Yulanda Ridge, IBCLC, RLC, EN
Certified Lactation Consultant – IBCLC # 210-61321

Yulanda has been helping moms and babies for 16 years with regards to breastfeeding. A married mother of 3 with some nursing background, Yulanda currently works as a Lactation Consultant in Private Practice. She did her first training through the Breastfeeding Association of SA and has since qualified as an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant). Yulanda is passionate about encouraging new mothers to breastfeed as naturally as possible, and specialises in latching problems, relactation, and breastfeeding multiples.

She also has a keen interest in how diet and lifestyle affect all aspects of family health.

Her articles appear in the Mum’s Mail as well as various local newspapers, and she has been interviewed on The Voice of the Cape.

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Melanie Hartgill
Educational Psychologist
Pr. no. 0860000115134

Specialising in: Assessments (educational, psychological, school readiness, exam concessions (IEB & GDE), emotional and career), Learning Disabilities, Parenting Issues and Training and Child Development.

Melanie has had articles published in The Sowetan Newspaper and You Magazine. She has also been interviewed on television on SABC's Kids News and SABC's Rights and Recourse. Melanie has also done radio interviews on SAFM and Radio 702.

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Hannah Kaye
Nutritional Therapist

Hannah Kaye, BSc (hons) NT, BJourn, is a registered Nutritional Therapist. She obtained her degree in Nutritional Therapy through the British College of Nutrition and Health and Greenwich University in London. She is a Council Member of the South African Association for Nutritional Therapy (SAANT). She also sits on the Panel of Experts for Natural Medicine.

Hannah’s emphasis in clinical practice is on functional medicine. In particular, gastrointestinal dysregulation and mitochondrial dysfunction and their link to chronic conditions. She is a registered Defeat Autism Now (DAN!) clinician. Her clinics in Johannesburg and Cape Town focus primarily on child health, specifically depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD and Autism. Dietary manipulation or restriction
as well as therapeutic supplementation are critical elements of her intervention programs.

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