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Articles from the Dare2Care Pediatrics team on newborn care, child development, mental health, nutrition and seasonal illness, written and reviewed by our providers.
Once a month I sit on a play mat with parents and their babies. We sing, do tummy time together, learn massage and make footprints. The point is not the technique: it is learning to be present.
Sep 19, 2026 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
Behavioral & mental health
We screen every child from 12 for depression and anxiety, treat mild and moderate cases here, and refer with a tracked handoff when a child needs a therapist or psychiatrist. This is what that looks like on an ordinary Tuesday.
May 28, 2025 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
Newborns & feeding
Newborns sleep 14 to 17 hours in stretches of two to four, day and night alike. The first job is safety, the second is patience, and a routine can start around six to eight weeks. Longer nights arrive on their own.
Mar 6, 2024 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
Newborns & feeding
A first visit within five days of discharge, then two weeks and one month. Weight checks, feeding help, jaundice, the newborn screen results, and an after-hours line on the main number.
Feb 23, 2024 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
Newborns & feeding
A prenatal visit with the pediatrician is free, takes 30 minutes, and answers the questions that otherwise get asked at 2 a.m. in the hospital: feeding, vaccines, circumcision, car seats and who to call.
Feb 21, 2024 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
Newborns & feeding
Black and sticky for the first days, then green, then mustard yellow. Breastfed babies may go after every feed or once a week. Three colors need a call: white, red and black after the first days.
Feb 9, 2024 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
Teens
In Georgia, tattooing anyone under 18 is illegal, with no parental consent exception; body piercing under 18 needs a parent present. Here is what we tell teens about infection, healing and choosing a studio.
Feb 6, 2024 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
Growth & development · Behavioral & mental health
Eating disorders start as young as 8 and are the deadliest mental health condition in adolescence. Weight loss, food rules, secrecy around meals and missed periods are the signs. The first step is a medical visit here.
Feb 5, 2024 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
Newborns & feeding
A pediatrician’s part starts before birth: a prenatal visit, the hospital handoff, the first newborn check within days, and watching the parents as closely as the baby in the weeks after.
Jan 23, 2024 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
Illness & symptoms
Every Georgia newborn is screened for an underactive thyroid at birth. Later in childhood, slow growth, tiredness and weight change, or the opposite, can point to the thyroid. A blood test answers the question.
Aug 9, 2023 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
Behavioral & mental health · Teens
Most childhood anxiety, depression and ADHD is treated in our office. Some children need a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Here is how we decide, what the psychiatrist does, and how the two of us stay in step.
Jun 22, 2023 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
Newborns & feeding
What we say at the first newborn visit: milk takes days to come in, newborns nurse constantly, wet diapers tell you more than the pump does, and sore nipples usually mean the latch needs a look.
Jul 7, 2018 · Dr. Madhuri Viswanadham
