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Dr. Chheda – Written expression is all about writing sentences, writing your thoughts down. A lot of kids have a hard time with this. One teacher gave me a very simple strategy. Tell your child: “I don’t want a vanilla ice cream sentence. I want a vanilla ice cream with toppings and whipped cream and cherry on top kind of sentence.” I don’t want “Max had a brown dog.” I want “The brown dog was jumping up and down while Max was running around the yard trying to play catch with him.” That’s a vanilla ice cream with toppings kind of sentence. Transcriptions from AI and may not be 100% accurate

Dr. Chheda – Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade is when kids learn how to read. Learn to read. After 3rd grade it’s more about reading comprehension. You actually have to pay attention to what you’re reading and be able to express the ideas that were presented in the passage. Again, kindergarten first and second, how fast can you read? You want kids to slow down. That’s really hard for kids to do sometimes. So one trick that I present to parents is: TV show, movie – pause and then ask your child what happened, what do you think is gonna happen next. That comprehension, and then they can use the same concepts when they read. Read to learn when sometimes your speed reading test. Now after 3rd grade, and learn about comprehension. When kids are watching TV, every time the scene changes, why do you think that character did what they did? That way they’re not mindlessly watching, they’re actually thinking about what they’re watching. Transcriptions from AI and may not be 100% accurate

Dr. Chheda – If your child suffers from motion sickness in the car, one of the easiest ways to deal with it is to make sure the air conditioning is on full force. Aim that cold air right in their face. It actually helps decrease nausea so they don’t get sick. This is true for infants and older kids. Just have that cold air blowing. For older kids, also make sure they’re not reading or on an electronic device, as that will definitely cause them to be sick. Transcriptions from AI and may not be 100% accurate

Dr. Chheda – School is starting back up, and you’re gonna notice the big yellow buses that are out there. Now, kids are not big and yellow, but the school buses are. So if you see a school bus, please, please slow down. Your car can do a lot of damage to that tiny little kid. I don’t care if there’s a kid coming out or not – if you see a school bus, you’ve got to slow down. Cause you don’t know where the kids are around the bus, getting on or getting off. We wanna keep all of our kids safe. Transcriptions from AI and may not be 100% accurate

Dr. Chheda – We don’t talk about contentment much. We’re always trying to chase happiness and joy. Well, there is something to say about happiness. But think about your typical day. 90% of your day is contentment. It’s normal. It’s the getting up, going to school, going to work coming home eating. It’s normal. It’s contentment. 5% of the time. You’re really happy, who I hit every green light on the way to work today. 5% of the time. It’s not so happy. Oh, I got spaghetti sauce on my white blouse. That’s how life should be here. For the most part. It’s normal. It’s content. You’re gonna have some highs. He got married. You’re gonna have some lows. You had to put your favorite pets to sleep. But contentment is normal. Let’s enjoy it. Transcriptions from AI and may not be 100% accurate

Dr. Chheda – Does drinking milk really cause a cold or cough or get a or cause a cold or a cough to get worse? Medically speaking, no, not really. Whole milk just because it’s thick can make you feel like you’ve got a little bit extra mucus inside. Now if you want to stop drinking milk during a colder cough, that’s perfectly fine. But realize for infants and young toddlers milk may be their only source of nutrition and source of hydration. So I really don’t recommend stopping milk during a cold or a cough, because I don’t want them to lose out on any nutrition nor do I want them to get dehydrated. So if your child has a cold or a cough, and their main source of nutrition is milk, continue the milk it’s perfectly fine. Transcriptions from AI and may not be 100% accurate

Checking the mail today and all I have are bills. That’s all we get in the mail. No more personal mail anymore. But my kids used to love checking for mail. Because my cousin whenever he traveled would always send them postcards. So they had something to check in the mail. Just remember, if you’re traveling, just send a postcard either to yourself or to a neighbor, and they will enjoy it. Transcriptions from AI and may not be 100% accurate.

Checking the mail today and all I have are bills. That’s all we get in the mail. No more personal mail anymore. But my kids used to love checking for mail. Because my cousin whenever he traveled would always send them postcards. So they had something to check in the mail. Just remember, if you’re traveling, just send a postcard either to yourself or to a neighbor, and they will enjoy it. Transcriptions from AI and may not be 100% accurate.

Old baby blankets that my kids don’t need anymore that’s always need them It helps with the animals and you’re doing a good deed for the community. Transcriptions from AI and may not be 100% accurate

Dr. Chheda -The first three months after birth you can actually consider your fourth trimester there’s a lot of things that are happening in both baby and mom the uterus is contracting there’s a lot of things happening in mom and in baby there’s a lot of things happening there too there’s a lot of growth that happens babies should be able to double their birth weight by the end of their third month which means a lot of eating and a lot of sleeping but it’s not consistent um so the first three months after birth is still tough sleep deprivation causes a number on parents but by the time you get into the fourth month things are getting to be a little bit better it’s a lot more on schedule babies a lot more awake a lot more fun to be around so just wait out that fourth trimester and things will get better Mom’s got a lot of healing that needs to happen her body needs to get back into the shape it was before so they’re doing a lot of growing it’s still hard. Transcriptions from AI and may not be 100% accurate