Kids Health Club News

Cleaner Home Supporting Kids Health

1.  Ventilate Your Home

Improve air quality by regularly opening windows to ventilate your house. This helps reduce fumes from paint, glues, and furniture (like formaldehyde in pressed wood), as well as mould and dust mites. If someone smokes in your home, suggest they join a Quit Smoking program, which often provides free nicotine patches, or give them a vouc...

Healthy Kids Need A Good Night's Sleep

To ensure a strong foundation for the development of your child’s body and mind, they need good quality sleep. Sometimes we forget that sleep is just as important as good food, water and exercise.  All these components fit together to make a well-balanced healthy child.

If your child is tired their mind is not alert or calm. Their attention span decreases a...

Healthy Baby Self-Feeding

Baby-led Weaning (BLW), also known as infant self-feeding, allows babies to start feeding themselves real food when they begin solids, typically around 6 months of age. Instead of spoon-feeding purees, parents offer soft, stick-shaped foods that babies can pick up and bring to their mouths on their own. This approach helps babies explore a variety of safe textures, from ...

Healthy Children's Recipe

Babies have a small stomach, so each mouthful of food needs to be as nutrient dense as possible and this pâté packs a nutritional punch.  To supercharge food, start with half a teaspoon mixed into their favourite meal and increase to a maximum 2 teaspoons each week.

Ingredients

250 grams grass-fed or organic chicken livers, trimmed

1 small red onion, finely diced

Healthy Toddler Veggies

Parents often worry about how many vegetables their child will—or won't—eat. It’s common for toddlers and kids to be less enthusiastic about veggies, but there are plenty of ways to help them learn to enjoy them in a safe, low-pressure manner.

First, take comfort in knowing that recommended veggie serving sizes for kids are actually quite small!

What’s considered one ser...

Can My Baby Eat Whole Foods? Is That Safe?

Yes! Current data suggests that Baby-led Weaning (BLW) is just as safe, if not safer, than traditional spoon-feeding. Some experts believe that BLW encourages babies to learn how to chew before swallowing, whereas spoon-feeding purees may not promote this skill as effectively.

Safety is paramount when introducing food to babies, so it’s important to mod...

Childhood Anxiety

If your child is struggling with anxiety, try some of these tips to help your children feel healthier, calmer, and happier.

Physical Connection

• Cuddles: Lots of cuddles to foster connection.
• Skin-to-Skin Contact: With younger children, this increases oxytocin and calms their heart rate and breathing. Spend time together as a family—read a book on the sofa, play a board game
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Healthy Kids Sunscreens

Baby Health & Reflux Medication

Bone Broth for Healthy Kids

Bone Broth contains collagen which helps reduce inflammation in the gut.  It can be used as a base for soups or bolognese as examples.  It's super nutritious and making it at home helps to avoid the high salt content found in store-bought varieties. 

Ingredients

Method

1. Add the chicken bone
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