Soft Signs

Common Chronic Symptoms in Children (and What They Mean!) It is perfectly healthy and normal for children to exhibit symptoms on occasion. This is not a concern. All children exhibit occasional temper tantrums, hoarding of toys, constipation, hyperactivity, and many ... Read More

What Are the New Childhood Epidemics? While you may not hear about it on the news or at your doctor’s office, we are currently witnessing one of the most devastating health epidemics of all time. This is a health epidemic ... Read More

In this blog post, Maria Rickert Hong explains why symptoms in babies such as colic, acid reflux, chronic ear infections, low muscle tone and cradle cap are red flags for development. Soft Signs in Babies Do you have an infant ... Read More

What Is Cradle Cap? Cradle cap, “infantile seborrheic dermatitis”, is a collection of odd patches of a thick, yellowish, oily, greasy, scaly, dry, crusty skin condition that can soon develop on your baby’s scalp shortly after birth, for seemingly no ... Read More

In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND writes about non-pharmaceutical ways to address acid reflux and GERD in children. What Is Acid Reflux? Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder (GERD) is a diagnosis I have encountered in my practice with increased ... Read More

Kelly Dorfman MS LND discusses the relationship between ear infections and autism in this post. Many years ago, a group of parents and professionals discussed concerns about the emergence of a regressive autistic-like syndrome, later named Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), ... Read More

by Devi S. Nambudripad, DC, LAc, RN, PhD Alexander has dark circles under his eyes and a constant "cold." After finishing off macaroni and cheese, he throws a temper tantrum when asked to hang up his jacket. He wants ice ... Read More

In this blog post, Maria Rickert Hong descibes the journey she took in understanding how medications weren't helpful in the long term for her sons' acid reflux and what she did instead. Both of my sons had acid reflux as ... Read More