Chiara’s naturopath has helped us to make the change from formula to nut and coconut milks – to help nourish her brain. This is my fist attempt at home made almond milk – it’s delicious, nutritious and she loves it! Check out the incredible health benefits too…
It’s midnight… We have already spent many hours trying to settle a very unsettled little poppet. Earlier on, I had woken to her muffled intense cries to find her in the cot with her hand stuck in between her teeth.. Grace wakes up and runs down to Chiara’s bedroom and starts crying seeing Chiara so […]
Life has been super busy with trips to the RCH for the new casts, and taking her to some new therapies for neuro-feedback. More information on these to come! We have had some amazing results from the essential oils too.. yay! The IAHP daily home program is also consistently happening, so all is well! It’s […]
Back home from one of those massive RCH visits, where a standard routine check turned into a long day of medial procedures, tests and tears. When the doctor told us we have to start from scratch with Chiara’s clubfoot treatment, my heart skipped a beat… and kept on skipping after listening to his comments whilst […]
So uplifting after going to see Chiara’s Naturopath today.. there is so much opportunity to support Chiara’s brain function and overall health and wellbeing through diet, lifestyle and supplements. Lot’s of information to share, but will contain this post to MTHFR…. WTF is MTHFR? 😉 Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) is an inherited genetic variant which prevents […]
In a recent post I outlined ‘A Day In the Life of Chiara & co.’ which gave an outline of all the therapeutic activities we do in a day, providing all goes to plan… but life is not always so smooth and predictable… so here is a snippet of the other days.. where her special-needs […]
Being a parent of a special needs bub’s comes with monumental changes to practically every aspect of your life. Life takes on an entirely new trajectory faster than you can imagine… Every day a little piece of your heart breaks, as you witness your child’s daily struggle from the time they wake up, to the […]