Winterize Your Family: Simple Strategies to Stay Sickness-Free
As the temperature drops and we cozy up indoors, it’s more important than ever to winterize your family and keep everyone’s immune system strong. Colder weather, shorter days (less vitamin D from sunshine), and increased time spent indoors can create the perfect storm for colds, the flu, and other winter bugs. Here are my top […]
Healthy Holiday Gift Guide: Health is Wealth
Giving the gift of health never goes out of style! Most of us don’t need more stuff—another sweater, another random gadget collecting dust. That’s why we put together this healthy holiday gift guide to help lay the foundation for lasting health for the people you care about. Let’s make every gift count this year with essentials that bring health, […]
RSV: What Parents Need to Know This 2025-2026 Season
RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, typically starts in late fall and peaks in winter. As of October 2025, RSV activity is increasing in some parts of the country, and reports expect moderate RSV activity this year, similar to the 2024-2025 season. RSV Symptoms RSV is a common respiratory virus that causes symptoms similar to a […]
Survive Cold and Flu Season: Your Ultimate Rescue Kit
Ready to survive this cold and flu season and keep your family healthy and feeling their best? This 2025-2026 cold and flu season is currently assessed as more severe than years prior (moderate severity assessment). Below are some key statistics about this season as of the end of December. Be sure to monitor weekly flu […]
Household Triggers of Eczema: How to Reduce Irritants
Is your home making your child’s eczema worse? Let’s explore the hidden household triggers of eczema. I’ve talked a lot about how both the skin and the gut microbiome affect eczema. While these do have a profound impact on eczema, I want to shine a light on something that we often see fly under the radar: the environment inside your […]
No Sick Days: How to Keep Kids Healthy at School
The new school year is right around the corner (or has already begun!) and that means books, homework, and sometimes a sick child. Around this time of year, I get a lot of quesitons from parents who want to know what I recommend to help keep kids healthy at school. I can’t help with books or homework (sorry […]
Summer Constipation: How to Find Relief
If you read my blogs often, you know I talk a lot about diarrhea and bowel movements. Today, we’re talking about the other end of the spectrum… summer constipation. Constipation might not seem like a “summer thing,” but you’d be surprised how often it shows up when children (and adults) are out of their usual routine. This can be […]
How to Avoid Post-Pool Day Meltdowns
Have you ever Googled: “Why is my child losing it after swimming?” Your child is sobbing over a soggy Goldfish cracker. You’re gripping the steering wheel like it’s a stress ball. Sound familiar? Let’s talk about why pool days often end in total emotional chaos, and, more importantly, how to stop the meltdowns before they start. Here are three surprising […]
How to Treat Mosquito Bites: Our Body’s Histamine Response
Camping season is here… which means s’mores, swims, and… swarms of mosquitos (and their bites, unfortunately). So if you’re wondering how to treat mosquito bites, then you’ll want to keep reading. What is a mosquito bite, anyway? When a mosquito bites, it injects a tiny bit of saliva into the skin. This saliva contains proteins […]
Summer Colds: How to Prevent and Combat Them
We were taught in medical school about the immune system, digestive system, and nervous system, but we learned about them as separate entities. However, that’s not really how the body works. Everything is connected. We don’t have fences in the body so inflammation in one area is inflammation everywhere. Dysfunction in one system, eventually leads […]
