Archive for the ‘Dr Pixie says’ Category

Baby fell off the bed!

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

. So he's coming up to 6 months old already. He can prop himself up temporarily and hold his head up, looking for whatever caught his eye earlier, or looking for something to look at. He's only been able to roll from his back to his front. Or so we thought. Last Friday night, ...

China quake: Please help me..

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

. I subscribe to BBC's Global News podcasts. Since the China earthquake they have been covering it in every podcast episode. The latest episode (

Mind your p’s and q’s, young lady!

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

This is a semi serious issue. One that needs to be nipped in the bud, but that wasn't!

Terrible two’s: Graduation?

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Caitlin turns 3 this Nov-end. Is the "terrible two's" over? Or does it actually mean that kids simply upgrade in their level of terrible-ness? Terrible-Two's -> Terrorism-Three's? I distinctly recall Dr Pixie mentioning just over a year ago; few months before Caitlin turned 2 in fact, that once kids turned ...

Coughing baby & TBF poo’s

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

I have a 2 month old boy who is coughing. I took him to a GP who prescribed antibiotics. I am not sure if this is a good thing. Can you comment on this? It depends on what the cause of the cough is. Most of the time, the cause is viral and ...

Down with the fever

Monday, September 10th, 2007

She knocked out in under a minute....Poor little thing puked twice today. Apparently she was quite phlegmy all day, & as usual that aggravates her coughing into a fit. Gave her some paracetamol ... 3.5mL as previously instructed by Dr Pixie Hope the little one gets better overnight. I missed her chatty ...