Author Archives: Karen Torrisi

Teens & their Friends

Posted on November 26, 2019

My 15 year old son has always been a good kid. He’s a B student, good at sports and polite. Trouble is that he’s now hanging out with a group of boys that, I believe, are leading him astray. He …
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Q&A: Post Natel Depression Tips

Posted on November 24, 2019

I suffered terribly from post natal depression after my first baby was born six years ago. I am now seven months pregnant and am worried I will fall back into depression post natally. What can I do to help ensure …
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Q&A: Food Refusal Gold Member

Posted on November 14, 2019

How do I get my seven-year-old to eat a variety of foods? My daughter has her six or seven “agreeable” foods and all other foods she refuses. Should I be seeing a professional about this. I can’t seem to coax …
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Gift giving this Christmas

Posted on November 11, 2019

Christmas is drawing near. Friends and family are starting to ask, are you organised for Christmas? Have you bought all your gifts? Gift giving is always a little tricky to work out exactly what to give. Quite a while ago …
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We Can do Better than Schoolies.

Posted on November 8, 2019

  My son is in year twelve, and he has only a couple of weeks of school left. One of the most asked questions apart from ‘what does he want to do next year’ is ‘is he going on schoolies’. …
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My Baby falls asleep nursing then wakes up when I put them down

Posted on November 8, 2019

  Whenever I do a talk with a group of parents who are struggling with helping their baby to stay asleep, they often ask me for advice on how they can help their baby who wakes up once they put …
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Night Waking and Babies

Posted on November 8, 2019

Nightwaking and babies so much conflicting advice Everyday parents post endless questions on social media parenting sites asking questions about sleep, nightwaking, nightfeeding and how to help their baby sleep longer. Everyone has an opinion and everyone is an expert. …
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Q&A: Toddler Acting Like a Baby

Posted on October 29, 2019

Ever since we had our second baby six months ago, our three-year-old has gone through long stretches of the day acting like a baby. She says things like gogo and gaga and has even started to wet herself (she has …
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Separating Parents and deciding on care

Posted on October 13, 2019

When a marriage breaks down there is a lot of dividing up. Assets, furniture, money but I encourage you to be really careful to not make the mistake of confusing the dividing of objects or money with dividing up people. …
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When to introduce kids to new partner?

Posted on September 28, 2019

How do I foster a positive relationship between my son, 7, and my new partner? This is the first relationship after an amicable break-up with my son’s father. I have not introduced my son to my new partner for some …
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