Kids on the coast

What's news May/June

Many mums carry hand sanitiser in their nappy bag, but did you know that a typical hand sanitiser contains around 60% alcohol? This means even a small amount could be enough to make a small child drunk or ill. Read more

Queensland's new $1.1 billion single children's hospital to be based in South Brisbane is a step closer with the first major stage of construction underway. On track to open progressively from 2011, the Queensland Children’s Hospital will increase the number of beds available to children, offer expanded and enhanced clinical services and provide a new 12-bed neo-natal intensive care unit.
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Latest figures show an increase in the number of whooping cough cases in Australia last year and again this year, particularly in babies under six months of age. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection which can be life threatening.
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Eating healthy foods, like wholemeal bread, is something we all need to learn from an early age. Marketing Manager for Brumby’s Bakeries, Michelle McBride said children need to be encouraged to eat wholemeal bread too and parents should ensure they were buying the right wholemeal bread. “Brown bread is not necessarily wholemeal bread, but is often white bread that has been coloured.
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By the end of the year, new laws will be in place allowing Queenslanders unable to conceive a child of their own fresh hope of starting a family. Queensland is currently the only state in Australia where all forms of surrogacy are illegal, with potential parents facing possible jail sentences or fines of up to $10,000. For the first time, the new laws will allow ‘altruistic surrogacy’ - where a woman agrees to bear a child for another person for no financial gain or personal benefit. Surrogacy for the purposes of making money will remain illegal in Queensland.
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On April 30, at Selangor
Private Hospital, Nambour, The team at Kids on the Coast welcomed a new team member. Saskia Margriet de Ruijter de Wildt arrived in much style at 2.10pm. She weighed eight pounds two ounces and measured 50cm. Both mum and baby are doing well, and dad, Gijs and big sister Ruby are over the moon.
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