Mercy Clinic Pediatrics

Our patients LOVE reading!! Read to your baby every day starting at birth. The more new words your baby hears, the more brilliant his vocabulary will be when he starts talking. And if you live in St Louis County, sign up for the 1000 books before kindergarten program! https://www.slcl.org/node/1768

We will all miss Eric Carle.. Read to your child everyday from birth. Maybe read an Eric Carle book in his honor tonight.

Check to see if your child is in the right car seat based on age and size.

More reasons to consider getting your children 12 and up vaccinated against COVID-19. Help us protect the vulnerable that can’t be vaccinated!

Wanna start getting back to normal again? The CDC announced today that fully vaccinated people can go out without masks as long as allowed based on local laws. If you haven’t been vaccinated yet, schedule an appointment at https://www.mercy.net/service/covid-19-vaccine https://vaccinate.bjc.org/schedule... https://lukesvaccine.com https://stlcorona.com/covid19-vaccines/vaccine-appointments/ https://covidvaccine.mo.gov/find/#map/ Make sure to schedule appointments for your children 12 years and older too!

For those 16 and over wanting to get on the registries of our various communities for COVID vaccinations: St. Charles County https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/sccmoCOVIDvax2... St. Louis County https://stlhealthandwellness.az1.qualtrics.com//SV_6usqqPn St. Louis City https://stlouisdph.qualtrics.com/j/form/SV_08qM4vOqB5dJniR

If you live in St Clair County in IL, you can sign up to be notified when they have COVID vaccine available (for 16 and up).

Merry Christmas to all our patients and their families! We are now closed for the day. We will have phone hours on Saturday 12/26 in the morning and will resume normal office hours again on Monday. For urgent medical needs, please contact us through the exchange at 314-747-7783.

Thank you all for voting! Our winner is Hailey, one of our amazing MAs. Congratulations! She wins the desired Ugly Sweater ornament!

Need a website that helps you evaluate safety of a gathering? Check out this site designed by Stanford University! Pick out the size of your group and the county you’ll be in. It will tell you the percent chance that someone in your group already has COVID based on current prevalence data for the area. For instance, right now, a group of 25 in St Louis County has at least a 42% chance of one person that is COVID positive. Sobering info, and hopefully reminds us to stay home and avoid gatherings!

Happy Halloween from all of us at Mercy Pediatrics! Hope you all stay healthy and safe.

Another successful drive thru flu shot clinic yesterday! Call our office tomorrow to get on our schedule for next weekend. Keep your children protected! #vaccinessavelives #stoptheflu

Clearly the success of our first drive through flu vaccine clinic has spread. We are now scheduling for Saturday October 24th, as the 17th is completely booked. Call us to get scheduled!

Our next drive through flu shot clinic is scheduled for October 17! Please call our office to get on the schedule. Especially given the current COVID pandemic, it is so important to keep our children safe from other febrile illness.