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Sitting on the adult toilet can be a big step for kids! There are lots of things about the toilet that can make it scary and unpleasant. Just the thought of falling in, and the big drop below, can be enough to put them off using it. Here are some recommendations to encourage successful ...

Taking care of your child's oral health begins with proper toothbrushing habits, and it's never too early (or too late) to start.  Some children are keen to learn, engage and be independent in various self-care tasks, while for others mastering these skills can be a challenge or even a battle. It ...

Did you know that the colour of your urine can tell you a lot about how hydrated you are?   Urine contains waste products and one of these is a chemical called urobilin, which is yellow. So, if you’ve ever wondered why urine is yellow, it’s because of the urobilin in it! In fact, the ...

Packing school lunchboxes can feel like a daunting task, especially when you have a fussy eater. It can also feel very disheartening when lunchboxes come home mostly uneaten at the end of the day. The ideal lunch box should have enough food to meet the nutritional and energy needs of a child while ...

Playing with other children and friendships are important. As your child starts school, making friends and learning how to form successful peer relationships becomes a key issue. Friendships are important for children’s self-esteem, when your child has good friends, he feels like he belongs, that ...

Starting school is huge, and is a daunting time for both our little ones and ourselves.  Feeling a range of emotions is to be expected, such as excitement, apprehension, sadness, fear, uncertainty and anxiety.  We might even find that we experience irritability or even anger.   So why ...

Learning to tie your shoelaces is a right of passage for early primary school children. It comes with a lot of persistence, assistance, double knots and loose laces.  While there is some debate whether the traditional single loop (“around the tree and down the bunny hole”) method is simpler ...

Kids all over Australia are about to be jabbed! As adults with mature brains we know why this must be, but kids are really taking our word for it. We have noticed increased anxiety amongst our kids since the pandemic started, and many are very fearful of any vaccination, or of anything related to ...

When clothes irritate it can really make us uncomfortable and take our attention away from the task at hand. For those of us with this sensitivity, some fabrics, threads, labels and clothing tags, waistbands, fasteners, seams and even a particular colour can really interfere with how we function in ...

Let’s face it - toilet training is hard work. Just when you are about to celebrate throwing away the nappies, giving away the change table and thinking you are on your way … you suddenly hear from the toilet room the inevitable “Mum … I’m finished!!!!!” … yep – you have forgotten to ...