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We welcome you to The Pediatric Center's website. We hope you will find it useful for obtaining information about our practice as well as medical and developmental information that has been carefully approved by us.
- Explore the site and its recommended links.
- Use the Barton Schmitt medical information drop down menus on this page for fast access to reliable general pediatric advice and medication dosages.
- Consult our bibliography and other resources for more in-depth reading suggestions about pertinent topics.
Changes to Acetaminophen
We Still Have Flu Vaccines!
Flu vaccine is now required by the State of Connecticut for all children in day care or preschool who are over 6 months and under age 5 years of age as of 12/31/11. We recommend flu vaccine for all persons over the age of 6 months, especially those with underlying health issues
The Pediatric Center will continue to offer Flu vaccine for all of our patients during "Walk-In".
8-9 AM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
No appointment is necessary!
More Information About Flu Vaccines
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What's New at TPC
Hopefully your summer has been fun and healthy!
We have been busy planning for upcoming computer upgrades (Can you believe we have been "electronic" since 2005....we can't.)
Flumist has arrived and other Flu vaccines are expected in shortly. We will be offering them during your visits here and will be scheduling some flu clinics in the near future. Stay tuned!
Remember school physical exams are important but usually only required for entering students in KG, 7th grade, and 10th grade. (3rd grade in Greenwich as well) They are also required yearly in high school if your student is on a sports team. So otherwise, relax!; your exam can be scheduled after school starts.
Be Careful about Acetaminophen (Tylenol) dosages! The concentrations have changed . For info and an updated dosage chart, see the link above.
TPCG (The Pediatric Center Gossip)
- Adele Tyson Haimowitz was born on August 7th . (daughter of Veda Tyson -pediatric nurse practitioner). She is very cute and sweet even at night.
- Dr. Kenefick just came back from a trip to Kenya where he provided volunteer medical services for two schools in the Kibera slum outside Nairobi.
Below are resources for parents of kids pre-school to Grade 12 or for parents of kids going to college. They include information on alcohol and other drugs (eg . facts and tips for parents), insight on age-appropriate discussions and much more.
1. For Parents of kids pre-school to Grade 12, go to:
www.drugfree.org On the home page, click on Prevention, there is a parent tool kit that has age appropriate discussion points for parents. Click on here to go directly: http://parent.drugfree.org/YourChild/
This website also has tips and resources for parents who suspect their kids are using alcohol and other drugs. For information on this, click onto Intervention on the home page.
2. For parents of kids in college or going to college for the first time, go to:
http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov, Includes a "guide along with links to alcohol policies at colleges across the country, an interactive diagram of the human body and how alcohol affects it, an interactive alcohol cost calculator..."
Attached is a sample of their resource materials - a 2 page sheet for parents titled:
FALL SEMESTER: A TIME FOR PARENTS TO REVISIT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COLLEGE DRINKING
3. The Power of Parents handout (in both English and Spanish)This publication was created by the LFCRAC Prevention Partnership Committee and has facts, tips and additional resources for parents. To read and/or download a copy, go to www.lfcrac.org. and click on the brochure which is on the home page.
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