This post is by Naomi Cook of Nurse Naomi. It’s been a while since I’ve had time to blog about our food intolerance journey (see Eating Like a Cow and Food Allergies & Intolerances: Our Journey Continues). I’ve actually been busy writing a children’s trilogy called The Pharaoh Prophecies (you can read more about it […]
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Kids Health: Molluscum Contagiosum
This post is by regular contributor Naomi Cook. I have just come from the playground where I witnessed a little girl clambering over the equipment with a naked underarm revealing a cluster of Molluscum Contagiosum (MC)… Mollusc what??? What is that??? Here is a little information on a skin rash commonly affecting kids. What is […]
Screen Time & Young Hearts: A Look at a Recent Sydney Study
This post is by regular contributor Naomi Cook. We are not ‘T.V people.’ However, my three year old enjoys an educational DVD whilst I make dinner and she also enjoys educational apps on my iPhone. I have seen tremendous learning outcomes from both of these forms of screen time. I frequently find these forms of […]
Colds We Wish Weren’t So ‘Common’
This post is by regular contributor Naomi Cook. I write this from voluntarily ‘isolation.’ It is almost a self imposed quarantine! I have taken my older child out of child care temporarily and am avoiding, on the whole, areas teeming with (cold ridden) kids such as playgrounds. Drastic measures! My youngest is a little immuno-compromised […]
Food Allergies and Intolerances: Our Journey Continues
This post is by regular contributor Naomi Cook. Four weeks ago I left the Allergy Centre at our local hospital with my daughter. She had been newly diagnosed with multiple food chemical intolerances, but I was feeling lucky. As I paid the receptionist for our visit I overheard a doctor ask another mother, “Have you […]