My dear little blue-eyed girl… (a letter to our lockdown baby who is nine months old) What a precious milestone this is! After almost nine months in my tummy, you have been entrusted to us for a whole nine months and we cannot imagine life without you! I would like to look back and tell … Continue reading Nine months in… Nine months out during a PANDEMIC
Our perfectly beautiful baby girl was born at 08:14 on a Wednesday morning. It was the most intensely beautiful moment of my life! I have always wanted to have a normal vaginal delivery. The paediatrician in me knows the advantages this has for the baby (read more here), and the mommy-side of me just wanted … Continue reading My VBAC Birth Story
On Thursday, 26 March, South Africa entered an unprecedented lockdown. That was also the day that I was 37 weeks pregnant. As a Pediatrician I wanted to know all the facts about the Covid-19 virus and how it may affect me and my kids, as a Mom, I just wanted to know how we are … Continue reading Pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding in LOCKDOWN
Pediatrics and Playdough 