Manor Baby Clinic

Spotlight: Covid-19 side-effect: Dramatic drop in SA’s immunisation rates The health department is urging caregivers to take children due for routine immunisation and who have missed their shots during lockdown, to health facilities to get their vaccinations.

Sometimes babies can eat a lot. Because they triple in size in the first year of life! Toddlers, however, may eat very tiny amounts of food. Less than babies, even. Because they aren't growing as much.⁣⁠⠀
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This is why the most powerful thing you can do with your little one is to let them decide whether to eat and how much. Don't push them to eat. Just watch them decide how much to eat.⁣⁠⠀Some kids will eat a lot - that’s okay! Some kids will eat a little, that’s okay too. If there is truly a problem with your child’s growth, your pediatrician will bring it up with you.
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Maybe your little one eats the plate on the left some days. That's okay. It's also okay if your child eats two bites at a meal and is done. It's normal. It's normal. It's normal.⁣⁠⠀
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⁣✨Need help getting your kids to eat veggies? You can get my FREE 14 page child feeding guide in my bio .eat.in.color.✨⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁠⠀

33 Reasons to Choose a Play-Based Preschool, Not an Academic One Parents in the US are enthralled with academic preschools, buying into the belief that earlier is better. However, research shows that play is how kids learn best. It enhances their imaginations, promotes exploration, increases vocabulary, and builds social skills.

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Food allergies: The culprits, symptoms, diagnosis, and misconceptions | The Allergy Clinic Food allergies can’t be cured, and it's essential to have a proper medical diagnosis to confirm your food allergy because you might not be allergic at all.

The Ominous Rise of Toddler Milk Baby-formula sales are slumping, so the companies that make it have turned to supplements for 3-year-olds.

Today we highlight 14-year-old inspiration and Bionic girl Tilly Lockey - Give Tilly a Hand!

As a baby, Tilly Lockey lost both her hands to Meningitis Septicaemia which led to a life-long journey of finding the perfect prosthetics. Today Tilly has a personalised set of bionic arms!

Tilly’s bionic arms were developed by Open Bionics, a company who is building and developing the next generation of bionic limbs, turning disabilities into superpowers! What makes Tilly's and many other candidates arms different is that they have additional modes over and above open and close. All bionic advanced prosthetic arms work differently. What’s more is that they’re personalised in terms of sensitivity, learning each individuals strength for flexing and releasing muscles.

“Now kids get excited when they see me. My arms look like something out of an action movie, like from Marvel. They give other kids the idea that their disability is their superpower.” – Tilly Lockey

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Sr Rose Dale - Well Baby Clinic Nurse Practitioner in Sandton

We received this tragic story from a PICU nurse, a post she made in a parenting group. She wants to stay anonymous for professional reasons. Thank you for your caring words, and the work you do.