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Doctor Formulated Kids Vitamins 👩🏼‍⚕️🧬
Formulated by a family physician and mom
Made in Canada 🇨🇦

✨Science backed
✨Trusted by Parents
✨Less than 1g natural sugars
✨Vegan

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04/15/2026

Vitamin D is honestly a wonder vitamin. It doesn’t just build strong bones and teeth. If I could persuade you and your kids to do one thing daily, it would be to take a Vitamin D supplement. It has so many benefits.

🧠 Immune system support

Vitamin D helps the body fight off infections (especially respiratory ones like colds and flu). Kids with low levels often get sick more frequently. Is your child always sick? Give them a vitamin D supplement daily and see if this improves…. 600IU for kids age 1+

😊 Mood & brain health

Vitamin D receptors are found in the brain. There are several recent medical studies showing that low levels are linked to:
• Low mood
• Fatigue
• Poor concentration

😴 Sleep quality & duration

Vitamin D plays a role in the production of melatonin, the hormone that controls your child’s sleep – wake cycle. Low vitamin D = disrupted melatonin = harder to fall asleep and stay asleep. Vitamin D interacts with brain areas that control the circadian rhythm (your child’s internal clock).

When levels are low, sleep timing can become:
• More irregular
• Later bedtime
• More night waking

❤️ Inflammation control

Vitamin D helps regulate the immune response so it doesn’t overreact. This may play a role in conditions like asthma, eczema, and allergies. Interestingly there is a link between low vitamin D levels and multiple sclerosis in adults.

🦴 Bone health

Vitamin D is essential for the absorption of Calcium and Phosphorous. Calcium is what makes our bones nice and strong! 💪🏽

Remember - we can’t get enough Vitamin D from food. We don’t get enough sunshine year round in Canada to stimulate our bodies to make Vitamin D.

Daily amounts:
• 400IU for babies
• 600IU 1 - 18
• 800IU - 1000IU adults

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04/13/2026

I’ll just leave this here…. Why is my examination table so small?! 👩🏼‍⚕️ A full size examination table would be nice… 🤣

Does anyone’s family doctor have a nice, modern, full size table? If so send one my way please 🛏️ 🙏🏽 🤣

04/10/2026

Drowning is the leading cause of death in children under 5. 60 children died last year in Canada from drowning.

➡️ Always have at least one parent supervising - make sure they are off their phone. Drowning can occur in seconds.

➡️ Make swimming lessons a priority

➡️ Don’t rely on floaties

➡️ Install proper pool barriers

➡️ Learn CPR… seriously, you never know when you will need it

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04/08/2026

The mental load all of the time 🤯

Who else can relate? 🙋🏼‍♀️

My 🧠 never switches off….

04/06/2026

❌ Why antibiotics DON’T help a cold

Colds are caused by viruses (not bacteria)
➡️ Antibiotics only kill bacteria, not viruses like the common cold

Viruses live inside your child’s cells
➡️ Antibiotics can’t get inside cells to stop them

Your child’s immune system clears the infection itself - it’s very clever! Antibiotics don’t speed this up

No symptom benefit
➡️ Antibiotics won’t reduce a fever, runny nose or cough from a cold

⚠️ Risks of giving antibiotics unnecessarily
• Diarrhea
• Rash
• Nausea & vomiting
• Allergic reactions (sometimes serious)
• Disrupts the gut microbiome

➡️ Kills “good bacteria” your child actually needs


‼️ Antibiotic resistance
➡️ Bacteria learn to survive making future infections harder to treat (this is a growing global problem - Antibiotic resistance)

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‼️ Grapes are one of the biggest causes of choking in toddlers 🍇 I still cut up my 11 year old olds grapes - this may so...
04/03/2026

‼️ Grapes are one of the biggest causes of choking in toddlers 🍇

I still cut up my 11 year old olds grapes - this may sound ridiculous but why take the risk.

Whole grapes are the perfect size to block a toddlers airway. They are very slippery so easily fall back into an airway.

In hospitals you will often see posters up urging you to cut up your child’s grapes. As doctors, we sadly see choking in toddlers and kids - whole grapes being a common culprit.

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✂️ always cut lengthwise
✂️ quarter until at least age 4
✂️ halves until at least age 6

What other foods do you cut up? 👶🏼 🧒🏼

Please save and share with other parents to reduce the risk of choking ❤️

04/01/2026

How do sports coaches recognise potential in kids? (Other than obvious talent) 💫

🎾 LOVE for the game / sport. They are obsessed. They want to play the sport constantly. They speak about it all of the time. They know all of the players and results. They are genuinely interested.

🎾 COACHABILITY. Having a growth mindset. Putting the process over results. Willingness to learn and make changes.

What else do you notice in talented young athletes?

03/30/2026

How tall your child grows isn’t just genetics 👀

Yes, genetics accounts for 80% of height but the other 20% is determined by factors parents can actually influence.

Here are the 3 biggest factors you can control as parents 👇🏽

🥗 Nutrition
Good nutrition is the next biggest contributor to overall adult height. This is totally controllable by you as a parent. Healthy, nutritious meals are so important.
For example kids need protein for tissue and muscle growth, carbohydrates for energy & brain health and enough vitamin D3 and calcium for bone growth.

😴 Sleep
Growth hormone is mainly released during deep sleep.
Less sleep means less opportunity to grow.

🏃‍♂️ Exercise
Movement supports bone, muscle strength and growth. Running, playing, jumping, dance, soccer - it doesn’t matter, just get them moving!

The bottom line is…. Height = genetics + environment

You can’t change your child’s genes… but you can optimise everything else! 👩🏼‍⚕️

Comment ‘HEIGHT’ below and I’ll send you my full guide on growth potential.

Mom are we going away for spring break? No sorry I have to work…. 👩🏼‍⚕️ Why is balance so hard? Expectations of a big tr...
03/27/2026

Mom are we going away for spring break? No sorry I have to work…. 👩🏼‍⚕️

Why is balance so hard? Expectations of a big trip away. Feeling guilty that we have to work when we would love to be spending all spring break with the kids. Comparing ourselves to other families who have gone on an amazing vacation.

Our spring break consisted of both parents juggling work, random day trips, my kids coming to work with me one day, our youngest learning how to ski ⛷️ and lots of boring jobs around the house 🏡 maybe not the most exciting 2 weeks but the kids still said they had a fun time!

Shout out to all you working parents who have muddled your way through spring break! 👊🏽

03/25/2026

Can you predict your child’s adult height at age 2? 📏👶

You may have heard the rule that you can double your child’s height at age 2 to estimate how tall they’ll be as an adult. This rule comes from the fact that most children have reached about 50% of their adult height by their second birthday.

✔️ Boys: adult height ≈ height at 2 × 2
✔️ Girls: adult height ≈ height at 2 × 2

But this is only a rough guide, not a guarantee. Final height depends on many factors, including genetics, nutrition, overall health, sleep, and the timing of puberty. Some children grow early, while others grow later, so one measurement at age 2 doesn’t tell us everything.

Paediatricians often use the mid-parental height formula to get a better estimate of a child’s genetic height range:

• Boys = (dad + mum + 13 cm) ÷ 2
• Girls = (dad + mum − 13 cm) ÷ 2

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03/23/2026

I really struggle to read with all 3 kids each night but I know that 10 minutes a day is so important for more than just language skills 📕

We know we need to teach our kids to read but why else is reading so important?

✔️ Reading supports brain development
Regular reading stimulates neural connections involved in language, memory, and attention. Early childhood reading exposure is linked to improved cognitive development.

✔️ Improves language and communication skills
Children who are read to frequently hear a wider vocabulary and more complex sentence structures, which supports speech, literacy, and academic performance. Even if they’re not in the mood to read to you - read to them!

✔️ Strengthens emotional regulation
Shared reading activates areas of the brain involved in empathy and emotional processing, helping children understand feelings and social situations.

✔️ Reduces stress and anxiety
Reading with a parent promotes a sense of safety and attachment, which helps regulate cortisol levels and supports healthy nervous system development.

✔️ Supports better sleep
A consistent bedtime reading routine helps signal the brain to release melatonin, improving sleep onset and sleep quality in children.

✔️ Builds long-term health habits
Children raised in language-rich, responsive environments show better educational outcomes, improved mental health, and healthier behaviours later in life.

Reading with your child for just 10 minutes a day is one of the most evidence-based habits for supporting healthy development.

03/20/2026

Should I treat my kids warts? 🦠

Warts are very common in children and are caused by a harmless virus called HPV.
They often appear on the hands, fingers, or feet and can spread by skin contact.

The good news:
Most warts go away on their own as the immune system clears the virus. 50% within a year, 70% by 2 years if left untreated.

You may want treatment if the wart is bothering your child. Otherwise, it’s totally safe to leave alone.

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