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There is much discussion these days about obesity, both in Australia and worldwide. The WHO (World Health Organisation) now reports that internationally, obesity is a bigger killer than poor nutrition. One of the advantages of becoming older is that you…

Welcome to my latest blog. One of the points of difference with The Babysleep Doctor strategy is that I work with women from 36 weeks’ pregnancy to provide knowledge and strategies to apply from day one of the baby's life. The aim is to prevent feeding and sleeping problems ever arising.

I was recently reading an article in the Medical Journal of Australia about the management of diabetes in pregnancy. This was an important paper and it made some great points.

Given our high standard of living, it would be a reasonable assumption that the large majority of mothers have high quality diets supplying all the essential vitamins and micro-nutrients. Unfortunately however, this is not always the case. Iron deficiency and…

Life with my first-born was very challenging. I am a Dr and a consultant in my area of specialist training.  To feel so out of control was very threatening. Before I consulted Dr Symon my baby would be awake and…

In 2013, then first-time mother Lindy, 38, Adelaide, was at her wits-end, having endured months of sleepless nights. Her baby Oscar, then eight months old, was regularly waking throughout the day and night. “A close friend of mine had a…

First-time-mother, Adriana, 35, began visiting Dr Brian Symon aka ‘The Babysleep Doctor’, with her daughter Isabella, now 1.5 years old, when she was 3.5 months of age. For the first 3.5 months of Isabella’s life, both mum and bub had…