Anastasia Alcock

What You Need To Know About Bronchiolitis

25 November, 2017

Baby, Expert, Health & Fitness, Living, Parenting

Heading into the winter months brings with it lots of childhood infections. One of the most common infections we see in A&E in children is bronchiolitis.

How to Control a Temperature and Febrile Convulsions

Anastasia Alcock

19 September, 2016

Expert

It can be frightening looking after a child who has a fever and is not themselves. Do you go to the doctor, do you wait at home?

Will My Baby Get a Flat Head from Sleeping On Their Back?

Anastasia Alcock

4 April, 2016

Baby, Expert, Features, Parenting

To support World Plagiocephaly Day on April 4th, we asked resident expert Dr Anastasia Alcock to give us the low-down on the condition, what to do to help prevent it, and new research published. Also known as f...

Drinking During Pregnancy – Foetal Alcohol Syndrome

Anastasia Alcock

25 June, 2015

Expert, Features, Health and Symptoms, Pregnancy

Foetal alcohol syndrome has been reported in the news this morning, as one of the UK's leading experts in child health calls for stronger warnings on alcohol to alert women to the dangers of drinking while preg...

Should I Vaccinate My Child? Top 10 Questions on Vaccines

Anastasia Alcock

3 February, 2015

Baby, Expert, Features, Health & Fitness, Kids, Living, Parenting

In the UK we start vaccinating our babies at 2 months. They then follow a schedule that continues all the way through childhood and believe it or not goes on until they are 70 years old. The best place to fin...

Baby’s First Week in the World by Dr Anastasia Alcock

Anastasia Alcock

10 November, 2014

Baby, Expert, Mum, Parenting

Wow, 9 months of pregnancy have just flown by, a number of hours of labour and delivery have just happened and now you are a very happy and excited new parent. What next? I was totally overwhelmed by the fir...

Will My Baby Get a Flat Head from Sleeping on Their Back?

Anastasia Alcock

2 July, 2014

Baby, Parenting

Babies can develop a flat head in the first few months of life. This is because their skull is made up of different plates of bone that are mobile and relatively soft.