How to Start a Conversation with Your Child About Mental Health
As parents know, each child is different. There isn’t a one-size fits all approach to having an open conversation about mental health but these top five tips may help.
Important Tips to Help Your Child Overcome Their Fear of The Dentist
If you think about it, there’s no natural, genetically-triggered reason for a child to be wary of the dentist’s chair. They would certainly be cautious in a new environment, as all children tend to be. But an outright phobia? That’s not a natural response to negligible threat.
A Reader Story: Why You Should Be Aware of Lyme Disease This Summer
After reading a lot about ticks and Lyme Disease in the news recently, I wanted to share our experiences from last summer. Fin, then 6 years old, contracted Lyme Disease, but it was a long road until his eventual diagnosis.
Is It Healthy For Children To Follow A Vegan Diet?
Experts warn that we're eating too much meat, but is going vegan really the answer?
Back to School Bugs, Germs & Viruses: How To Cope
September for most parents means Back to School. For me, with my GP hat on, it means Back to Viruses! Glamorous it ain't: when your little ones go back to school, my clinic fills up with coughs, colds and tummy...
Why My Daughter Identified with the Blond Hair, Blue Eyed Barbie
As I have been exploring the issues of body image distortion recently, I was struck by something my very own daughter told me. You might think that as a mom who fights for freedom from such torment as our self-...
What Should I Feed My Child for Breakfast?
Everybody knows that breakfast is billed the most important meal of the day, but on a day-to-day basis in an average family's fast paced schedule, it can be difficult to ensure your children leave the house fue...
Music, Measles and the MMR: What you need to know
On Tuesday, Public Health England issued a statement about the “hotbed of measles” at this summer's music festivals, after 38 suspected measles cases were reported in people who attended the events. It's not j...
Help! I Think My Child Is Allergic to Food!
A food allergy is when the body’s immune system has an abnormal reaction to certain foods
Tick Tick Tick Tick BOOM! How Creepy Is This?!
It's that time of year again, the weather warms and flea season kicks in. I'm always very careful when it comes to protecting my little fur balls Reggie and Delilah against worms and fleas and I alway...
