Newborn care
Your newborn's first month: what is normal and what is not
What "normal" looks like for feeding, sleep, and weight - plus the three signs that mean call the doctor now.
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Written for anxious parents first: what is happening, what to do, and when to worry. Plus my own views, in their own section.
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Paediatrics & child health
Fevers
Fever in children: a parent's calm checklist
What to do in the first hour, how to dose correctly, and exactly when to head to the ER.
Nutrition
Starting solids without the stress
First foods that actually work, how much is enough, and the advice you can safely ignore.
Paediatric hemato-oncology
For families
When a child needs a bone marrow transplant: the questions parents ask first
The questions every family asks first - answered honestly, step by step.
Explained
Understanding childhood leukemia, in plain language
What the diagnosis means, what treatment looks like, and what survival looks like today.
Public health & healthcare
Healthcare
What a doctor's appointment should feel like
Why a good appointment feels rare, and what to reasonably expect from yours.
Vaccines
Why vaccination schedules are designed the way they are
Why shots come when they do - and the questions worth asking at each visit.
AI & your child's health
AI tools can help parents - or send them into a spiral. The difference is context. These guides show you how to use AI for health questions without the panic.
Using AI well
Asking AI about your child's symptoms: how to get useful answers, not panic
Why the same question gets wild answers without context - and the five details to include every time you ask.
Reliability
When AI health answers go wrong - and how to check them
Confident tone does not mean correct medicine. How to sanity-check what AI tells you before it ruins your evening.
Hard limits
Three things to never ask AI: doses, diagnoses, and emergencies
The bright lines: what AI is genuinely useful for as a parent, and the moments to close the app and call a doctor instead.
Personal viewpoints
Essay
Why I chose paediatrics
The moment I knew, the realities nobody mentions, and why I still love it.
Essay
On screens, attention, and childhood
What the research says, what I see in clinic, and the rules that work in real homes.