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Kidspot Australia is all about simplifying the journey that is parenting. Launched in 2005, Kidspot started as a directory of maternity, baby, and kid related equipment, toys, clothing, travel, fun, activities, sport, and related trappings. Now boasting the most comprehensive directory for parents in Australia – it makes it fast and easy for parents to identify products, services and places of interest leaving more time for all to enjoy.

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Breast or Formula… What is ...

Choosing whether to breast or formula feed your bub is one of hardest decisions to make as a new or expecting parent.

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How to make a healthy lunchbox

Whether you’re making your own lunchbox, or you’re making one for the youngest members of your household, it should be a snapshot of a normal day of healthy eating.

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Working with children with ...

Where do you start when, as a parent, you’re worried about your child?

Allergies and Immunology

What can I do with my child’s ...

What is hay fever? Hay fever (allergic rhinitis) is caused by allergy to environmental inhalants like pollens (grasses or trees), dust mite, animal ...

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How is ADHD diagnosed?

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common reasons for referral to a paediatrician. Sometimes parents are worried, ...

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Is your child ready to start ...

Is your child is halfway through their kinder year and you're not sure if things are okay with their development or behaviour? Have you been ...

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How is ASD diagnosed?

Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are now on everyone's radar thanks to increasing awareness and understanding that early intervention ...

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What does a developmental ...

Have you ever wondered why your child does things that just don’t seem right or exhibits behaviour that you haven’t observed in other ...

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What's the difference between a ...

General paediatricians can treat (or are involved in the care of) most medical and developmental problems in children; it's a skillset in itself ...

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Gifted Children and Behavioural ...

Why gifted children develop behavioural problems I have had a little run of seeing kids in clinic of late who have been particularly gifted. It ...

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Headaches and Migraines in ...

Headaches are really common in children and we see this problem frequently as general paediatricians. Of the children who get referred to us, over 90% ...

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Intellectual Disability (Or ...

So having blogged for the last few weeks on creepy-crawly, icky, infectious things you can catch, today for a change I thought I’d do a ...

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Cold Sores and Herpes Simplex ...

A good friend of mine has had a little one who recently had a terrible experience with her first infection with the cold sore virus, so I ...

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Easter holiday programs

Easter holiday programs. Holiday workshops are a great way to break up seemingly endless days at home, while at the same time providing a fantastic ...

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Tummy Pain in children

Nothing worse for a parent than knowing your child is in pain or ill and not knowing what to do about it or whether to worry. Tummy pain is a very ...

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Scabies

So after my brilliant (*ahem*) school-kid infection-trifecta (school sores, head lice and threadworms), I decided that no blog collection about ...

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HEAD LICE (AND NITS)

So was contemplating what health topic I might blog about today and was scrolling back through past posts. My thought process was, “Ooooh!! I ...

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THREADWORMS (PINWORMS)

So today I am going to blog about something easy and fast! I was planning on posts on “Fostering resilience in kids” and “Anxiety” but ...

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Autistic Spectrum Disorder – ...

Hi there everyone, Here is the long anticipated “Part 2” to our enthralling article on Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Had an absolutely epic ...

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Autistic Spectrum Disorder – ...

So it’s a big couple of weeks for parents and kids hasn’t it? School has gone back for the year and things are returning to normal after what ...

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