Battling the 100-day cough: natural remedies for whooping cough relief
Who has been coughing for weeks or even months? There is a nasty, lingering cough that is doing the rounds affecting babies, children and adults…
Category: Teen & Tween Health
Has your neurodivergent child been derailed by puberty? Six nutritional ways to help them find a better balance
The tween and teenage years can be full of big emotions, and these can be magnified when you are neurodivergent. Anxiety, mood swings and demand…
Six tips on how to break the cycle of urinary tract infections
If you need to dash to the loo every few minutes and it burns like hell to pee, then this may mean the familiar (but…
Is fear of being sick stressing you? Get over Emetophobia and get your life back!
No one likes the idea of being sick or the smell of vomit. But emetophobia can take the fear of throwing up to another level.…
How To Spot And Heal A Child’s Leaky Gut
If your child is facing puzzling and recurring health challenges that are not medically explained, and you are tearing your hair out, knowing that things…
Beat exam stress and revision apathy the natural way
When the whole point of exams is to get your kids to show their best, it’s no wonder they can get overwhelmed and anxious thinking…
What pale skin and pallor might be telling you
Skin colour is strongly genetic and pale skin can be totally normal for you and your family. Children are usually slightly paler-skinned than their parents,…
How to help PoTS symptoms in teenage girls and young women (part 2)
Do you find you are dizzy, nauseous and exhausted when you stand up too quickly? These symptoms could be a sign that you are suffering…
PoTS: Understanding why dizziness doesn’t go away in teenage girls and young women (part 1)
Do you get dizzy episodes, heart palpitations, trembling, or weakness when you stand up? These are a few of the symptoms of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia…
Five things you can do when your child is hooked on sugary food
Sweet treats – kids just love them and it’s only human to crave that hit of sweetness in our meals and snacks. However when a…
Bendy bodies – Nutrition tips for joint hypermobility
Is it easy for you or your child to do the splits or advanced yoga poses? Are you double-jointed? This extraordinary suppleness and range of…
Is the contraceptive pill depleting your nutrient levels?
Many women take the contraceptive pill to prevent pregnancy, regulate their menstrual cycle and to help acne outbreaks. However, did you realise that these handy birth…
Combat apathy and lack of motivation in children through nutrition
“I’m not doing that it’s BORING, what’s the point?” Do you have a child or teenager who is unmotivated and apathetic right now? Do they…
From Nutrition To Therapy: A Wellness Toolkit For ADHD
This week SheerLuxe published their Wellness Toolkit for ADHD and I was so thrilled to be headlining it! As someone with ADHD or a parent…
My Baba Podcast – Food, mood and gut health for the whole family
Leonora Bamford, My Baba’s founder, set up the fantastic Parental Control monthly parenting and lifestyle podcast when she wanted to support parents in feeling more…
Navigating puberty with teen & tween boys and wondering what the heck to feed them?
If you’re a parent of a boy or even a posse of boys, then you are probably keen to know how to help them grow…
Little Women – how to support your daughter’s hormones (and why you should)
When your daughter starts to show the signs of puberty for the first time it can be a confusing and emotional time, so as a…
Has your child developed tics or twitches since a Strep A infection?
Even though tics and twitches are normally quite common in children, there has been an upsurge of kids with tics and involuntary repetitive movements such…
What to do if you suspect you or your child has a Strep A infection
Strep A is a bacterial infection which is usually mild in children but can potentially become very serious. There have been some alarming deaths recently…
How to win against winter bugs with Vitamin D
As we head towards the cold and flu season, I’m sure like me, you do everything you can to stay away from catching a nasty…