With autumn here, the Victorian air is much cooler and the winds are becoming more constant. Most of us have succumbed to the need for heaters or fires of an evening and early in the
Someone asked me the other day how to get the important oils like Flax and Fish Oils into a child’s diet? There are lots of ways to disguise oils, but personally I think it’s important
Most parents are fairly dubious about Easter. Rightly so, it’s simply one big sugar feast. Our children are given Easter eggs from their teachers, school friends, relatives, family friends, work associates, neighbours and then there’s
One of the boys had a friend’s birthday party the other day and, as to be expected, when I collected him his hands were loaded with a piece of cake and a bag of lollies.
We went to the beach over the weekend with some of our relatives and after three days of sharing a house, there was anarchy amongst the children. This is probably fairly predictable behavior for all
I was chatting with a girlfriend recently who is a midwife, and we were discussing the challenges some women have with breastfeeding. She shared with me her experience of working with a woman in hospital
Most days I feel a level of inspiration and intestinal fortitude that enables me to gracefully handle any ‘nutritional whim’ my children may throw at me. By nutritional whims, I mean the requests or demands
Last week when I was at our office I ran into an old patient and she asked if I was writing another book. She continued by adding, that it would be nice to read or
As a mother I am completely aware of how exhausting it can be to keep a handle on ‘good nutrition’ for a family. Information changes on a daily basis regarding what’s good for us and
