Connecticut Children's Blog

Connecticut Children’s Sleep Center works with many families each year to improve their child’s insomnia. Insomnia refers to trouble falling asleep or trouble staying asleep. Here are three quick facts about childhood insomnia that may help improve your child’s ability to fall and stay asleep. 1.) Not every child with insomnia requires a sleep study […]

Having a child with Autism can pose unique day to day challenges, one of them being feeding. Being able to feed your child is a top priority of all parents, and when feeding becomes difficult a seemingly simple activity can suddenly feel daunting. In an effort to help families feel more equipped to address feeding […]

When 26-year-old Jonathan Sales was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in his life, he and fiancée Alyssa Griffin, 27, had an emotional conversation. With all the uncertainty ahead, there was one thing they knew: They didn’t want to wait any longer to be married. Jonathan, a seventh grade science teacher at Oakville’s Swift […]

For one afternoon every month Jillian Duffy, Miss Connecticut 2019, visits Connecticut Children’s and makes her way room-to-room meeting with patients. The visits are part of the partnership between the Miss America Organization and Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, and they connect directly with her platform “Jillian’s Journey: Pediatric Cancer Research and Awareness.” Some of the […]

We live in a noisy world. Everywhere we go there are sounds, from birds chirping, to kids playing, to jackhammers hammering; and we want to be able to hear those things for a long time. Unfortunately, there are a lot of loud sounds out there, and too much exposure to loud sounds over time can […]

Olivia Belfonti wasn’t even born yet when her parents, Tricia and Arnold, knew there was trouble—serious trouble—with their baby. Tricia was 19 weeks pregnant when an ultrasound showed that Olivia’s heart had only one ventricle. Instead of the normal arrangement, where one side of the heart pumps oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the rest […]

By Lisa, Josh’s mom  My son Josh is 17 years old and going into his senior year of high school. He loves participating in musical theater. In fact, he recently co-starred in Meriden Youth Theatre’s two-week production of “Camp Rock.” When he’s not on stage, Josh loves hanging out with his friends. Now that he […]

With no family history of kidney issues, Jessica Martin was shocked when her son, Guthrie, was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome at age three. Having never heard of this condition, she had some research to do. Nephrotic syndrome is a condition in which a person loses large amounts of protein through their urine, increasing fluids to […]

Calling the first half of 2019 a challenge is downplaying the many obstacles Ava, 13, and her family faced. Within a four month span, Ava learned to navigate a new school, her mother Emilia lost a job she loved and – due to a routine sports physical exam – they soon discovered Ava was dangerously […]