Connecticut Children's Blog

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

There are lots of reasons why sleep may be more difficult for your child during the coronavirus pandemic. These reasons might include schedule changes, lack of physical activity and higher levels of anxiety. You can find advice for maintaining structure here, and activities for heart-healthy kids here. But there’s still the matter of anxiety: What […]

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 […]

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 […]

As communities work to stop the spread of coronavirus, many parents may hear instructions from their physician to self-quarantine themselves, their child or their whole family for 14 days. That may sound daunting. However, there are steps you can take to make the process more manageable and less stressful. Nancy Trout, MD, a primary care […]

We know that parents and families may have many questions regarding the coronavirus. To ensure there is a trusted one-stop resource, we have launched the Connecticut Children’s Pediatric COVID-19 Hotline. COVID-19 Hotline: 833.226.2362 At Connecticut Children’s, the safety of our patients, patient families and team members is our number one priority. We continue to evolve […]