Our child does not have to be trained to speak. They learn to speak by copying, by listening, by being spoken to. Once this skill is achieved, it leads to reading, and writing. Language is a gift, absorbed through immersion. It is the result of a literacy rich environment, with loving guidance and modelling, opportunity and growth. Our child does …
The 5fs taught in medical school to identify gallstone risk…Fat Fair Female Forty Fertile.
Is this going to end well?
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Today, I’m soap-boxing about midwifery topics, and I’d love for you guys to consider these two images. Two healthy mamas, each with two healthy babies. No big deal really, except that in both of these cases, one of the babies belonging to each mother was a complete surprise at birth – an unexpected twin. One […] …
In 2019 the NSW State Gov, will start giving out the ‘baby bundle’. Read about it here: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/135m-pamper-pack-nobody-needs/news-story/858be7cc102cdd34aca053676cc0ef08 This baby bundle is COSTING us money, to give something that no one needs. It won’t save money. I have been told over and over that the government can not be seen to endorse one thing over …
sometimes it hits hard
They took the rubbish to the tip, In bins loaded in the ute, Return they did with glee and delight With loot they thought was beaut. “Mum, this is just for you” they say Presenting the tip art with joyful cheers I brush off the dirt and muster a smile “You really shouldn’t have, my …
Is the online you representative of the real you? If you died, tragically and in a newsworthy way, your social media will provide the images and personality to make your story more clickable. It will determine our you are represented. Are your settings public? There is implied consent to the use of your images and …
There once was a man who was not And another who dressed in a frock It’s not the same One is a game There is no kettle or pot. The conversation* tried to explain But still questions remain Such as what is a fact? And please define tact And has the world gone insane? …
