Perhaps you’ve never been drawn to the world of natural health before and perhaps you’ve been searching for natural health alternatives for your baby. While we know a few of these treatments can be pretty weird and are sometimes not backed by science and research. But while conventional medicine is better understood, it can also […]
Feeding your child a healthy diet and ensuring that they get all that their growing bodies need is a top priority for most moms. Except… it’s not that easy, as all moms know. Continuously providing healthy food in an unhealthy society can be expensive and time consuming. And then of cause there is the small […]
Mothers who choose to breastfeed their babies face various challenges. Amongst the biggest of these are all the different beliefs that people have around breastfeeding. These “breastfeeding myths” are offered as advice, even sometimes by healthcare professionals, and are often the reason moms stop breastfeeding. Sadly a lot of it is simply not true. Sometimes […]
A screening test is a test that aims to detect any potential health problems or diseases in someone who doesn’t have any signs or symptoms of the disease. Many diseases can be treated much more effectively if they are diagnosed early on. When your baby is born, a full physical check will be done by a […]
Being overweight is hard – you can ask any grown-up who battles to lose weight. It is not something that a young child should have to experience. And yet obesity in children and adolescents has become a worldwide epidemic. According to the 2019 Child Gauge Report, a shocking 13.3% of South African children below the […]
For many women (not all of you), falling pregnant and having a baby finally puts you smack-bang in the middle of a journey that you have dreamed about since you were a little girl playing with your doll. You have read about it and prepared for it. Whether the reality is a euphoric and easy […]
For some reason, when you are pregnant or have a new baby, people feel the need to give some parenting advice. Everyone from friends and family, to complete strangers in the mall are ready to give an opinion or to tell you how you should actually be doing it (as they did it and it […]
If your baby was just born, 6 weeks may still seem very far away. The following 6 weeks (or 40 days, which somehow sounds better) will simultaneously be extremely challenging and beautifully rewarding. Here’s are some tips to help you survive. You need to recover from the birth, establish breastfeeding, and settle down with this […]
With the lockdown and social isolation in place, many parents are reporting healthier babies and toddlers this winter. This is because they are not exposed to the usual winter germs in a crèche or preschool. But even without exposure at school, few will pass the winter without any sniffles and coughing. Is children’s cough something […]
Immunisation is one of the topics new parents worry about most. One of the concerns that you may have is how to choose which vaccines to give to your baby, especially as you may have heard about private and government vaccines and perhaps also the private versus government immunisation programme debate. When the private vs […]