A fluke accident on Gasparilla eve caused a fire under the Sanchez family home, which they evacuated with the help of their 7 year old son.
From total French immersion to Montessori learning, and Amazonian exploration, take your child’s learning beyond the ordinary with these exciting programs!
Many parents will have children staying home alone this fall. Here are our tips to ensure that you’ve set them up safely for success.
Sunshine and pool time; beach days and barbecues: BayCare talks summer safety tips to prevent injury and illness.
St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital creates customized treatment plans using a collaborative and innovative approach to battling brain tumors.
Now, says the foundation’s program development manager, Laura Marolf, the C.E. Mendez Foundation is taking on a new challenge: cyberbullying.
Thanks to the Child Life specialists at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, surgery prep as a family can be manageable and even educational.
Unless he takes his shirt off to reveal his scars, you’d never know that he was born with the congenital heart defect tetralogy of Fallot.
Starting July 2022, BayCare will begin training the next generation of pediatricians when it launches the 3-year BayCare Pediatrics Residency
