Archive for Babies & Children Category
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Schedule of Childhood immunisations
(standard vaccination schedule provided by the EPI (SA); optional vaccines shown in red) Age of Child Which Vaccine? Possible Side Effects At birth Oral Polio Vaccine (0), BCG (vaccine against Tuberculosis) [...]
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Growing pains
We’re not talking about that spunky TV sitcom from the 80s, we’re talking about those nasty aches and pains your little ones get when they’re growing up. It’s not just a ‘old wives tale’. Kids really do experience leg pain – and sometimes that pain is so severe it can wake them from a fitful sleep. However, physicians say that the[...]
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First day at creche
Your child’s first day at creche is just one of many events in a parent’s life that a parent will absolutely dread. But let’s think about it rationally - who battles with it the most - the parent or the child? Generally it’s the parent who battle the most, because teachers have skillfully learnt the art of distraction and your child[...]
