Dr Andy Raffles
Winter Health Tips For Your Child In Nursery
Winter is a time for very cold weather, with crisp, cold days, and stunningly beautiful days with potentially lots of ice and snow, which...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Oct 17, 2021
- 4 min
Car Seats and Information For Families
One of the most important jobs you have as a parent or grandparent is keeping your child safe when your child is a passenger in a...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Aug 21, 2021
- 4 min
Tips for Healthy Child Development
Infants (0-1 year old) Developmental Milestones What happens – or doesn’t happen – to children in the earliest years of their lives is...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
Medicine Cabinet for Children, an essential for travel (and home)
Eight out of 10 GPs believe patients are not sufficiently prepared for minor incidents and illnesses. Lack of preparedness for even minor...
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Dr Lucinda Green
- Jun 25, 2021
- 4 min
Spotlight on Postnatal Depression
New parents often assume that having a baby will be joyful and exciting, and for many, it will be. However, it’s also common to feel...
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Dr Bisola Laguda
- Jun 25, 2021
- 5 min
Protecting Your Child’s Skin In The Sun
Warm sunny days are fun for children and adults alike, but it is important to do so safely. During this time of the year, we are often...
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- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Contemporary Weaning - An Allergist's Perspective
A common question asked of the Paediatrician is when to wean and onto which foods. Weaning is inevitable as exclusive breastfeeding will...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- May 26, 2021
- 5 min
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (also called Congenital Hip Dislocation or Hip Dysplasia)
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a condition where the ‘ball and socket’ joint of the hip does not properly form in babies and...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Is it Safe To Give My Baby A Dummy?
I am uncertain as to whether to use a dummy/pacifier/soother and have heard so much conflicting advice? Are they safe and when can I use...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Apr 23, 2021
- 5 min
Bullied or Bully?
Bullying at school As we all start to re-engage with a more normal life, and our children return to school they will re-establish...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
Oh No! Not Another Vaccination Article!
Current risks of vaccination are far outweighed by the risks of disinformation preventing children and young people from receiving timely...
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GUEST
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
Tongue-Tie
Tongue-tie occurs when tongue movement is restricted by the presence of a short, tight membrane (known as the lingual frenulum) that...
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Dr Claudine DeMunter
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Vomiting & Dehydration, Risks & How To Avoid Them
Children can vomit at all ages. Vomiting is a non-specific sign and has many different causes. When dealing with a vomiting baby or...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Jan 20, 2021
- 7 min
Baby and Child Care in an Era of Pandemic
We are living in, and through, a very challenging and unprecedented time, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has had a great...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
Hiccups
Your Child May Get Hiccups, But What Is That Strange Noise And Why Does It Happen? Hiccups happen when your diaphragm involuntarily...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
Puberty & Other Issues In The Teenage Years!
We will be providing an occasional series of articles on “The teenage Years” which strictly speaking is a prolonged period of transition...
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Dr Nitin Shastri, Consultant Paediatrician
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
What Is Croup & Who Is Most at Risk?
Croup is most commonly the result of an infectious respiratory illness. It causes a change in breathing causing a brassy, barking cough. ...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
Breath Holding in Children
About 20% of babies and young children have a habit of breath-holding at some time between the ages of 6 months to 4 years, although the...
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Dr Andy Raffles
- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
Flu Vaccine - More Important This Year?
As the 2020/21 influenza season is likely to collide with the currently observed nationwide surge in COVID-19 transmission,...
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Dr Claudine DeMunter
- Apr 12, 2019
- 2 min
Croup: Diagnosis and treatment
Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis) is term used to describe the breathing sounds that children make when they have an upper airway...
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