Newborns

Want to know what its like parenting triplets? We caught up with mum Helen and she gave us an honest and very real insight into the beautifully chaotic life of parenting triplets Kennedy, Zachary and Austin.

What paediatricians look for when looking into your baby’s eyes before discharge from hospital.

Your baby’s six week check, along with the birth checkup, is vital in making sure your baby’s eyes, heart, hips and neurological system are developing normally.

Although information is changing rapidly, to date this is what we know about children and Coronavirus.

Paedicare’s Dr Julie Beak answers key questions to update you on the current situation and what you need to know about newborns, babies and Coronavirus.

Paedicare Paediatricians will continue to provide services during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Along with many measures to ensure the safety of patients and staff we ask that only one person accompanies the patient into the clinic.

Congratulations you’re pregnant! This is such an exciting time nurturing your baby and daydreaming about your new life as a family. Whilst the majority of your medical visits so far have been spent with your obstetrician focusing on your pregnancy and the birth, many first time privately insured mums haven’t considered choosing their baby’s paediatrician […]

We are so excited to announce Dr Emily Horsley will be joining Paedicare’s team of qualified paediatricians caring for newborns at Mater Mothers’ Private Brisbane and providing specialist private paediatric services from the Salmon Building on the Mater South Brisbane campus. Emily has had broad training and experience in the management of a wide range of […]

We are very excited to announce Paedicare’s specialist paediatric service has expanded to Clayfield to support Brisbane’s inner north families. Qualified and caring paediatrician Dr John Gunn has begun a fortnightly clinic at College Junction, 695 Sandgate Road; Clayfield’s new health and commercial precinct. Paedicare paediatricians join a number of other tertiary and allied health […]

In my two recent blogs, I wrote about ‘clubfeet’ (talipes) and infant ‘wryneck’ (torticollis). Both are neonatal conditions that are often related to baby being ‘packaged’ in a certain way inside the womb. To complete the series, I am writing about another related ‘packaging’ condition that we as paediatricians have to check in all newborns […]

There is a gentle breeze, the sun is slowly rising on the horizon and gentle waves are rolling in by the seashore. A sense of tranquility starts to take over as you relax in to your holiday, until you hear that one familiar noise. Yes, the cry of your six month bundle of joy demanding […]

Recently, the Paedicare team crossed path with an adorable young boy, Joseph, and his family who came all the way from Papua New Guinea to Australia for treatment of congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV), commonly known as clubfoot. The necessary treatment for clubfoot in newborns was not readily available in his hometown. However, with the generosity […]

Newborn rash is one of the most common concerns that we as paediatricians get to review on the hospital ward. Today I am going to write about the commonest type of rash we see in newborns, the erythema toxicum, also known as erythema toxicum neonatorum or toxic erythema of the newborn. The name of the […]

“Where should my baby sleep?” Friendly text #2 My friend who was pregnant with her first child texted me asking whether she really needed to set up her baby’s cot in her room or would it be fine to set it up in the nursery room next door. I thought it was an unusual text […]

Hi there, my name is Fifi; one of the paediatricians at Paedicare. I am writing for Paedicare’s new blog; sharing helpful information for new parents. As a doctor, I frequently receive out of the blue text messages from acquaintances worried about their children’s health but don’t know what to do about it. I have lost […]