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Since she figured out solids at the end of last year, Talia has been fantastic, eating all sorts of homecooked meat and veg. She had started to catch up with her weight and all was going well… until now.
A week or maybe a little longer ago, she started objecting to receiving food on a […]

Physiotherapy is one of those emotionally fraught issues for a parent. You know you are doing the right thing by giving your child extra help to reach their physical milestones, but at the same time you still feel fragile and vulnerable because your baby isn’t making progress like everyone else.
When it was first suggested Talia […]

By Andrew Exon
Infant Massage has found its own niche in the medical industry and it promotes healthy growth of premature and full-term infants. Low birth weight and bone mineralization are both common problems of premature infants that lead to many other related health complications.
Recent studies have found that regular infant massage performed by a […]

Premature Baby 27wks - 2 Years On
This is a video of Ronan 2 years on after being born prematurely at 27 weeks. I thought it would be nice to do a follow on video so parents with premature babies in hospital can see that these tiny miracles do grow big and strong.

Last Wednesday we found out that i am pregnant with number 2! We had been trying for over 8 months and were very joyful but scared when we found out the news.
My son was born prematurely at 27 weeks gestation due to PPROM & spontaneous labour. There was nothing that could be done to stop […]

Charli and her mum Jodie
Where was Charli born?
At Canberra hospital by emergency caesarean. I did have a drug free water birth planned but I guess things don’t always go as planned.
What was her gestation?
31 weeks + 4 days
And her birth weight?
800g, less than half of what it should be for her gestation.
How did it […]