This is PEDYACAST.

Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.

And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.

Hello, everyone, and welcome. Once again to Pediacast.

It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike, coming to you from the campus of nationwide children's hospital.

We're in Columbus, Ohio.

It's episode 408 for June 21st, 2018.

We're calling this one Button Batteries and Honey and Retro Toddler.

Want to welcome you to the program.

If you have a baby or toddler at home, this is going to be a fantastic episode for your family.

And if you know someone who has a baby or a toddler at home, please do share this episode with

him.

We'll be covering some terrific information.

Dr. Anne Zachary is here. She is an

assistant professor of occupational therapy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center

in Memphis. She's also a child development expert and author of a new book from the American

Academy of Pediatrics called Retro-Toddler, more than 100 old-school activities to boost development.

And here's a thing, you know, we pediatricians are always saying,

let's lighten up on the screen time and the tablets and the smartphones,

especially when we're talking about young children,

because babies and toddlers, they need real world engagement with people

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