Let’s Simplify Your Child’s Sleep| Whole Health Baby
5 tips to improve your baby’s sleep without sleep training! We have overcomplicated baby and toddler sleep. There is a constant discussion of wake windows, schedules, “regressions”, and the arbitrary rules that we place on when, where, and how babies and young children should sleep. It is no wonder that moms are anxious and stressed […] Continue Reading
How I Went from Crying in My Car and Panic Attacks at Work to Enjoying My Kids and Business | Whole Health Baby
I would like to tell you my story. 7.5 years ago, I had a new baby and a brand spanking new private practice as a naturopathic doctor. As so many moms do, I became a martyr. I sacrificed everything for my baby, and all I could think about was needing to give more and more […] Continue Reading
Natural Treatments for Anxious Moms | Whole Health Baby
I see so many moms have an increase in anxiety symptoms around this time of year. I see moms feeling overwhelmed, with racing thoughts. They may feel restless, nauseous, and have difficulty sleeping. When you are feeling this way, the best thing to do is reach out to a naturopathic doctor to investigate and get […] Continue Reading
Survival Tips for the Holiday Season with Babies and Young Children | Whole Health Baby
If you have a baby and/or a young child, the holidays have the potential to feel challenging. If sleep or feeding has been difficult, often those issues are heightened over the holidays. For example, plugged ducts and mastitis often increase during the holidays and sleep issues are unfortunately very common. Instead of focusing on those […] Continue Reading
Why Isn’t My Baby Falling Asleep? | Whole Health Baby
Do you ever have the question, “Why isn’t my baby falling asleep?!?!” Yeah, me too. And often, there’s an expletive thrown in there… To really really simplify things, if your baby is not falling asleep, it is one of two things. Either they are not tired enough or they are dysregulated. If your baby is […] Continue Reading
8 Easy Ways to Support Your Whole Family’s Immune Health | Whole Health Baby
Kids are headed back to school, and this is a prime time for illnesses. Here are 8 “easy” ways to support the immune systems of your entire family. There are so many ways to support your immune system heading into the winter months. There are also many herbs and supplements that may be helpful for […] Continue Reading
Natural Treatments for Mastitis | Whole Health Baby
You may have heard that you don’t need to treat mastitis with antibiotics right away. But, you’re in pain, and you’re wondering what you can do in the meantime. Luckily, most women with lactational mastitis have inflammatory mastitis that improves with supportive care. The trick is to catch it before it progresses to bacterial mastitis. […] Continue Reading
Sleep Debt and Disturbed Sleep
Babies that are overtired or have sleep debt fall asleep very quickly and skip the early, lighter sleep stages, but often wake throughout the night. Continue Reading
Homeopathy for Moms and Babies
Homeopathy is an individualized system of medicine based on a person’s symptoms. It is my secret weapon for lactation, sleep, and many postpartum concerns . Continue Reading
Your Baby’s Sleep and Your Fatigue
The less your baby sleeps, the more tired you are, right? Well, maybe not. According to some research, parental fatigue may not be as closely related to how their babies sleep as you might think. Continue Reading