August 29th, 201601371It is the quintessential motherhood statement to say that it is good for babies to be breast-fed. It is not the purpose of this blog to list the benefits or why we...
July 25th, 201611552It is fascinating to see how the world turns. A lament of many over the last decade or so has been that teenagers and children do not get outside to play and spend too...
June 15th, 201601452When I give vaccinations or other injections, I often see parents investing a lot of their energy in distracting their child. The distraction scenario looks big and...
June 6th, 201601453There is an adage, which says that everything old will be new again. I have previously written about my late mothers take on fashion. If you had a laundry basket big...
May 13th, 201601905If you have been following my series on childhood injections you will be aware of my aversion to holding kids down when they are getting a medical procedure. The...
April 1st, 201601617We presented to the Doctors' surgery right on time. Both of my daughters were having their injections. Neither of them showed any sign of being nervous and immediately...
February 19th, 201602473Larissa was an 8 year old I saw regularly in ED. She had a chronic medical condition that will require regular medical attention for the rest of her life…
When I...
January 30th, 201601466You go to school with an expectation that what you are learning is going to be crucial for you to succeed in life. Yet many of the most important elements are ignored...
Children's Health
