I get asked most weeks about how to wean from the breast safely and not get mastitis. So, of course, a blog was born!You may want or need to wean for many reasons and yes,...

Julie gave me the inspiration for this blog post. Thank you to Julie and Rosalie. Rosalie is only 3 days old and I went round to visit the new parents and of course baby needed...

Those of you who know me or who have read my blogs will no doubt recall my love of quinoa.It's one of those words that takes a while to get used to how to say...

Karen and Nurture Parenting Solutions welcomes the NHMRC's soon to be published guidelines on earlier introduction of solid food for babies.I have been advising earlier introduction of solids for quite a while now, and I...

Today, I was invited along to the launch of the New Pigeon Peristaltic PLUS™ Teat, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. This new product changes the way that babies take milk from a bottle and mimics...

This topic presented itself in a chance conversation with a mum this week and I felt it needed a bit more looking at. I had a mum come in to see me and a chance...

Well, peeps my voice is back, sort of, but I have the vilest cold and feel rather under the weather but must soldier on...after all I have blogs to write, babies to weigh and sleep...

Well Karen has lost her voice. She's at home, blogging from her sick bed!My 'significant other' had a very peaceful evening. Lots of furious sign language and gesticulating. Today, I can't even manage a whisper!I had...

I had a couple of phone calls this week from mums who tried to give their 2 and 3-month-old babies a bottle.These babies had been totally breastfed and both mums needed to give a bottle to...

This is such an important topic and I find myself talking about iron and why it's important most days. Babies have a store of iron in their liver that is built up during pregnancy and...