Kids health

Guest post by Kelly Rae, Owner of Oceanic Waterbabies. With summer approaching, beaches and pools become magnets for our leisure time, highlighting the need for safety and fun, especially for [...]

Getting outside with the kids is a great way to not only keep them entertained but keep them healthy and at one with nature. We’ve come up with a list of the best nature playgrounds in [...]

Do you ever ask yourself “is my poo normal?”   Yes, I’m serious!   You already know that your poo can reflect your physical, and sometimes even emotional, health. You [...]

Hippocrates said, “All disease begins in the gut.”   And while this may not be 100% true for every disease in every person, an increasing body of research shows that our gut (digestive [...]

Felicity from The Baby Vine shares some messy play ideas and the benefits of messy play for kids.   Getting into messy play as a mum was difficult for me. Let’s face it, kids are messy [...]

Dads often get praised for regular parenting (just a bit patronising!) or they get portrayed as goofy and rather unhelpful – think Peppa’s Daddy Pig!   So how can we promote [...]

Thank you to T21 mum Vikki Tavelli for sharing her story and dispelling some of the myths about Down Syndrome.   What is it like to live with a child with Down syndrome? Yesterday I read a [...]

A food preservative is a substance added to foods to make them last longer; to “preserve” them. Preservatives are added to foods that go bad quickly and have found themselves in all [...]

Claudia Harley, the creator of Wellfulness, shares her tips on using cooking as a mindfulness activity with kids, as well as one of her favourite recipes – banana oat biscuits.   [...]

Finding reliable yet holistic health information is hard. If you’re in any online ‘mum forums’ you will often see comments along the lines of ‘do your own research’ [...]