TIDES Pediatrics

Dr. Arruda is a Stanford-trained integrative pediatrician, lactation consultant, and Mom-of-3 who brings heart, authenticity, and creativity to help her patients be their best. Dr. Arruda cares for artists and writers, lego-afficianados, train enthusiasts, tetherball champions, child business-owners, and competitive athletes with incredible brains. These same superstars also benefit from lifestyle changes, school accommodations, various child and/or parent-therapies, supplements or medications, mind-body interventions, and more, to shine their brightest. At TIDES Pediatrics Dr Arruda will work with your child and family to create a personalized, evidence-informed plan to support you through tsunami season (think toddlerhood and puberty hormones), still waters, and every tidal pattern in between. Many kids and young adults that Dr Arruda works with may also have: Abdominal pain - Attention and concentration differences Anxiety and mood challenges - Asynchronous development - Autism Behavioral concerns - Communication differences - Constipation, diarrhea, and other GI concerns - Disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI) - Developmental delays - Learning differences - Processing differences - Selective eating. - Social-emotional difficulties