Pinky McKay is a Melbourne based writer specialising in health, education and family issues. An International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and certified infant massage instructor, she is the author of Parenting by Heart and 100 Ways to Calm the Crying and is a popular contributor to various national parenting publications and websites including Practical Parenting, Mother and Baby, Natural Parenting, Bellybelly and Motherinc. Pinky is the mother of four young adults and a 'bonus baby' (the baby you have when your other kids can run their own baths, tie their own shoelaces and even drive their own cars!). She has seen it all from both sides of the episiotomy and knows first-hand that parents need to laugh, or some days they'd cry.