Personalised Family Medical Care

Infants & Children’s Health

Reydon Street Medical Centre offers a wide range of services for children and babies. Our GPs can help with new born assessments, feeding concerns, new parent support, developmental assessments, healthy kids checks and immunisations. We bill Medicare directly on your behalf (bulk bill) for consultations for children 15 years old and under (except on weekends)

It is practice policy to offer same day appointments to sick child patients of the practice whenever possible.

See our page on immunisation for more details about the vaccinations recommended for your child and how we can help you protect them.

Parenting resources

Our doctors are all parents and so are familiar with the concerns that children bring and that parenting can be hard work. Many of us need support, skills and tools to help build confidence or learn about parenting strategies. We find the following websites great resources for authoritative advice.

Start4Life is a wonderful up to date resource offering help and advice during pregnancy, birth and for looking after babies and toddlers.
Parents often want some help with introducing solids into their baby’s diet. The Start4Life website gives some excellent advice on what weaning and suitable foods. The section “what to feed your baby” gives ideas on suitable choices for each stage from 6 to 12+ months.
Triple P Parenting is a world-renowned program originating in Queensland. It offers support and educational resources to make raising children and teenagers easier. There is a whole raft of options: 1:1 counselling, online and face to face courses, apps, podcasts, books and videos.
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne (RCH) has some great Kids Health Info Fact Sheets. These elp parents and teenagers learn more about common health conditions by providing quality up to date information day or night.
- Take a look at the RCH advice on Fever in Children.
- Help children and teenagers relax troubled by pain or anxiety using relaxation breathing techniques:
  - Breathing and relaxation strategies to use with your child
  - Breathing & relaxation strategies – A guide for teenagers.
raisingchildren.net.au provides ad-free parenting videos, articles and apps backed by Australian experts.
School anxiety resources for parents:
- Anxiety about going to school from Education Queensland
- Tackling back-to-school anxiety by Beyond Blue
The Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service offers information about Queensland Health Services for children and information for families.
The NHS website NHS Choices has expert advice about health conditions and living well. (Just remember to dial 000 in an Emergency to call an Ambulance in Australia and not 999.)