Why friendship is the most important factor in your child’s life
Here are 10 things that you can focus on to help your children to develop these kinds of relationships that will protect their health, brains and happiness…
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Going Green when you clean!
While common, conventional cleaners may be cheaper in the short term, most of them come with a long-term price tag, compromised health. “Industry standard” cleaners or “heritage brand cleaners” that contain strong chemicals and disinfectants pose major health risks for people, animals and the environment.
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A homeopathic approach to hayfever
Symptoms of a runny nose are often just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the homeopathic prescription, and there’s no ‘one size fits all’ pill for dealing with it, says Dr Marilena Deroukakis
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Fever in babies and children
When a child has a fever we often reach for the meds to get rid of the high temperature and return our babies to normal…but is this the right approach?
Fever itself is not an illness. In fact, an increase in body temperature is a great indicator that your child’s immune system has switched on and is fighting off an infection
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Healthy school lunches
It’s a new year, which is a good time to make some new, exciting, and healthy changes to your child’s lunchbox? Here are some tips that will help you to pack a lunch that is nutritious, tasty, interesting, and safe
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The pain of losing a child to PH
The pain you experience during labour is nothing compared to the pain of losing a child… The heartache is a physical pain, the emptiness, the hopelessness… There is nothing in this world that can prepare you for it.
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Helping children sleep
by Ilze van der Merwe-Alberts , Educational Psychologist and CEO of Bella Vida Group Bedtime can be a very difficult time for many parents when the kids refuse to go to bed or stay in their beds. Many parents throw their hands up in the air and say “we just give in...Read more
Would you accept a C- when it came to your child’s health?
My daughter will eat anything you put in front of her with no arguments. She adores vegetables, happily munches away on broccoli, cauliflower, snap peas and carrots…
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Herbs for Burns and Bites
I’m often asked which (medicinal) herbs and essential oils a household should not be without and if you have children; my answer is without a question…
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Taking the fat back
My 8-year-old daughter is like a tiny bird. We spend hours searching for a pair of jeans for her, because the size 8-9 just slips down her hips, into a pile on the floor. Unless I wrap her up in a belt..
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