Pink Eye in Babies: All About Conjunctivitis, From Symptoms to Treatments

March 25, 2016

Pink eye (or conjunctivitis) doesn’t just affect older children, pink eye in babies is a thing, too. And, we’ve all had that moment where we’ve noticed that our child’s eye is a little pink at bedtime. We’ve gone to sleep praying that it will look normal by morning. But, at 6 a.m., the kid’s eye is crusted shut with green pus oozing out of it. And the part of it that’s usually white is…

Deena Blanchard, MD, is a pediatrician and partner with Premier Pediatrics, in New York City. She also serves as a pediatric expert for Ella’s Kitchen. Dr. Blanchard completed her Masters of Public Health at Temple University with a focus on health education before attending Medical School at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completing her residency at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of Columbia Presbyterian. She was awarded Physician of the Year by Columbia Presbyterian and is also the recipient of Alpha Omega Alpha and The American Women’s Association Glascow Rubin Achievement Award. Dr. Blanchard enjoys sharing her expertise and experience as a pediatrician and a mom with the families she works with, as well as through her contributions to Momtastic, Big City Moms, and The Stir by Café Mom. She lives in New York City with her husband and three sons.