Do you remember when you first got your period? Do you remember your teen years? Tween years? I look back on some of my tweenager years and don’t have fond memories. Lots of big emotions, and some, yes, were due to external factors, however often times emotions that weren’t coming from a grounded state and solid train of thought.

How often do you hear this from your little ones? And how often do wrack your brain trying to think – did they catch a bug? Did they eat something that was off? Are they reacting to a food? And although kidlets can be quite cute when trying to describe how it ‘feels’, how often do you get frustrated trying to understand exactly what is going on for them?

Many of my patients – soon to be pregnant or currently pregnant – come in already taking a prenatal vitamin with folic acid in it. With recent research coming out stating that excessive amounts of folate can dramatically increase autism risk, I wanted to explain the whole story.

Schools back and potentially so are the tweenager school jitters? Have your tween's sleep patterns changed in the last couple weeks aside from just new routine of back to school? Do they all of a sudden have digestive issues? Have their moods been a bit ‘on edge’?

As a naturopath I am constantly looking for root cause of an issue. So when children come in with parents who have concerns of obsessive compulsive behaviours, I assess past medical history, different systems and their health.