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• posted: Apr. 01, 2025
• Pediatrician,  Modern Child Healthcare

When you think of a pediatrician, you might picture a friendly doctor measuring your child’s height or listening to their heartbeat during an annual visit. While these routine check-ups remain Read More

• posted: Dec. 31, 2024
• Pediatrician

As a parent, it can be challenging to know when your child's symptoms warrant a visit to their pediatrician. Whether it's a rash, cough, or runny nose, it's important to Read More

• posted: Dec. 11, 2024
• Pediatrician,  Developmental Milestones

The early years of a child’s life are crucial for their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. Pediatricians play a vital role in monitoring and supporting a child’s growth through Read More

• posted: Nov. 21, 2024
• Pediatrician,  Developmental Milestones

Children grow and develop so quickly during the first few years of life. Many development milestones, such as learning to walk and talk, are reached during these early childhood years. Read More

• posted: Nov. 19, 2024
• Pediatrician,  Regular Pediatric Checkups,  Pediatric Checkups

You want your child to stay healthy, and the first step is to visit the pediatrician for regular pediatric checkups. Drs. Johanna Rodriguez-Toledo, Zacharia Reda, and Heli Bhatt at Newport Read More

• posted: Apr. 10, 2024
• Pediatrician,  Well-Child Visits,  Well-Child Check-ups

As parents, it's natural to feel concerned about your child's health and well-being, especially when they're experiencing symptoms or discomfort. While many childhood illnesses and injuries can be managed at Read More

• posted: Apr. 01, 2024
• Pediatrician,  Wellness Checkups,  Well Visits

Here’s the scoop on why you should be bringing your little ones in to see a pediatrician regularly. It's important that you make time to bring your children in to see Read More

• posted: Feb. 02, 2024
• Pediatrician

The Newport Children's Medical Group at Mission in Mission Viejo, CA have four skilled, board-certified pediatrician doctors seeing children daily.  Our doctors will tell you that it is important for them Read More

• posted: Mar. 29, 2021
• Vaccines,  Pediatrician,  Whooping Cough,  Pertussis

Pertussis, more commonly referred to as whooping cough, is a contagious bacterial infection of the lungs. The nickname comes from the “whooping” sound that occurs when a child breathes. While Read More

• posted: Mar. 17, 2021
• Pediatrician,  Thumb-Sucking,  Pacifier

Reflexively, your baby is born with the ability to suck. It makes sense. After all, your little one must be able to suck to get nutrients, whether breastfeeding or bottle-feeding. Read More

• posted: Feb. 17, 2021
• Stitches,  Pediatrician

We all know how accident-prone kids can be. They get bruises, bumps, cuts, and scrapes from time and time. Most of the time, these boo-boos are nothing to worry about, Read More