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Iron Deficiency
Well hello again everyone! Can you believe that the year is drawing to a close?! I know we say it every year, but geez this year went quickly! The tree is UP, the orders (to Santa) are IN and the kids… well the kids are still not really behaving themselves despite...
Mummy (parental) guilt
Hello again all you awesome peeps out there that look after little people. Today I am going to blog about “Mummy guilt.” If you are a dad, or a foster parent/carer – please don’t think that I am excluding you. I am certain that all types of carers have some form of...
Screen time and electronic device use in children
Helloooooooo there parents and carers! It seems that I am making a bit of a habit of apologising for late posts of recent weeks. The months of November and December for some reason, seem so much busier than the rest of the year and the weekends are PACKED,...
Failure to Thrive (poor weight gain)
The term "Failure to Thrive" is enough to strike fear in a parent or carer's heart... Or at least it does in mine (but then, I'm an Asian mum and I'm a feeder!!) Initially for many mums, it feels like the weight of the expectation of breastfeeding your baby...
Itchy girl bits (vulvovaginitis)
Hey there mums and dads, Gosh, I said I'd try hard to get these posts out earlier and I managed to last 1 whole week with that (face palm) - sorry. Have had an epic weekend, only arrived home from 4 days in Canberra this afternoon and have been running around,...
Constipation (Part 2) – Treatment
Hi again mums and dads! So to continue on from where we left off last week on this "hard" topic (ha ha!), we were going to discuss the different products that are on the market to treat constipation. Back in the day (like ~20 years ago) when I worked in community...
Head injury
Head injuries – hard to find a person who hasn’t had one over the course of their life. But when it happens to your child – is it serious or not? Here are some ways to figure it out, and what to do about it.
Warts
Dr Katie blogs about warts today. Fortunately, the common wart is not poisonous (unlike the one on the end of the Gruffalo’s nose) but they are ugly and inconvenient. Dr Katie has some advice on how to get rid of them.
Angry kids
Hi there parents and carers! This has been a really tricky article to write. There are so many reasons why kids can present as “angry” or with emotional dysregulation and I knew it would be a real challenge to cover them all sensitively and in completeness. In this...