Young & Healthy

Emergency Care or Urgent Care? Learn the Basics to Be Ready

Important Note: If your child is experiencing a serious emergency, always call 911. 
It is scary and stressful when your child is sick or injured. Deciding where to go for emergency or urgent medical care is not always easy. On today’s episode of Young & Healthy, we provide the information you need so you are ready to make that decision if the time comes.  
Emergency doctors Brad Sobolewski and Hannah Carron join us and share insight on what injuries need an immediate trip to the emergency department and what injuries are okay to have seen in urgent care. They also discuss the option of virtual urgent care, where to go for mental health crises and common misunderstandings about the emergency department. Listen today so you're ready for anything that may happen tomorrow!  
Resources: 
For more information about Emergency Care and Urgent Care, please visit: https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/locations/urgent-care/care  
Poison Help Line: 1-800-222-1222. 
 

Dr. Patty Manning-Courtney: Reflections on a Career full of Love and Gratitude

"When I think of the families and the patients that I've seen, the first thing I think of is how much I love them all." - Dr. Patty Manning-Courtney.   Connections with patients, families and colleagues have always been at the heart of Dr. Patty Manning-Courtney's approach to medicine and leadership. She will retire next month, after more than 30 years at Cincinnati Children’s. She joins us today on Young & Healthy to reflect on the highlights of her career, her passion for developmental pediatrics and what she’ll miss most as she transitions to her next chapter of life. If you love a good origin story or adore Dr. Manning-Courtney as much as we do, this is a must-listen episode! 

Infant Series: Newborn Care - A Guide for New Parents

Life with a newborn is a magical time, but it can also be a bit scary. Whether you are a first-time parent or have older kids too, the first weeks at home with a new baby usually come with lots of questions and new concerns. From bathing guidelines and wake windows to cradle cap, feeding schedules and diaper rash – there are so many things to know! In this first episode of the Young & Healthy infant series, Drs. Mary Carol Burkhardt and Nick DeBlasio share their expertise and their wisdom as we walk through some of the most common concerns and questions they hear from brand new parents.   
Timestamps: 
1:00: Things to see a pediatrician for. 
2:48- Bathing guidelines. 
7:16- Diaper Rash. 
11:14- Baby acne. 
13:50- Cradle cap. 
16:05- Feeding a newborn 
23:11- Baby poop 
30:36 -Newborn Sleep 
34:16- Wake windows 
39:15- Final thoughts 

Strength Spotting: Grown Ups Can Help Kids See their Own Character Strengths

Bravery, love, forgiveness, humor, honesty, and creativity. These are some of the 24 character strengths that are part of each and every one of us. Today we are talking about how identifying character strengths that shine in children, and telling them what we see, can have a profound positive impact on how they see themselves. It’s called strength spotting and Dr. Pratima Shanbhag and social worker Ashley Cremeans from our Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children are experts at strength spotting. They use it in their practice with children who have experienced trauma and they are on the podcast today to teach us how parents and other health professionals can also use it to help children see and celebrate the strengths that make them uniquely wonderful.   
Topic timestamps: 
1:53- What is strength Spotting. 
3:33- Examples of the type of character strengths. 
9:32- How strengths can help children who have challenges other than those associated with trauma. 
14:43- Do strengths change as children get older. 
21:18- Utilizing Strengths with staff at the Mayerson Center. 
23:56- Favorite experience using strengths/Final Thoughts. 
27:53- What is next with the strength spotting project. 
 
Via Character Strengths Survey: https://www.viacharacter.org/surveys/takesurvey 

Kids in the Kitchen: From Toddlers to Teens, Fostering a Love of Food

Let's face it, feeding kids is a lot of work. Finding healthy meals and snacks that they want to eat, sometimes feels impossible. But it doesn't have to! Catherine Anthony, a registered dietitian with our Healthworks! program joined us today to talk about how to involve kids in the kitchen and help them learn to love what they eat. She has fantastic ideas for kids of all ages that can make life easier now and set kids up for a lifetime of good food experiences.