Physician Moms Dole Out Practical Pediatric Advice and Reassurance on MommyDocs.com

Parents get a dose of mom-friendly medical information 24/7.

Potomac, MD (PRWEB) March 19, 2008 -- Just in time for spring, http://www.MommyDocs.com relaunches with seasonal allergy solutions and overall wellness strategies for keeping kids healthy. As the first pediatric informational site by moms, for moms, doctors Jamie A. Freishtat, a board certified pediatrician and pediatric associate physician at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, and Rachel L. Schreiber, a board certified allergist/immunologist, internist and Medical Director of Family HealthCare Allergy & Asthma Specialists in Germantown, Maryland, now provide parents with children's health information and expert advice.

MommyDocs.com offers interactive online features including podcasts on topics ranging from allergies and nutrition to sleep problems and separation anxiety. Parents can join upcoming Wednesday web chats on March 19 and April 2 from 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, commiserate with the MommyDocs' own child-rearing challenges on their blog, or submit a question to "Ask the MDs."

"A parent's job is 24/7, and whether you're dealing with a toddler's watery eyes or a preteen's fever at midnight, MommyDocs.com provides good, basic information fast, without paging the doctor or waking up grandma," says MommyDoc Schreiber. "Having two sons of my own and interacting with patients daily, I know that health concerns continue between doctor's appointments, whether it's wheezing and sneezing or figuring out how to untangle silly putty from hair. At MommyDocs.com, we provide practical information parents can put into practice right away."

Freishtat and Schreiber conceived MommyDocs in the preschool carpool line, where they faced a daily barrage of parents' questions about everything from eczema to ear infections. Recalling their "curbside consults" in medical school, they realized they could deliver their medical and mom expertise in a more streamlined way. Recognizing research studies that showed 88 percent of moms said they rely on the Web for parental guidance, advice, and ideas for raising their children (Marketing to Moms' State of the American Mom Report October 2007 - and that 89 percent of moms are on the Internet at least twice a day (Searcher Moms, DoubleClick 2007) -- they developed http://www.MommyDocs.com.

The MommyDocs appear regularly on Washington, DC's CBS affiliate WUSA-TV/Channel 9 morning newscasts; are "Baby Health" experts on The Bump (www.thebump.com); and write a monthly column in Washington Parent Magazine. Besides sharing the goal of helping parents raise healthy kids, each MommyDoc has two sons, one chocolate lab, and a silver minivan.                    

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