Dr. Sanjay Mehta is Taking New Patients
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Sanjay Mehta is [...]
About Dan Flanders
Dr. Flanders is the owner and executive director of Kindercare Pediatrics and also co-owner and co-director of kidEcare. He has special interest in primary care, nutrition, obesity, and feeding/eating disorders. Dr. Flanders completed his undergraduate and medical education at McGill University and pediatrics training at the University of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Flanders is on staff at the North York General Hospital and is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine.Kindercare Pediatrics Welcomes Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman, Pediatric Clinical Immunologist and Allergist
Zainab Abdurrahman joins the team at Kindercare as a Pediatric [...]
Dr. Flanders’ Equations for When to use Tylenol/Advil
When parents ask me when to give Tylenol/Advil to their [...]
Back To Work Does Not Equal End of Breastfeeding
On a weekly basis I see moms who come in [...]
Ontario Human Milk Bank Now Accepting Donor Milk
The Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank is now accepting [...]
The Importance of Secure Attachment in Infancy
This is a wonderful 5-minute video that explains the foundations [...]
The Latest Canadian Infant Nutrition Guidelines – Birth to 6 Months of Age – What Parents Need to Know
Last month, Health Canada, in collaboration with the Infant Feeding Joint [...]
The Real Bears – A Pretty Bold Anti-Sugar Public Service Announcement
Though it has not exactly been shown to be particularly [...]
Announcing the Kindercare Pediatrics After Hours Urgent Care Clinic
As of September 2012, Kindercare Pediatrics will be open for [...]
Questions and Answers about Vitamin D Supplementation for Infants
Q. Why do babies need vitamin D? A. Vitamin D [...]
Parents Often Ask – I Am Returning To Work Soon And AmWorried About The Impact Of This Change On My Son’s Fluid Intake and Our Breastfeeding Relationship
Question: I will be returning to work soon and my [...]
Fake Food, Childood Obesity, Real Problems
Enjoy watching this interview with David Ludwig, MD, PhD, director of [...]
Some Healthy Discussion About Baby-Led Weaning
This is definitely a recycle of previously posted info [...]
Kindercare Pediatrics Influenza Vaccine Clinic – Fall and Winter 2012
Dear Families: We are now booking for this season's flu [...]
We Doctors Make Mistakes – We Must Own It, Talk About It, Learn From It
This is a refreshingly honest and powerful attack on an [...]
My Family’s Visit to Canada’s (Food) Blunderland
This past Saturday, my wife, two kids and I woke [...]
Parents Often Ask – My 7 month-old flips over from his back to his stomach in the middle of the night. What should I do?
My 7 month-old flips over from his back to his [...]
Acquisition of Music (aka Language) in Children – Victor Wooten’s Take
There are so many fabulous ways to think of and [...]
Supporting Breastfeeding Families: Systemic failure and the myth of “choice”
Here's the deal: we can talk all we want about [...]
The Risks of Not Breastfeeding – What is the Evidence?
Breastfeeding is the appropriate way to feed an infant. Such [...]