10 Tips For Motion Sickness
If you’ve never been seasick it’s only because you haven’t encountered the right storm, say veteran sailors. Worse than being seasick yourself is dealing with children who are, say parents. 1. Call it...
View ArticleInfants/air travel/feedings/dehydration
My posting that has received the most comments — comments often laced with skepticism — are my statements that: In-flight dehydration is a myth; and Feeding infants frequently during air travel is...
View Article10 Tips: Travel and Breast-Feeding Are Intimately Compatible
A web site on breast-feeding says, “I carry a light-weight blanket when I travel with my breast-fed infant. If someone seems to be bothered by my nursing – even though I do it discreetly – I offer them...
View Article10 Tips: Navigating airport security with children
If infants are accidentally left on conveyer belts at supermarket checkout counters, it is unlikely that they will be packed with the groceries. But if they’re placed on belts at airport security they...
View ArticleDr. Karl Neumann’s Kids Travel Doc: Children/Measles /Travel
Caution: travel is hazardous for children who are not fully immunized. And it doesn’t matter who is doing the traveling – your child or perfect strangers. • Example: Last month, a woman with a...
View ArticleDr. Neumann’s 10 Tips: Children/Travel/Illness/Paying the medical bills
There is an old saying that children always become ill at inopportune times. But are there opportune times? Especially exasperating is when they choose family vacations for their illnesses. Worse, you...
View ArticleChildren/Travel/Medication interactions/Adverse effects Part 1 of 2
Are you familiar with the harmful effects that may result from medications you give your children? That when you give more than one medication, the two may interact and cause adverse reactions not...
View ArticleDr. Neumann’s KidsTravelDoc 10 Tips: Children/Cold weather/travel/ Immune system
Good news and bad news if you’re planning a family vacation this winter. The good news: You can prevent your kids from catching colds and ruining your plans. It’s called isolation. Two weeks before...
View ArticleDr. Neumann’s KidsTravelDoc Ten Tips: Surviving travel with hyperactive children
(This is Part One of a two-part series. The second part: Should ADHD medication be reduced/discontinued for travel, and summer camp?) Being with children who have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity...
View ArticleDr. Neumann’s KidsTravelDoc Ten Tips: Children/Travel/ADHD/Medication
For children who take medication for ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), is discontinuing their medication for travel a sensible option? Here are some thoughts: 1. You’re not alone in...
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