Partners in Pediatrics

We are Partners in Pediatrics Ltd, a pediatrics-only clinics serving the Twin Cities. We encourage long term commitment between patient and provider. As your child grows and matures, we will actively involve him or her health care decisions.

We encourage long term commitments between patients and providers. As your children grow and mature, we will actively involve them in their health care decisions.


	Throughout the years of nurturing our newborns through childhood and beyond, safety plays a major part in their well-being. Preparation and prevention are the two best methods to avoid unexpected accidents.

	Car seats Statistics show that of all infants born today, one in 60 will die as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Many more will be seriously injured. These deaths and injuries could be reduced by 70 to 80 percent by the use of car restraints. For infants, the best car seat design is the bucket type in the rear facing position. There are also seats designed to convert from rear facing to front facing as your child grows.		The key to using car restraints successfully is to use them consistently. A child who is restrained in the car from infancy onward will come to expect this as the norm. Remember that in newer autos which have a passenger airbag, a car seat or a child under the age of ten should not be restrained in the front seat.
	To learn more about passenger safty click on the links below
	http://www.buckleupkids.state.mn.us- Minnesota's child passenger safety program http://www.chop.edu- (this is a good one!) includes videos about installing carseats and boosters http://www.seatcheck.org- how to find someone to check whether your car seat is installed correctly http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/carseatsafety.cfm - handouts including those for special needs kids http://www.nhtsa.gov - general information about traffic safety, crash testing, recalls http://www.safekids.org- -general injury prevention, safety tips