CareZone App

CareZone makes it easier to stay organized and effective when caring for a parent, child, or someone in need. From your computer, smartphone or tablet you can safely organize files, contacts, and medications, and coordinate with family and other caregivers using a shared calendar and journal.

Features include:

  • Journal
  • Photos & Files
  • To-dos
  • Sharing
  • Calendar
  • Notes
  • Contacts
  • Medications

You can also keep your family’s info with you whenever you go with the CareZone App.

CareZone and the CareZone apps are currently free and comes with no advertisement. To read their FAQs, click here.

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Lactation Services

Did you know The Children’s Clinic offers Lactation Services?  Amber Sloan, one of our APRN’s is a Certified Lactation Consultant who is scheduling appointments to assist in all your breastfeeding needs!  Whether you are a first-time mom or an experienced one, breastfeeding sometimes can pose unique challenges.  We can help no matter what stage of breastfeeding you are in, newborn or even going back to work.

Call our office to schedule your lactation appointment.  Lactation clinic is offered most Thursday mornings or on alternate days if needed.

Graco Harness Buckle Recall

From Graco:

Harness Buckle Recall – 2014 Announcement

As part of our continuous product testing and improvement process, Graco identified that food and dried liquids that can make some harness buckles progressively more difficult to open over time or become stuck in the latched position. Therefore, Graco has decided to conduct a voluntary recall on the harness buckles used on all toddler convertible car seats and harnessed booster seats manufactured from 2009 to July 2013. Graco would like to stress this does not in any way affect the performance of the car seat or the effectiveness of the buckle to restrain the child. And a car seat is always the safest way to transport your child.

Injuries Reported: 0

Number of Units Affected: 3.7 million

Dates Produced: 2009 through July 2013

MSRP: $99.00-$399.99

Models Affected: Toddler Convertible Car Seats: Cozy Cline, Comfort Sport, Classic Ride 50, My Ride 65, My Ride 70, My Ride 65 with Safety Surround, Size4Me 70, My Size 70, Head Wise 70, Smart Seat. Harnessed Booster Seats: Nautilus 3-in-1, Nautilus Elite and Argos.

Solution

Graco offers a new and improved replacement harness buckle to affected consumers at no cost. If you are experiencing difficulty with your harness buckle and cleaning has not improved its performance, please contact our Graco customer service team at 800-345-4109 (Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.) or consumerservices@gracobaby.com.

Cleaning Tips for Harness Buckles:

  • To clean your buckle, turn the restraint over and push the retainer through the harness strap slot. Place the buckle in a cup of warm water and gently agitate the buckle, pressing the red button several times while it is in the water.
  • Do not submerge the harness webbing and do not use soaps or lubricants, only rinse the harness buckle with warm water.
  • Shake out the excess water and allow the harness buckle to air dry.
  • Reattach the harness buckle into the same slot and re-check harness for correct installation according to the car seat manual before use.

Video Tips:

Cleaning Harness Buckles
Opening Harness Buckles
Replacing Harness Buckles

Download instructions for replacing buckles:

[note title=”For More Information” align=”center”]For more information, please visit Graco Baby’s website: http://www.pages02.net/newellrubbermaid/harness-buckles[/note]

Folic Acid Before and During Pregnancy

Folic acid is a B vitamin. If a woman has enough folic acid in her body before and during pregnancy, it can help prevent major birth defects of the baby’s brain and spine. Women need 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid every day.

[framed_box]Listen to the CDC’s Podcast: Folic Acid: Helping to Ensure a Healthy Pregnancy[/framed_box]

Birth Defects Prevention Month

January is Birth Defects Prevention Month. While not all birth defects can be prevented, women can increase her chances of having a healthy baby by managing heath conditions and adopting healthy behaviors before becoming pregnant.  This is important because many birth defects happen very early during pregnancy, sometimes before a woman even knows she is pregnant.

We will be passing along tips and information through the month for future parents.

New Years Hours

The Children’s Clinic will be open until noon on December 31, 2013. Our offices will be closed New Year’s Day.

During this time, calls are answered by our answering service and forwarded to a pediatric RN at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. If our physician is needed, they will contact them.

All refill requests need to be made during normal office hours.

Friday, December 6 Office Hours

Due to the road conditions and predicted weather, The Children’s Clinic will have shortened hours.

We will open at 9am today. At this time we will start answering phones for appointments.

We will gladly accept walk-in sick call patients from 9am to 10am.

Closing time will be announced later in the day.

Watch our website or facebook page for announcements.

Please be safe with your travels today.

The Nutcracker Ballet

The Children’s Clinic is a proud sponsor of The Foundations of Arts presentation of The Nutcracker Ballet.

Tickets may be purchased at the box office by phone: 870-935-2726 or online: Foundation of the Arts.

Dr. Sneed Named Best Pediatrician

Dr. Jane Sneed was named Jonesboro Occasions Readers’ Choice Winner for best pediatrician for 2013.

October is SIDS Awareness Month

SIDS is the sudden death of an infant less than 1 year of age that cannot be explained after a thorough investigation is conducted.  There are about 4,200 cases of sudden unexpected infant deaths per year in the United States, half are caused by SIDS.

There are certain things you can do to reduce the risk of SIDS.

  • Always place a baby on his or her back to sleep, for naps and at night, to reduce the risk of SIDS.
  • Use a firm sleep surface, covered by a fitted sheet, to reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep-related causes of infant death.
  • Your baby should not sleep in an adult bed, on a couch, or on a chair alone, with you, or with anyone else.
  • Keep soft objects, toys, and loose bedding out of your baby’s sleep area.
  • To reduce the risk of SIDS, do not smoke during pregnancy, and do not smoke or allow smoking around your baby.
  • Breastfeed your baby to reduce the risk of SIDS.
  • Give your baby a dry pacifier that is not attached to a string for naps and at night to reduce the risk of SIDS.

To learn more about creating a safe sleeping environment, visit Safe to Sleep. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sts/Pages/default.aspx

Bereavement Resources

If you or someone you know has experienced the loss of a baby, the following organizations may offer support.