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Holistic Parenting

Our Ultrasound

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

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Holistic Parenting

Concerns About Ultrasound

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

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Children's Nutrition

Which fruits have the most pesticides!?!

Have you ever wondered how commercial fruits and vegetables rank against each other for pesticides? Recently I discovered a fabulous website for the Environmental Working Group (EWG) www.ewg.org. The EWG is a not-for-profit environmental research

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Holistic Parenting

Lap Days

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

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Pregnancy

Happy New Year

Well “Happy New Year” to you all! I hope (should you desire) that you are slowly moving into 2008 without too much rush or haste. Simon and I took the boys to Queensland this year

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General Wellness

The Cost Involved!!

We had a beautiful week in Northern Canada and Simon and I attribute this to the lovely people who helped host us. In general, Canadians seem very genuine and friendly. As Australians who had left

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General Wellness

Will Drugs help you Sleep?

Continuing with our discussion on Sleep Deprivation and Insomnia, “Between about 5 and 10% of people are regularly using something to help them sleep,” says Professor Leon Lack, head of the Sleep Research Laboratory at

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General Wellness

Slowing Down the End of Year Haste

FOR FAST ACTING RELIEF FROM STRESS, TRY SLOWING DOWN! Lilly Tomlin, Actress and Comedienne Interestingly, when I was walking early this morning, my dominant meditative thought was “Thank you Lord, for helping me to be

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Children's Nutrition

Creating meals for babies

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

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Children's Nutrition

Yummy Lunchbox Recipes

As the year pans out I am definitely suffering from a lack of enthusiasm for creating exciting and nutritious lunch menus. Hopefully some of the following recipes, in addition to the examples offered in the

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Children's Nutrition

School Lunches

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

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Breastfeeding

Candida Overgrowth

Do you have Candida? Many people unknowingly suffer with a candida overgrowth. While it is normal for some of the Candida yeast-like fungi (bacteria) to be present in the body, Candidiasis is a bacterial imbalance

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Children's Nutrition

Aspartame and Cancer!

STOP before you buy that sugar-free chewing gum, dessert, soft drink or yoghurt and consider the long term health risks!!! Since its discovery in 1965, controversy has raged over the health risks associated with the

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