Welcome, my name is Danielle, I am a mother of two middle schoolers, doctor, teacher, wife, knitter, and human being. My family and I call Clackamas, Oregon our home, and we love, love, love living in the Northwest. I have been practicing naturopathic medicine in my private clinic since October...
Over the past several years, I have been working with school age children in the classroom, and I have had the opportunity to teach nutrition, digestion, and elimination to the second graders of my husband's class three years in a row now. This is a lot of fun, and and...
Packing healthy lunches that kids will eat can sometimes be tricky. Many factors make it even more difficult: conflicting dietary advice, financial and time restrictions, food sensitivities or strong preferences, and school lunch policies. Our family faces all of the above issues, and has found an approach that works. We are...
Lice: just saying the word is enough to make many people start scratching their heads and looking for someone to do a hair check. With kids, lice can spread quickly and be hard to eradicate. Before you subject your child’s waist-long hair to the clippers, read this to get a...