Lactation consultant Pinky McKay warns us that giving water to newborns can be unsafe, affect your milk supply, and your baby's weight gains.

Sleep is as vital to your baby's wellbeing as food. Some parents assume that their baby instinctively knows how to establish healthy sleep patterns, but in my experience newborns need guidance to learn how to self-settle, resettle and sleep soundly.

Overfishing, fishing methods, increased demand and climate change are massive issues that have lead to decreased seafood levels over the years. Sustainable Table give their tips on how to eat seafood sustainably.

A local food system creates local employment, regional identity and national trade and food security. But challenges in the Australian farming landscape are working against a food system that is fair, humane, healthy and good for the environment.

Eczema is a long lasting, recurring condition, but it can be effectively managed and prevented, says integrative medicine practitioner Kathleen Wills. Find out how precautions over potentially harsh chemicals, diet, hormonal change and stress can all play a big part.

Tips on keeping your white sheets white without using harsh chemicals that can irrtate the skin and harm the environment.

Dr Leila Masson's new book Children's Health A to Z for New Zealand Parents is a great resource to help your kids live a healthy lifestyle and find out what to do when they have the symptoms of different illnesses. We thought her advice about nutrition, sleep and lifestyle were too valuable not to share.

New Zealand has one of the highest rates of asthma in the world -second only to the UK - and those rates are on the rise. According to our Asthma Foundation, more than 500,000 New Zealanders take asthma medication!

Dr James L Wilson describes estrogen dominance as estrogen of normal, deficient or excessive level in a woman, the effects of which aren't balanced by progresterone. Wilson says estrogen doesn't naturally occur in excess by itself, but becomes dominant because of other drivers.

What do Adelaide and parts of Brisbane have in common? They've been identified as the most populated parts of Australia with hard water -that is, water with more minerals like calcium and magnesium in it. Hard water is a problem because it can react with laundry powder in gredients and damage the environment.