Every month, Mile High Mamas features a Q & A from The Children’s Hospital on a different health topic. This month’s topic is all about how to sooth your child’s summer allergy symptoms. Learn how to reduce allergens in your home so springtime allergens don’t ruin your summer.
Most people think allergies should stop acting up [...]

Hundreds of newborns in need of emergency surgery to save their lives are flown to Children’s Hospital each year or rushed across campus from University of Colorado Hospital just moments after birth. But by early next year, women carrying babies known to have heart defects or other severe abnormalities will be able to give birth [...]

Make a Rainbow of Science in Your Home and Escape the Heat
The hot weather is here to stay for a few days. You’ve been to the pool everyday for a month. Now what are you going to do with the kids? With a little science and color knowledge, you can create rainbows inside.
Sharpie Pen Science
Pull [...]

When Dr. Andre Gillespie decided to open his own dental practice, he wanted to create an atmosphere that wouldn’t intimidate his patients — kids who range in age from infants to 20-year-olds.
He mentioned the idea of a themed office to his 16-year-old son, Khalil, who suggested dinosaurs.
“I said, ‘OK, everyone likes dinosaurs,’ ” Gillespie said.
So [...]

A Boulder company’s kid-friendly nutritional website is in the running for a $10,000 grand prize from Michelle Obama’s campaign to combat childhood obesity.
ZisBoomBah.com is one of 11 nationwide programs and the only entry accepted from Colorado in “The Apps for Healthy Kids” competition, a part of the first lady’s Let’s Move! The goal: developing engaging [...]

Although I would never call myself a travel “expert,” with family on both coasts I can assure you that we’ve done our fair share of traveling with kids. With distances over thousands of miles, airplane has become our main mode of travel. It’s not cheap. It’s not easy. But it is fast. If you’re planning [...]

Friday-Sunday. Break out the bodhrans: The Colorado Irish Festival is here. The festival celebrates all things Irish with lots of music, dancing, food and fun. As always, live music is everywhere — three stages will be running throughout the fest. Featured acts include Natalie MacMaster, Ennis, Pogey, The Elders and more. Plenty of bagpipers and [...]