Health Information

Lots of good information, links, and an online store with some great gear in it. A U.S.-based site, but the information is all relevant elsewhere.

Child and Youth Health promotes the health, well-being and development of children, young people and families across South Australia by providing:

* support to parents in areas of parenting
* health services for infants, children and young people
* support for families and children with additional needs
* up-to-date health information for parents, children and young people.

They have a helpline for parents in South Australia:

1300 364 100 (local call cost within South Australia)

Stacks of information on this website, all about health & nutrition. A very good resource maintained by the Victorian Government.

Information on the Better Health Channel includes:

* Fact sheets with healthy living tips
* Fact sheets on health conditions
* Questions and answers from a range of health experts
* Recipes
* Interactive features and health tools
* Directories of events, services and activities

The Reflux Infants Support Association (RISA) Inc is an Australian based community support group that aims to encourage and give confidence and moral support to families of infants and children who have problems associated with reflux.

Information on the Canberra Mothercraft society and the QEII family centre. If you live in the area and are having trouble figuring out what to do, whether it be help with sleep, breast feeding, etc, then this is a good place to start.

A good resource for information on 'safe sleeping', and reducing the risk factors associated with "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome". Good one to read through, as new things are being discovered all the time about this tragic syndrome.

Lots of information and links to resources for parents in New Zealand.

Westmead Children's Hospital Health Information
Lots and lots of very useful information on parenting, child health, tests, maladies, safety, etc etc. Excellent resource.