ABOUT SICK HAPPENS
Sick Happens is a childhood illness education platform founded by Penny Blunden. A Masters-qualified Paediatric Nurse, mum of two, and the person quietly making sick days less terrifying for families, educators and organisations across Australia, and beyond.Â
SICK HAPPENS
Every part of Sick Happens solves the same problem, from a different angle.
FAMILIES
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS
ORGANISATIONS
THE FOUNDER OF SICK HAPPENSÂ
I'm a Masters-qualified Paediatric Nurse with 15+ years of clinical experience across paediatric ED, food allergy research, Telehealth and beyond. I've sat with thousands of families in some of their most frightening moments.
And I have two boys of my own. Which means I've also sat on the other side of that equation â the exhausted parent googling things I absolutely know better than to google at midnight.
I built Sick Happens because the gap between having information and confidently using it when your child is sick is enormous. And nobody was filling it.
This isn't about turning families into clinicians or educators into nurses. It's about giving everyone who cares for sick children the knowledge, frameworks and confidence to handle it, calmly, clearly and without the chaos.
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PENNY BLUNDEN
Founder, Sick Happens
Childhood Illness Educator
Education Consultant
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
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"I've been a paediatric GP for 15 years, spending so much time working with anxious parents to help them through their kids' illnesses â and I cannot fault or improve on a single word of the advice you so generously share."
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"I feel like a completely different mum this year with winter coming around. You make me want to stand on a chair and clap."
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"The course for educators is different to any other professional development opportunity I've experienced. Engaging, informative, and gives clarity that builds on topics that first aid only touches on."
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"You hit this sweet spot of expertise, accessibility and specificity that even those with a medical background find genuinely valuable."
Ready-made courses not quite the fit? Penny offers customised childhood illness education built around a specific child, family, or early learning situation.
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FOR FAMILIES
Prefer in-person or tailored support? Penny offers customised sessions on request. Antenatal groups, new parent gatherings, or one-on-one guidance shaped around what your family is actually facing.
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FOR EARLY LEARNING SERVICES
Need something beyond the standard educator course? Penny delivers customised, in-person training built around your service, your team and the specific challenges you keep running into.
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FOR PROFESSIONALS & REFERRERS
Work with families who need one-on-one childhood illness education or support? Penny partners with allied health professionals, support coordinators and organisations to deliver customised education for individual clients and families. Funded and referred work welcome.
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GET IN TOUCH
Penny responds to every enquiry personally.
