Children's Primary Care Medical Group Fallbrook

If you had a choice between fresh vegetables and French fries, which would you choose? Turns out that the foods we are introduced to as toddlers combined with advertisements for unhealthy foods has a lot to do with our food choices. #nutritution

The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its recommendations about playing sports during the pandemic including the expanded use of masks during most sports. More importantly they updated some recommendations about playing sports after being diagnosed with COVID. If your child had COVID, make sure to discuss a safe return to sports with your CPCMG pediatrician. #COVID19 https://www.aappublications.org//12/04/sportsguidance120420

Bringing home a new baby is exciting, but are your other children ready to be an older sibling? Ease the transition with these tips from Dr. Anna Mendenhall, pediatrician at CPCMG Encinitas. #siblings

It’s National Handwashing Awareness Week! This year has really stressed the importance of good hygiene and keeping your hands clean. Here are tips for hand washing and sanitizer use. #washyourhands

The CDC has announced new guidelines for quarantine. You can reduce the number of days of quarantine after exposure if absolutely necessary. You can reduce your quarantine with a negative test, but the test needs to be done 5 days after quarantine begins and you should be asymptomatic. Quarantine can end after the 7th day with a negative test but you need to continue to monitor for symptoms. Alternatively, you can end quarantine at 10 days without a test if no symptoms have developed. The previous guideline of 14 days remains the safest option. #COVID19

There could be some potentially dangerous toys on your child’s wish list this year. These toys may have sharp pieces, small parts, toxic materials and more. #toys