I take an allergy focussed history to determine if the cause of symptoms is a food allergen and give advice on diet for you mum (if breast-feeding), and/or for baby during weaning.  If your baby is formula fed, I can advise your GP on the most appropriate formula choice.  I can also advise onward referral to an allergy consultant if required. 

Weaning your baby is more difficult when they have allergies, and I can give you confidence to.  I can also give advice on the re-introduction process at a later date as most babies outgrow food allergies.  I can help with older children too.  

All this is carried out via online consultation  and a time to suit you, saving you time and unnecessary expense.  it also means that I can see people right across the UK and beyond providing a specialised service to you and your family. 

I have vast experience of dealing with cows’ milk protein allergy in babies and children and also in a wide variety of children’s allergies (please see areas of expertise for more details).  I have previously worked in an NHS specialist childrens allergy service. 

Based in Barnsley, I work with complex care companies across Yorkshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire and other areas to provide excellent quality nutritional care to children with complex needs.  I am competent dealing with enteral feed issues such as poor tolerance and I have also worked with a number of parents to implement blended diet in children on a gastrostomy feed.    I have worked closely with families to avoid tube feeding (when possible) by providing advice to carers and parents on how to maximise the nutritional quality of the oral diet when this is in the best interests of the child.

I believe passionately that children with disability deserve the best nutritional care and deserve to have the same chances in life and achieve optimum health as much as children without disabilities.