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  1. What is SPARX? SPARX is a self-help e-therapy tool for rangatahi aged between 12 and 19. It teaches rangatahi key skills. These skills help to fight mild to moderate depression, anxiety and stress. SPARX works like a video game. Users control an avatar. …
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  2. … skin-to-skin (tummy to tummy) contact with you until the first breastfeed, or for at least an hour, to encourage …
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  3. … just after falling asleep. They often sleep soundly in the first few hours after going to sleep. Tamariki are more …
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  4. … also do some checks to make sure your baby is well. The first few months of life with a newborn can be challenging. …
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  5. … cough immunisation in pregnancy protects pēpi in their first weeks of life. Start immunising pēpi the day they turn …
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  6. … on the stove Cook on the back elements of the stove first. Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove and …
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  7. … in the fridge for no more than 24 hours. For your baby’s first 6 months, all water used for formula should be boiled …
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  8. … It looks at the food pipe (oesophagus), stomach and the first part of the small bowel (duodenum).    A gastroscope is …
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  9. Key points about being a good role model for your teen be the kind of person you want your teenager to grow up to be act the way you'd like your kids to act – lead by example your example is one of the best ways to raise a child   How your actions can …
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  10. … teeth too, so it's important you look after your child's first teeth.  Caring For Your Child's Teeth: 1 To 5 Years …
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  11. … whānau who share their experiences of parenting in the first 5 years.  Parenting Babies And Children Vaccination …
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  12. … and 15 months Tamariki need 2 doses of the MMR vaccine - a first dose at 12 months of age and a second dose at 15 …
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  13.   Key points about family violence family violence is common in Aotearoa family violence is violence between people with a close personal relationship - it affects women, children, men, young and old family violence can take many forms - it can be …
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  14. … symptoms appear.    Blisters Small blisters usually appear first around the mouth, on the gums and on the sides of the …
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  15. … 6 months, but not before 4 months, start to introduce first foods including smooth peanut butter and well-cooked …
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  16. … asleep during the procedure if your child is unwell in the first 24 hours after the procedure, and you are worried, take …
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  17. Where to get financial help  You may be able to get financial support because of your child's extra needs.  You can talk about which allowances you might be able to get with your: GP paediatrician social worker child development service Support from a …
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  18. … breastmilk: express by hand if you can, especially in the first few days discuss other ways of expressing with your …
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  19. … and exploration. Play helps your child's brain During the first years of your child's life, it is play, not scheduled …
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  20. … this mucus.  This cough may get worse during infections, first thing in the morning and during exercise. But, it’s …
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  21. … skin. Glucose moves from blood vessels and capillaries first and then into interstitial fluid. When rising or …
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  22. … The rash can sometimes be itchy. The rash looks blotchy at first and then over time, looks more like sunburn. The area …
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