PAEDS

🚨 This tiny movement can be a BIG red flag.

Infantile spasms can be incredibly subtle.

A sudden little crunch.
A brief head drop.
Arms flicking upwards.
The body stiffening for just a second.

And often, they happen in clusters, particularly around waking.

They can easily be mistaken for a startle, reflux or just one of those strange things babies do.

But infantile spasms are a medical emergency because early recognition, diagnosis and treatment matter.

👀 Remember: STOP

See the signs
Take a video
Obtain urgent medical assessment
Prioritise getting treated and Push for answers if the movements continue or you remain concerned

📱 One of the most useful things you can do? Take a video.

If your baby is having unusual, repetitive movements, especially movements occurring in clusters, record what you are seeing if it is safe to do so and seek urgent medical care.

You don’t need to know whether it’s a seizure before asking for help.

💬 Before today, had you heard of infantile spasms?

Comment YES or NO below.

And SAVE this post. You may never need it, but knowing what to look for could help a little person get care sooner. ❤️

Got a little one coughing all night?

Before you reach for the cough medicine, you might want to reach for the honey.

For children over 12 months, honey may help:
🍯 reduce how often they cough
🍯 reduce the severity of their cough
🍯 soothe an irritated throat
🍯 improve sleep for both kids AND parents

In fact, research suggests honey can provide more relief from an acute cough than doing nothing or using a placebo.

Here is a simple remedy:

For children over 12 months, try 1–2 teaspoons of honey about 30 minutes before bed.

And here’s the really important bit:

🚨 NEVER give honey to a baby under 12 months.

Honey can contain Clostridium botulinum spores, which can cause the rare but serious condition infant botulism.

Honey won’t treat the cause of every cough, and a cough is actually an important reflex that helps clear the airways. But for that irritating viral cough that’s keeping everyone awake?

🍯 Sometimes the simplest things really are worth trying.

Save this one for the next round of viral coughs 🥴😷

🎉 OUR VERY FIRST 1000 BOOKS FOR KIDS DONOR!

We are so excited to announce the very first donor to our 1000 Books for Kids Project.

QBANK has jumped on board to help kickstart this very special initiative, generously donating 25 copies of What Little Heroes Do to children in the Doomadgee community. 💛

And we had the absolute privilege of hand-delivering them!

📚 Save the Children Australia 54 reasons Doomadgee Centre
📚 Doomadgee Hospital
📚 Doomadgee State School

These books are now in the hands of children, families, educators and healthcare teams, helping little people learn that they are capable of doing big things, including helping in an emergency.

A huge thank you to QBANK for believing in this project from the very beginning and helping us take the first 25 steps towards our goal of 1,000 books in the hands of kids across Australia.

Here’s to raising a generation of little heroes. 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️📚

25 down. 975 to go. Who’s next? 💛

📚 1000 BOOKS FOR KIDS IS HERE!

We are so excited to finally share a project that has been a dream of ours for a long time.

Our goal is simple: to get 1,000 copies of What Little Heroes Do into the hands of kids across Australia, giving more children the confidence and knowledge that they can help in an emergency.

And we couldn’t think of a more special place to begin.

💛 The 1000 Books for Kids Project has officially kicked off in the beautiful community of Doomadgee.

We want these books to reach children wherever they are: in schools, community libraries, health centres, hospitals and communities right across Australia, particularly those where access to health education and resources can be limited.

If you’re a business, organisation or individual who believes in improving health literacy, empowering kids and giving children the skills to help save a life, we would love to have you on board.

Sponsor a book. Sponsor a classroom. Sponsor a community.

And yes, we’ll make sure everyone knows about the wonderful people and organisations helping us make it happen. 💛

First stop: Doomadgee. Next stop: 1,000 little heroes across Australia. 🇦🇺

Stay tuned, because we can’t wait to introduce our very first donor, who has generously funded 25 books for children in the Doomadgee community.

This is just the beginning. 📚✨