Easter eggs for Allergies and Intolerances

Easter eggs for Allergies and Intolerances

This is tricky unfortunately. Stores have to order months (and I really do mean months- like 8 months in advance) if they want to be able to have allergy friendly Easter chocolates on hand. It is common for them to miss out or not be able to order as much as they...
Buying Additive Free Chocolate eggs!

Buying Additive Free Chocolate eggs!

Most chocolate that is brought in for Easter is pretty good as far as additives go. The ingredients list tends to run something like this: sugar, vegetable fat, milk solids, emulsifiers (soya lecithin 492) flavour and/or cocoa powder. What you do want to be careful of...
Ritalin, teachers, and your child

Ritalin, teachers, and your child

Being pressured to put your child on meds? This is not a road you want to go down. Maybe it will be the best choice for your child, one day, but at the moment you’re just not convinced it is. You want to look at your other options first. Ones that have ZERO side...
What to do after taking antibiotics.

What to do after taking antibiotics.

Hi, its Jen here, you have probably seen me in clinic – I am a student practitioner and I work alongside Ruth as her assistant. This post is one close to my heart, because as a mother I know we all try to make the best decisions for our little ones and sometimes...
Clogged up works that won’t unclog

Clogged up works that won’t unclog

Constipation in kids In a perfect world we would have time to pass stools after every meal. We let the old food out to make room for the new food to be processed and digested. In the real world we make time for a bowel movement once a day and the process is easy and...