Choosing Toys for Babies

Elizabeth Pantley [06 August 2009] - You may not be sure what kind of toys, or how many, you baby should have. It’s likely that you hear conflicting advice that runs from one extreme to another! It’s either: “Don’t give your baby toys he’ll be spoiled,” to “Give your baby lots of toys they develop his brain.” So…which is it? Read more »

Sexual predators are targeting increasingly younger children

Petro Pretorius [24 February 2009] - The following article was provided to me by a very strong mother - she tells her family's story which is both heartfelt and a parent's worse nightmare. This is a glimps of their ordeal in her own words:

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you ever found someone sexually molested your child?  It has always been my biggest fear and I waited for my child to be properly potty-trained before sending him of to crèche even though I was criticized by family and friends.  Don’t think it won’t happen to you, it will!!  Be prepared because sexual predators are targeting increasingly younger children. Read more »

Dr Reinette Bester

Dr Reinette Bester [13 August 2008] -

Reinette is the perfect paediatrician as she is able to sooth parent and child equally, while mindful to explain exactly what she is doing and what the aim is of what she is doing. She does not just goes ooh and ah with the parents getting more and more worried.

She is thorough and precise, yet warm and approachable, with special interest in asthma and allergies.

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Joleen Bilgin

Joleen Bilgin [20 October 2008] - Joleen is a registered nurse. She is born and bred in Cape Town and completed her nursing diploma at Tygerberg, with general psychiatry and obstetrics; she also proclaims these years as wonderful. Read more »