My 7 year old fell off the monkey bars and broke her arm. Badly.

Have I since banned her from any monkey bar related activities?

Nope.

You may be surprised! Here’s what the experts say…

As a parent or carer, you need to remember that you are an integral part of your child’s health care team. Ask questions, be informed and involved.

When swallowed, these batteries can get stuck in the throat and cause severe burns.

Beware the double bounce…

The experts at Red Nose say that sharing a sleep surface with a baby can increase the risk of sudden unexpected death in infancy (sudi), including sudden infant death syndrome (sids) and fatal sleep accidents. 

It is recommended by Red Nose that the safest place to sleep a baby is in their own safe sleeping place in the same room as an adult care-giver.

The Great Central Road is another one of the great 4WD tracks in Australia. It covers 1126 kilometres from Laverton in WA to Yulara in the NT (near Uluru). It took us just under 4 days to complete the distance and overall the quality of the road was pretty good. There were a few patches however that made the Gibb River Road feel like riding the bullet train in Japan.

Despite the creepy giant prawn statue in the middle of town, Exmouth has a great feel about it. Forty kilometres south of Exmouth is a stretch of National Park called Cape Range. It is made up of 117,760 hectares and is most famous for its stretch of pristine coast that borders Ningaloo reef. One of the most memorable days involved going on a chartered tour to swim with the whale sharks.

The Gibb River Rd, known affectionately as "the Gibb" spans from Kununarra to Derby in WA.

And EVERYONE knows someone who has come to mischief on it. 
It's a bit like childbirth - when you are pregnant everyone feels it is their moral obligation to tell you their birth horror stories (like that helps), and it was the same for the Gibb. We lost track of how many times someone said to us "You really doing it? I  had a mate who did that ten years ago and he did (insert type of damage or disaster) to his  (insert make of vehicle)".
It really wasn't that bad! Yes, it was 660km of corrugated dirt, and it was spectacular. 
Read on for Paul's accounts of our time on the Gibb.

The CPR Kids Australian Adventure - Kakadu and Litchfield National Park

I wasn’t sure what to expect driving into Kakadu. For some reason, I thought it would be an oasis of lush green vegetation following the wet season. We drove into Kakadu with grass fires burning throughout the park, often on either side of the road which made us a little anxious. 

Our travels through north west Queensland and the NT have officially transitioned us into fully fledged nomads (and a little bit feral)...how do we know? We are now greeted by other travellers with the casual raise of their index finger from the wheel as they head in the opposite direction (alternative methods include 2 fingers, the wave or slight raise of the head).

Let’s take off the rose coloured glasses of social media…

The second installment of our Australian Adventure!

The first leg of our Australian Adventure: Fraser Island

Sarah Hunstead was recently interviewed for Babyology's The Mother Shift podcast on the work/life "juggle". She chats about the time when she had her first baby while her and her husband Paul were both working shifts as nurse unit managers in a Sydney children's hospital.

There have been 10 recent Listeria cases reported, traced back to rockmelon.  All affected were elderly with underlying medical conditions. 

NSW Health states that "Listeria is an illness usually caused by eating foods contaminated with the bacteria known as Listeria monocytogenes. Listeriosis is a serious disease in pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems. Infection is treated with antibiotics."

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