Connecticut Children's Blog

Life with kids is rarely predictable, but COVID-19 school closures, quarantines, and shifting work schedules have taken things to an extreme. Connecticut Children’s pediatric psychologist Lauren Ayr-Volta, PhD, has tips for creating consistency in all that chaos.     Want more articles like this from pediatric experts you trust? Sign up for our newsletter. Subscribe […]

By: Haley Duscha, RDN, CDN No matter what you’ve got planned to entertain your kids this holiday break – and all winter long! – you’ll want to keep them fueled up with nutritious snacks. Bonus points for recipes that make it easy to get kids involved in the kitchen, and that help you sneak healthy […]

You ask, we answer. In each edition of “Ask a Pediatrician,” Connecticut Children’s pediatric experts respond to a question from our community. Now that the COVID-19 vaccine is here, families are wondering what it means for daily life, and all of the traditions and activities they’ve put on hold. Connecticut Children’s pediatric infectious disease expert John […]

As this COVID-19 holiday season reaches its peak, your family is probably busy with photo contests, care packages, virtual caroling, and lots of other creative ways to safely celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa during the pandemic. To conclude our holiday series, here’s an activity to take your family right through New Year’s Eve. This is […]

With distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, your kids have already been spending a lot of time at home – which means the week between Christmas and New Year’s, when they’re off from school altogether, could start to feel very long. Unless, of course, you have a plan. Here are tips to get through your […]

One of the scariest parts of any health journey is the beginning: All you have are questions, and all you want are answers. Jennefer Aquavia and Paul Willis know that feeling. This past summer, their 10-year-old daughter, Morgan, starting having seizures – but not like any seizures they’d heard of before. The day they realized […]

For lots of us, this time of year means cranking up the holiday tunes, and gathering to sing our favorites at tree lightings, neighborhood strolls and other traditions for Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. But during COVID-19, traditional caroling is a high-risk activity. So we’re bringing you tips to plan an updated – and quarantine-approved – […]

It’s been a long year. At Connecticut Children’s, we’re excited to ring in 2021 and all that the new year promises – like the COVID-19 vaccine, and brighter days ahead. If your family is planning your own celebration, here are ideas for a virtual New Year’s Eve party.     Want more articles like this […]

During COVID-19, your family may have lots of people to thank and in-person celebrations to make up for. So in time for Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa, here’s a care package how-to for spreading holiday cheer. This is the fourth week of Connecticut Children’s holiday series: ideas to make the holidays special for your kids this […]

The staff at the hospital where Natalia Rodriguez Sabala was born hadn’t seen a patient like her in seven years. She was born with cloacal exstrophy, also known as OEIS syndrome: Her bladder and portions of her large intestine were on the outside of her belly, and her bladder was split open into two halves. […]