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Published On - November 11, 2020

tpediatrics Newborn care, Newborn Care in MeridianTags: Meridian Idaho, Newborn care, Newborn healthcare

Newborn Care: Eyes, Thighs and Lies

Rounding on Newborns Dr. Taylor and I currently rotate call every other week. We take any and all calls after hours and we cover the newborn nursery rounding in the St. Luke’s Boise and St. Luke’s Meridian hospitals for the newborns. It is one of our most favorite aspects of our job to witne...

Published On - October 12, 2020

tpediatrics Newborn careTags: Meridian Idaho, Newborn care, Newborn healthcare

Newborn Care: Baby’s First Check-Up

Our Mission and Newborns Our mission at Thrive Pediatrics is to inspire children and those caring for them to thrive. This begins at that very first newborn check-up in clinic. In general there are three main aspects that we cover during those first few visits. They are feeding/weight, jaundic...

Published On - September 18, 2020

tpediatrics Kids health

The Smoky Air and Your Kid’s Health

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Published On - September 11, 2020

tpediatrics Doctors, Kids health

Happy Anniversary!

Thrive by the Numbers We are thrilled to share our anniversary with you. It has been an incredible year. We have been very fortunate due to our patient and community support to have survived and in fact, thrived opening our clinic during a pandemic. In fact, our efforts were featured by the American...

Published On - September 11, 2020

tpediatrics Kids health, Uncategorized

5 Things Parents Can Do When They Feel Angry

It’s Common and Manageable Every parent experiences moments of anger when dealing with their children. This is common but can lead to relationship struggles between parent and child as well as trigger mental health problems such as low self-esteem, depression and anxiety. Not to mention that a...

Published On - July 27, 2020

tpediatrics Kids health, Mental HealthTags: Depression in children; Anxiety in children

Cucumbers Coping with Anxiety

A while back, I saw a meme that said “They say the body is 60-70% water…so basically we are all cucumbers with anxiety!” In a time of a global pandemic, this is truer than ever. As I talk with my patients about mental health, I let them know that everyone experiences anxiety and depression. ...

Published On - June 10, 2020

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Becoming Comfortable with the Uncomfortable:

Thrive speaks on what it means to be anti-racist: Recent events have awakened me. I am deeply saddened by the death of Mr. George Floyd. I feel horrified as to how he died. I recognize that his death unfortunately represents centuries of discrimination and racism in our country especially towa...

Published On - May 26, 2020

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Curious About Your Child’s Development?

2020 has been tough! Life as we knew it took a hard left back in March, and none of us can foresee what we’ll find in our new normal. Here at Thrive Pediatrics, along with our partners at Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy and Learning Academy, we want to support parents, like yourself, through the ...

Published On - April 10, 2020

tpediatrics Kids healthTags: Clinic, Doctor, Health, Kids, Kids Resilience

Teach Resilience to Children

When my daughter was two years old, she was walking across the street in a cross walk with my wife and son. They were all hand in hand on their way to lunch. Then a car started to turn left into the cross walk to beat the oncoming traffic. The driver did not even look […]...

Published On - March 14, 2020

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Keeping “Well” Kids Well

At Thrive, we have taken a number of important steps to prevent the spread of illness in our practice. Before we ever even broke ground on our new location, we were planning and designing a clinic that would allow us to see and treat both the sick and the well at the same time. These […]...