Eat, Sleep, Play, Love

A practical, non-judgmental and honest guide to the first two years of a child’s life for a new generation of Australian parents.

Practising GP, mother of two and Instagram’s popular doctor Preeya Alexander is a refreshing new voice in the parenting space. Her hands-on, inclusive and down-to-earth advice, combined with a big dose of fun, is the ultimate survival guide for the first two years of parenting.

Preeya offers straightforward and trustworthy information about looking after both babies and new parents. From postpartum care and mastitis to feeding and sleep problems, nothing is off limits.

Eat, Sleep, Play, Love demystifies this sleep-deprived time and breaks down complex topics with wisdom and humour to make them easily digestible and achievable.

About the Author

Dr Preeya Alexander is a practicing GP based in Melbourne. She specialises in preventative health, general medicine, mental health, paediatrics, women’s medicine and sexual health.

As both a doctor and mum of two, Preeya is passionate about sharing accurate health information and empowering people to make informed decisions around their health. She uses her social media platform and blog to combat health misinformation and deconstruct complex medical topics to make them more digestible. She has built a loyal and engaged following and is the co-host of the popular cooking show, Good Chef Bad Chef.

Dr Preeya has been featured as an expert on Channel 7’s Sunrise, hosted two Catalyst episodes on the ABC and continues to appear regularly on The Drum. She is also a regular contributor to online publications such as Mamamia and other lifestyle websites, finding a way to combine her passion for medicine and her role as an educator to become a shining example of the qualified ‘expert influencer’.

Aside from her work as a GP, Preeya is passionate about gardening (particularly in the family veggie patch), cooking and travelling (preferably somewhere warm with kid-friendly restaurants and awesome food!).