We appreciate the opportunity to provide a medical home for your infant, child or teenager.
About PPC:
Provided healthcare in Lee County for over 40 years, spanning several generations of families
Convenient locations in Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Lehigh Acres
(11) Board Certified Pediatricians and (1) Nurse Practitioner
Open 365 days a year, including holidays
After-hour on call physician coverage
Hospital privileges at Lee Memorial Health System
Take advantage of our educational topics and links as well as our online services. We look forward to letting our family take care of your family.
Jaundice: Why is my baby yellow?
If you have a newborn in the household, you may have heard your doctors and nurses talk about the terms "jaundice" and "bilirubin" levels. What do these terms mean? Or you might have noticed that your newborn's skin has a slight yellowish tone. Why would this be?
Breaking The Finger-Sucking Habit
Although there is no urgency about stopping thumb-sucking in a 2 year old, prolonged finger-sucking can have a number of harmful effects and is definitely a habit that warrants intervention in older children.
Study: Babies use lip-reading when learning to talk
Babies at about 6 months of age start to read lips while people talk to them, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers said that babies shift back to the intent eye gaze of early infancy by their first year, but they continue to read lips when they hear foreign languages spoken.
