I found out about this recently and thought I would share this resource. I’m sure some of you might need this service. The La Maestra Clinic in El Cajon has a Special Needs Dental Clinic. They specialize in helping kids with special needs get the dental work they need.
They accept Medi-Cal, cash, and most insurances. Walk-ins are welcome.
The first Monday of October is National Child Health Day. I’m taking a little time today to share some ways you can keep your kiddos healthy while still staying on budget.
Here is my post about how to care for your children’s vision on a budget. If your kids are hard on glasses like my big kid is, contact the company/optometrist’s office if the glasses break within 6 months of receiving them. My kiddo gets 1 pair per year through insurance, and I make sure that if anything goes wrong, we contact the office and get them repaired or replaced ASAP.
Here in California vision and dental insurance is included under health insurance plans for kids 18 and under. To learn more, check the back of your kid’s health insurance card for phone numbers.
Another thing that is important to overall health is PROPER REST. The CDC recommendations can be found here. My littlest is hard to get settled for bed, so here are some of the ways we help get her ready to rest each night:
The Back to school shopping crazies will start in a few weeks with sales and deals, but one thing we’ve done this summer to help with Back to school is getting everyone in tip-top health!
I made sure the kids are seeing all the doctors/specialists over the summer to minimize appointments during the school year.
Here in California vision and dental insurance is included under health insurance plans for kids 18 and under. To learn more, check the back of your kid’s health insurance card for phone numbers.
The kids saw the dentist and had eye exams. New glasses were ordered through the optometrist that are part of the vision insurance (one pair every 2 years from a list of specific frames), and we get the paper prescription for our family binder.
I order extra pairs of glasses through online discount retailers such as EYEBUYDIRECT. A lot of online discount retailers have inexpensive kid’s glasses that can be less than $20 a pair, which is great to have on hand because we all know, kids tend to break stuff.
EYEBUYDIRECT prices start at $6 for select frames!
I also had the kids see any specialists that they needed to, in our case they needed to go to the podiatrist.
And of course, we took care of behavioral/mental health appointments and medication checks over the summer as well. And all future mental/behavioral health appointments are after school or on weekends.
The next health component that I am working on is getting our family first aid kit up to snuff, and that will be a separate post over the weekend.
This came into my email from the kid’s school yesterday.
Dental screenings, sealants, and fluoride varnish at no cost to families! Dental sealants and fluoride varnish are a safe and painless way to help present cavities. This program is for children 1-18 years of age at participating offices from February 14 – March 7, 2022. To find out more information, click here.
These services are done by appointment only. Find a list of participating dentists here.
The folks over at San Diego Moms aren’t letting a little social distancing get in the way of helping education new and expecting moms!
Their conference called Bloom is going virtual, and it’s free to attend! There will be a grip of great speakers- Doctors, Dentists, lactation consultants, and more!
Hewes Family Fun 