Well it has been an ‘interesting’ week for our family. I say interesting because I’ve had plenty of circumstances/scenarios arise – to allow for some serious ‘self –observation’. This process of self-observation is the principle
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.
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
I had a funny experience last night. I was talking to one of my sister’s on the phone, whilst trying to carry a washing basket full of clothes up two flights of stairs. With my
As always, life is full of learning and sweet reminders. Over the last few weeks I have realised that I have started to let myself feel very squeezed by life. That I have let myself
Goodness me, Easter has surely snuck up on our family this year. So much so that relatives have been ringing to say “I hope it’s alright but we bought the boys some chocolate eggs and
Some leading international brands of personal care products for babies and children have made all sorts of miraculous claims recently via Australian media, regarding their safety and beneficial effects. Yet interestingly at the same time
A couple of weeks ago Simon and I went for an ultrasound… At the time we were around 25 weeks pregnant and ideally we should have had our scan closer to 20 weeks which is
Ultrasound has effects on the body that are not yet fully understood. A sound wave is capable of making a change that is thermal, vibrational or mechanical in nature.1 It causes heat to be generated
Many of my girlfriends who have recently started back at work are finding that, much to their great dismay, their little ones are catching colds and flu’s through exposure to bugs at their crèches and
It can be tricky preparing food for little ones. Particularly when most, if not all kids cook books, include recipes with diary or wheat ‘early on’ (not to mention fish, beans etc). I have stumbled
Here is a health initiative I worked on with staff at the boys school, helping to inform ‘Prep parents'(1st year school parents) about healthy school lunch options… As parents, obviously we want the best
