Hartman Pediatrics

10/15/2026

With the busy winter sick season fast approaching, we are taking some time tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon to do some in office training. We will have limited same day sick visits tomorrow in the morning only. We will not be seeing patients in the afternoon in order to accomplish this necessary skill check in for our staff to ensure we are safely providing the best care for all of our patients. Please login or call early before 11 am if your child needs to be seen. Thank you for your understanding!

10/12/2026

Fall break to do list:
✅ Flu shot

Flu vaccines are still available by self scheduling a nurse visit in your portal or asking while you are at the office for an appointment.

10/06/2026

The RSV immunoglobulin shot is available for the season at Hartman Pediatrics for infants under 8 months and children under 2 years with certain chronic conditions. Children can receive this vaccine along with other routine vaccines at well exams or you can choose to come in for a nurse visit just for the RSV injection. Login to your portal to select schedule appointment for a nurse visit.

10/02/2026

Busy day at the office today! We gave more than 50 flu vaccines this evening! Thanks to our staff for staying open late today in order to make getting a flu shot a little easier for our families. If you couldn’t make it tonight, no worries. Flu vaccines are still available at our office every day of the week! Ask for a flu vaccine while at the office for an appointment or use your portal to schedule a nurse visit on a day/time that works for you.

09/30/2026

Flu vaccines are now available every day of the week! Here are the ways your child can receive a flu vaccine at our office this season:

- Login and choose schedule appointment in your portal, choose nurse visit for vaccine only and find a day/time that works for you
- Are you coming to the office for another appointment this fall? Flu vaccines can be given at most other visits while seeing a doctor with the exception of if your child has a fever.
- Every year we try to provide some evening or weekend hours to make getting a flu vaccine a little more convenient. This year will be staying open until 6 pm on Thursday October 1st. Send us a portal message if you would like to come that evening! scheduling ahead helps us be better prepared!
Don’t worry, flu vaccines will continue to be available at the office after October 1st as well. Our supply typically lasts until March actually. So if you can’t come this week, you can come another time! 😊

09/29/2026

Flu vaccines are now available every day of the week! Here are the ways your child can receive a flu vaccine at our office this season:

- Login and choose schedule appointment in your portal, choose nurse visit for vaccine only and find a day/time that works for you
- Are you coming to the office for another appointment this fall? Flu vaccines can be given at most other visits while seeing a doctor with the exception of if your child has a fever.
- Every year we try to provide some evening or weekend hours to make getting a flu vaccine a little more convenient. This year will be staying open until 6 pm on Thursday October 1st. Send us a portal message if you would like to come that evening! scheduling ahead helps us be better prepared!
Don’t worry, flu vaccines will continue to be available at the office after October 1st as well. our supply typically lasts until March actualy. So if you can’t come this week, you can come another time! 😊

09/28/2026

09/21/2026

💥 Flu vaccines now available! 💥

Here are the ways you can schedule a flu shot 💉 for your child and help them fight influenza this season:

1. Schedule a nurse visit Tuesday-Friday. Login to your portal to self schedule for a vaccine only nurse visit.

2. Ask for a flu vaccine while in the office for another appointment. We’re happy t give flu vaccines at other visits to help you avoid multiple trips to the office. It’s also great to bring siblings along and ask the front desk to add them to the schedule to get their flu shot if you are already coming to the office.

3. If you need a late appointment after 4:30 pm, login to your portal and schedule for our evening flu clinic October 1st. We will be staying late until 6pm that day just for flu vaccines.

09/21/2026

Do you have Benadryl in your cabinet at home? It’s time to toss it and replace with a better option!

It’s probably time for most people to move on from Benadryl.

Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) has been around since the 1940s, and for generations it became THE allergy medication people reached for.

However, medicine has moved on.

Benadryl is a first-generation antihistamine, meaning it readily enters the brain. That’s why it can cause:

😴 Significant drowsiness
🧠 Impaired attention and coordination
🚗 Slower reaction time
😵 Confusion or paradoxical agitation, especially in some children

Here’s the important part:

For most everyday allergy symptoms, we now have second-generation antihistamines such as cetirizine (Zyrtec), loratadine (Claritin), and fexofenadine (Allegra) that generally last longer and cause much less sedation.

Benadryl also should NOT be your emergency plan for anaphylaxis.

If someone is having a severe allergic reaction involving breathing problems, throat tightness, significant swelling, dizziness/fainting, or symptoms involving multiple organ systems:

EPINEPHRINE is the first-line treatment.

Antihistamines may help itching or hives, but they do not reverse the dangerous airway or cardiovascular effects of anaphylaxis.

Does that mean nobody should ever take Benadryl?

No.

But “we’ve always used it” isn’t a great reason to keep making it our default allergy medication when better options now exist.

I’m an allergist, and one of the most common medication conversations I have with families is:

You probably don’t need Benadryl anymore.

Do you still keep Benadryl in your medicine cabinet? 👇

09/18/2026