Pollyana Ventura/E+/Getty Images On June 9, the Food and Drug administration (FDA) approved Enflonsia, a new preventative antibody shot to protect infants up to 1 year old from RSV, a viral infection of the respiratory tract and the number one cause of hospitalization in infants. Drug maker Merck says they are committed to ensuring availability of Enflonsia before the start of the upcoming RSV season. RSV in infants is characterized by cold-like symptoms that can become very serious. A mild case of RSV may in fact be indistinguishable from the common cold. But its more severe forms can lead to...
Reddit Wanted To Know: What Are Childhood Sounds Younger Generations Will Never Hear
Panuntun/Moment/Getty Images Every day, I, an Elder Millennial, grow older. That’s true of everyone, of course, but once you hit a *ahem* certain age, that sense of tragic deterioration only becomes more apparent and more keenly felt. My children are always on hand to let me know which pop culture references I’ve made that they don’t get. (“What do you mean you don’t know who David Hasselhoff is?!”) But one Redditor recently made me consider a whole new world of showing my age: sounds. The question posed on “Ask Reddit” was simple: “People over 30: what’s a sound from your...
Trusting My Gut Saved My Daughter's Life. I Only Wish I'd Listened Sooner.
Damircudic/Getty Images I’ll never forget crouching in the doorframe of my closet at midnight, holding my newborn in my arms, begging her to nurse. Hours after delivering my daughter at a birth center, my midwife left the country. The backup midwife came to my house to perform the newborn screening, which my daughter passed without concerns. That evening, I placed my two-day-old baby in her bassinet so I could soak in a bath. Tired and depleted, I relished in the stillness. But by 10 p.m., when I couldn’t coax my daughter to stir and nurse, panic bloomed inside me. I...
Should I Let My Kindergartener Play With Older Neighborhood Girls This Summer?
Ask Scary Mommy is our weekly advice column wherein Scary Mommy editors and guest editors — fellow moms like you — will answer your burning questions. You can send all of your questions and conundrums about parenting, family, and relationships to askscarymommy@bdg.com (don’t worry — we’ll keep you anonymous!). If your kids haven’t been released into the wilds of summer vacation yet, chances are that they will be soon. And with those 10 glorious weeks of unstructured fun and sun come a lot of new issues for parents to navigate, including childcare, safety, and new social dynamics. While you can...