Category: postpartum
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…
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…
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.…
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 .
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.
Sleep “regressions”
Ihate the term sleep “regression”. Not only does it imply that sleep is a skill that babies have to learn (spoiler alert: it’s not), but it also implies that there is something wrong with your baby’s sleep. In truth, babies go through times of sleep disturbances and that is normal.
5 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner About Infant Sleep
My understanding of infant sleep has changed so much over the years. After my first baby was born, I knew absolutely nothing about infant sleep, and I regularly relied on information on the internet about schedules and wake windows. All the information out there about what I “should” be doing or how my baby “should”…
Taking My Own Advice as a Naturopathic Doctor and Tired Mom
As a naturopathic doctor who supports postpartum moms, I talk a lot about strategies moms can use to manage their fatigue especially when their babies or small children are going through a rough patch with sleep. Unfortunately, I don’t always take my own advice. A couple of weeks ago, my 18-month-old started having a tough…
My Homeopathy Journey and Three Common Postpartum Remedies
I want to take this time to tell you a little about my own homeopathy journey and three common postpartum remedies. I was first introduced to homeopathy in naturopathic medical school, and I frankly thought it was bogus. I could not wrap my head around how a sugar pill with essentially nothing of the original…
Postpartum Fatigue
Being tired as a mom is an absolute given. Between changes to routine, interrupted sleep, and caring for a baby (and any siblings), fatigue is expected. But, there are things that you can do to optimize what little energy you do have. You don’t have to do all of these things, but add one or…