How To Avoid A Hospital Trip With Croup
Hearing your little one struggling with a croup cough can be upsetting and distressing for both you and your child, especially if it leads to…
Tag: Children
Everything you need to know about Scarlet Fever
You are happily dropping your kids off to school and you hear that “Scarlet fever” is doing the rounds. Your heart sinks, and you feel…
Why you might want to avoid Calcium Propionate preservative in bread
We all love the convenience of eating bought bread, it’s especially handy for busy parents if it lasts in the bread bin for a few…
Five Chicken Pox Tips
Chicken Pox always seems to be doing the rounds. Thankfully, it’s one of the mildest childhood diseases and it is thought to be beneficial in…
How To Swallow Capsules and Tablets
When you can swallow capsules, tablets and pills, it’s a skill for life! It helps you to help take medications and food supplements easily without…
How to decide which oat milk to use
It’s not easy choosing an oat milk, and how heavily they are marketed is not a true test of how good they are. I’d like…
Ultra-processed Foods – Convenience Food is Making Us Sick – Part 2
The second half of my blog on Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs) focuses in more on why these foods are ultra-detrimental to our health, as well as…
Back to School – Your Top Twenty Questions
The new school year is always equally exciting and nerve wracking with the prospect of new beginnings. Many parents are worried about the long autumn…
NatureDoc’s Winter Health Tips
At this time of year, I’m often asked the best way to keep kids strong and healthy through the winter months, and this year is…
Why do Autistic Kids Stim? …and Strategies To Help
If you have a child with autism, then a big part of their day to day life can be taken up by stimming. Stimming is…
Why do some kids have rough, bumpy “chicken skin”?
The bumpy, rough skin that is often found at the tops of arms is often called keratosis pilaris (KP) or follicular keratosis and can be…
How to juggle work & kids during the school holidays – and not lose the plot!
As a working mum and small business owner I always find the long school holidays pretty full on – and this year is not any…
How to Avoid Cross-Contamination if you’re Gluten-Free
If you or one of your family gets diagnosed with coeliac disease, non-coeliac gluten sensitivity or is highly sensitive to gluten then the only way…
It’s the time of year to watch out for Ticks! Here’s how to dodge Lyme disease
Ticks are tiny little bugs that can carry a bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi and this can develop into a REALLY nasty illness called Lyme Disease.…
When Fussy Eating Is Not Just A “Phase”
Would you classify your child as a fussy eater? Most kids have food likes and dislikes and usually broaden their diet when the start to…
Is Kawasaki disease really a risk, and what can you do?
With some children going back to school after half term, many parents are concerned that they may catch coronavirus or bring it back home and…
Vitamin D Update
Now we are in May most people would normally be thinking about stopping their Vitamin D supplements as per NHS guidelines. However, there is mounting…
How To Cope With The Stress Of Home Schooling
When you add home schooling to all the other pressures at home, this has been a huge challenge for several families that I have spoken…
PANDAS Webinar
This week, I was on a brilliant webinar with Dr Tim Ubhi and Sarah Sharp about PANDAS and Coronavirus. PANDAS is an autoimmune neuropsychiatric childhood…
How To Sort Out Kids With Gippy Tummies
Having a child with diarrhoea is no fun for anyone in the household! Most of the time, runny tummy only causes discomfort for a day…