Cold, flu, and
RSV season.
If your family is like mine, winter is a hard time of year for your baby... not only is it too cold to play outside or go for walks in the neighborhood but the germs are raging! The
March of Dimes website provies a lot of good information about conception, healthy pregnancy and routine newborn care as well as caring for a sick infant. Having a sick child is stressful enough... but when your child has an illness on top of an underlying medical problem like chronic lung disease it can be very scary and sometimes special precautions are needed.
From the March of Dimes website, you can help protect your baby from RSV by:
*Keeping him away from people who are sneezing or coughing
*Making sure everyone who touches the baby has clean hands *Keeping your baby away from crowds of people
*Not allowing anyone to smoke near your baby
The
RSV Protection website also provides lots of good information.
I hope you are all staying healthy and manaing to keep warm!
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Farmers Insurance is donating $25 to March for Babies for everyone who registers on-line for March for Babies before December 31st!
Cold, flu, and RSV season.
This is the day the March of Dimes released the report card on prematurity.... the nation scored a "D" in regards to the national rate of premature birth.
Kansas scored an unexceptable D and scored an embarassing F.
We heard from Dr. Howard Kilbride from Children's Mercy
Dr. John Yeast from St. Luke's Hospital
Brian Williams, dad of cutie-pie Savanna Williams, shared his experience about the premature birth of his beautiful daughter, Savanna and how the March of Dimes and the NICU family support program aided them along the way.
As Brian was speaking, Savanna sat with her mom, Nicci, and worked the crowd... it was so inspiring to hear about Savanna's birth circumstances, her struggles - then to see this cutie walking around and being generally adorable. 
Lisa Butterfield from KU med spoke last then Dr. Howard Kilbride fielded questions.
There were also several other mother and child health resources there.
It was a great day - and brought light to an important local and national health problem. Please join the March of Dimes in signing the prematurity petition and telling our government that we care about babies born too soon! 
Aren't they cute?! Not only are they adorable, they're suuuuper comfortable.
Beginning this month, Kansas health officials will screen the blood of every Kansas newborn for 29 treatable disorders. Previously, Kansas screened for just four disorders, trailing nearly every state in the nation.
