“See this red line tracking up this little one’s foot? It is a red flag.”
There will be times when your little one is in distress, and you shouldn’t wait to make an appointment with your child’s physician. Here are a few serious illnesses to be aware of. While they are very rare, it’s important we are aware of them just in case.
“This is not an easy image to look at, I know. But it is an important reminder about the reality of choking in little ones.”
It’s always good to be aware of what germs are out there. Here are a few of the more common childhood illnesses you’ve most likely encountered on your parenting journey and how to treat them.
It’s rare, but yes, sometimes babies can be born with teeth.
“He was screaming, his skin was red all over and there was an overwhelming smell of bleach with liquid running down his legs and arms from burst blisters… it was chilling.”
The newborn’s parents, 33-year-old Oxana Mironova and 43-year-old Maxim Lyutyi both follow a radical diet that involves feeding off the sunlight and going for prolonged periods without food and water.
“The reality is, if we didn’t seek medication attention when we did then we wouldn’t have her here with us today,”
“We all thought she would make it. It seems like a terrible nightmare that we will not wake up beside her, that we will have no more Poppy updates to share,” the devastated mums shared.
The popular nappy rash cream has since been recalled and after reading these parents’ horror stories, it’s easy to see why!
“I prepared your room, rolling in the ultrasound machine that would show us a still heart. You cried, and you didn’t see me but I cried too. I stepped out of the room, and hung a picture of a fallen leaf on your door. It was our way of communicating what was happening, and letting our staff know what kind of delivery room they were walking into.”
Carla, Ethan’s mum, is only the 12th mother in Australia and NZ to have had this amazing in-utero surgery. Read Ethan’s incredible journey so far. What a little fighter!