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    Water is vital! Homeschooling and Hydration
    Nicola Stewart
    • Mar 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Water is vital! Homeschooling and Hydration

    One very simple suggestion for keeping your children (and yourself) healthy, alert, energised and resistant to illness is to make sure they drink plenty of fluids. We can go for weeks without food but only days without water. Every bodily function, especially digestion, needs water. Water transports nutrients, it flushes away waste and it controls our body temperature. Children do not always recognise the sensation of thirst. They can find drinking water a bit boring and so
    Is Your Child Constipated
    Nicola Stewart
    • Mar 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    Is Your Child Constipated

    CONSTIPATION, the inability to poo is very common. In children, it is often the result of ‘holding on’ to poo or of not allowing enough time on the toilet to fully empty. The poo that remains inside starts to dry, becomes hard and then is painful to pass. This can lead to a cycle of fearing the pain and further holding on. Over time, residual poo can build up and stretch the colon. When it is stretched, the colon can become tired and struggle to contract to move the dried-ou
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