I was a first time mum and I remember watching my six month old suffer with eczema, allergies, mucous build-up and recurring flu. It broke my heart and made me feel helpless. The mum guilt was real, I felt like a failure, and that I was failing my son. I knew I had to do something about it.

I can remember the number of nights we spent in and out of hospital because of his eczema and allergies. We tried cream after cream with no success. One cream changed the colour of his skin.

The sleepless nights was due to him vomiting phlegm to remove the excess mucous build-up. This was like clockwork every 2-3 months for 1-2 nights. He had constant dark circles under his eyes. Watching my son suffer was so painful I can still feel it in my heart.

The number of days I stayed home from work to care for him exceeded my yearly sick leave allowance. So YES it was a lot.

Before falling pregnant with my son I was health conscious and was selective with my use of medication. I was aware of not self medicating and over medicating. I wanted to continue this for his treatment, but I did find it hard. I didn’t have the knowledge to care for him, the way I would like, natural as possible. I knew I needed help.

So I took him to a naturopath. That's when the support for healing began.

Watching my son's health improve every single day and his eczema, mucus build-up and recurring illness STOP, that was everything for me, and NOW my mission is to share what I’ve learnt so there is no more mum guilt.