Well Child Center is dedicated to improving the lives of children and families through education, counseling, and services in the areas of childhood nutrition and pediatric dental health.
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The Well Child Center is dedicated to improving the lives of children and families through education, counseling and services in the areas of childhood nutrition and pediatric dental health.
By creating and maintaining broad-based community partnerships with other organizations that provide health and social services, the Well Child Center strives to be a medical home for children in need, empowering families and enabling all children to reach their maximum potential.
The Well Child Center Pediatric Dental Clinic provides comprehensive preventative and primary dental care to children in need in the greater Elgin community.
WIC helps parents to feed their children properly during critical periods of growth and development.
The Well Child Center was founded over 40 years ago with the goal of providing uninsured children with primary and preventive medical care.
With an aim to inspire families to eat at home together more often, to foster the best health possible for individuals and families now and into the future, we are proud to celebrate National Family Meals Month™! During September, we encourage families to share one more meal together per week and we will highlight tips,…
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“What have you heard about pumping your breastmilk when you return to work?” We ask this question every day at the WIC clinic. I share with interested clients that I pumped breastmilk for two of my three kids and encourage them to continue to breastfeed while working as well. I cried a lot when I…
Breastfeeding aficionados, this blog’s for you! Is there anything quite as special as a mom cradling and nursing her newborn baby? The oldest image of a mother breastfeeding dates back to Babylon, approximately 2003-1595 B.C. and throughout history breastfeeding sustained life. However, in 2019 a simple internet search for “breastfeeding” produces over 100 million results…
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