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What Parents Should Know About Earaches 2 out of 3 children will get at least one earache before their third birthday Sponsored by Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - All Saints It's a common childhood complaint: an earache. Ear pain often heralds an ear infection — the leading reason children visit the doctor. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently updated its guidelines for managing ear infections. Arm yourself with the latest about this frequent child illness.   The ear has three parts: the outer, middle, and inner ear. As you might suspect, the outer ear is everything you can see, plus the ear canal. The middle portion involves hearing; the inner part plays a vital role in balance.   Most ear infections attack the middle ear, specifically, the eustachian tube. It's a structure that links the middle ear to the back of the nose. It drains fluid from the ear. When bacteria from an illness infect the tube, it swells up and blocks fluid inside. The result: a buildup of ...

[caption id="attachment_3033" align="alignright" width="210"] Raiden. Pre-diagnosis[/caption] Raiden's Battle Written by JAK guest mom blogger from Turtle WI, Sara Smith About 600 children each year are diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, the most common solid tumor cancer in children. Nearly 70% of those children will be at a stage four at time of diagnosis. This year my three year old nephew Raiden, from Salem, was one of them.   Neuroblastoma is a highly misdiagnosed cancer in the early days. As with most children in his shoes Raiden was having tummy pain and eventually swelling in his abdomen and limbs making it difficult for him to walk. It took months of emergency room visits and being told it was just constipation for them to be directed up to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee and get a correct diagnosis. His doctors say they only see 4 cases of this a year and are hopeful for a good outcome, even though one child with neuroblastoma dies every 16 hour...

Three Steps to Ensure Your Kids Will Remember Traditions of Giving Back Sponsored by Pixologie Celebrating Wishes in Wonderland 2014 – and providing hope to children struggling with life threatening medical situations . This past weekend, Pixologie loved hosting the Kids’ Craft Area for Wishes in Wonderland at our local Dave & Buster’s restaurant – an annual event to raise money for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin. We saw lots of people taking fun photos of their children with Santa, at the crafts and games tables and much more. Read more... Here’s some fun photos we took:   For each family, it is likely one of the photos they snapped will end up on the annual Christmas card. But what about all the other memories from the day and the sense that all were gathered to help children in dire and/or chronic medical conditions? Watch the news coverage here: http://fox6now.com/2014/12/07/its-a-good-cause-wishes-in-wonderland-event-raises-mo...

A Read/Want/Wear/Need Christmas by guest mom blogger from Racine, Amanda DeSonia A few years ago I decided to try to take back Christmas. That makes me sound like a total martyr. Honesty, I really struggle with the holidays. Struggle as in I bounce between moments of glee and peaceful nostalgia to fits of rage and moments of paralyzing anxiety….. Merry Christmas? I think most women and mothers go into the holiday season with ridiculous amounts of enthusiasm and equal parts unrealistic expectations for what we might accomplish. Perfect presents picked and wrapped? Check! 24 individually wrapped Advent gifts? Yay!  Trek to the local tree farm and pick and cut the perfect tree and trim it with the exact amount of Martha Stewart recommended LED lights based on the height of the tree? Done!  (I did research that once.) Bake cookies, buy matching Christmas outfits for the kids, holiday photos, pre-Pinterest inspired handmade gifts, Christmas cards….. I’m getting an ulcer just trying to remem...

Are Your Medications Up, Away and Out of Sight? Sponsored by Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - All Saints 67,000 children are treated in emergency rooms each year for medicine poisoning. 5 00,000 times each year a child gets into medicine or gets the wrong dose.    Safe Kids Worldwide recently released a new research report that found kids are getting into medicine at an alarming rate. Over the past 10 years, this rate has increased by 30 percent. All Saints is the Lead Agency for Safe Kids Kenosha-Racine. Read more... In its report, An In-Depth Look at Keeping Young Children Safe Around Medicine , Safe Kids reviews the numbers and offers parents simple things they can do to protect their children. “Ask any parent, and they will tell you they store medicine where children can’t get them,” said Erin Donaldson, Safe Kids Kenosha-Racine coordinator. “But they might not be thinking of pills stored in purses, vitamins left on counter tops, or a diaper rash remedy near a changing table.” ...

Expecting?   Sponsored by Sozo Chiropractic Having been through several pregnancies myself, I can personally attest to the many benefits of chiropractic care during pregnancy.  I honestly don’t know how women go through pregnancy without chiropractic, and no women should have to. Let me explain how chiropractic helps women during pregnancy: In addition to the noticeable changes your pregnancy will cause your body, pregnancy can also cause subtle changes in the musculoskeletal system; changes a Chiropractor is able to detect and correct.  The position of your growing baby will cause your center of gravity to shift and your spine will naturally alter itself to accommodate this change. As a result, you may experience low back and pelvic pain. Read more... The increase in hormones during pregnancy can also cause muscles, ligaments, cartilage and even bones to “soften” and become more pliable. Pelvic bones may even become displaced or fixated. Since your hips will need to spread to accommo...

  ...And Check It Twice! (updated 12/19/2014)   by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann 'Tis the season! It's the battle of the "Breakfast with Santa" 's. Let the games begin! The jolly man in the big fuzzy red suit is coming town. We here at Just Add Kids are compiling an ongoing list of where you can find Santa Claus 'round our corner of southeastern Wisconsin.  Read more... So check this list, and do it twice, or more! We'll add Santa events here and on our website's calendar JAK Happenings , along with other kid-oriented, holiday happenings as we learn about them. Ho Ho Hope you have fun! **DENOTES**activities and events that are designed for and/or welcoming to families of children/dependent young adults with special needs. Make A Date With Santa Southridge Mall, 5300 S. 76 th Street, Greendale November 7 to December 24 Come take your photo with Santa and create special memories that last a lifetime!  Santa is at the mall daily starting November...