What summer taught me and what I'm carrying into fall
A few things I'm done apologizing for and one thing I'm finally starting.
Kelly-Ann Smith
Board certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner currently working in the Infant Cardiac ICU. Former NICU nurse. Mom of a toddler. I write about the medical and the emotional side of parenting because both matter.
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Fever: what it actually is, when to wait, and when to go in
The question every parent Googles at 2am answered clearly, once and for all.
What daycare and back-to-school actually do to your baby's immune system
It's not bad news. It's biology. Here's what's actually happening.
Build your sick-day kit before your baby gets sick not after!
The 10 minutes you spend now will save you 3 hours of panic later.
I'm writing this from a plane. Without my son. And I have feelings about it.
On growth, criticism, solo trips, and what's coming in Q4.
5 signs your baby is getting sick before the fever starts
The window between "something's off" and "full sick mode" is real. Here's how to find it.
I'm turning 40 this year. Here's what I'm finally taking seriously.
On rest, health, and why regulated parents raise regulated babies.
7 things I do when my baby gets sick as a Pediatric NP and a mom
Because knowing what to do and actually doing it at 2am are two completely different things.
I triple-fed my newborn for weeks. A lactation consultant friend finally stopped
A pediatric NP lost her clinical mind over breastfeeding. Here's what actually helped.
Your routine will get disrupted. Here's what actually matters when it does.
What a sick baby taught me about the difference between a schedule and a rhythm.
The night I came home from the hospital and what I wish I had known
16 years in pediatrics. Not one of them prepared me for that car ride home.
10 things I believed about newborns before I became a mom and what actually happened
A pediatric NP with 16 years of experience walked into motherhood with opinions. Most of them didn't survive.