BDA Baby (Before, During and After Baby)

In this episode Kacie Barnes, creator of Mama Knows Nutrition and pediatric nutrition expert, joined us to share practical tips for feeding toddlers. She tackled everything from managing picky eaters to navigating holiday meals. She also gives great strategies for handling food allergies and quick, nutritious meals that the whole family will enjoy.  

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Nick and Natalie Viall have been busy — building businesses together, growing their family and navigating it all very publicly. The couple, who share daughter River Rose, and are now expecting twin girls, open up about the highs and lows of expanding their family and how their relationship has evolved through every stage. One of the biggest surprises? Nick, who has always described himself as anxious, talks about how fatherhood has actually become a calming force in his life. 
 
We also dive into Nick and Natalie’s parenting styles, what they’ve learned from their own parents, and how they’re bringing those lessons into their relationship and family today. Sharing marriage, parenting and fertility struggles publicly is never easy, but Nick and Natalie hope their honesty can help other couples feel less alone — and show that it’s possible to maintain a strong partnership even in the middle of the chaos. 
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This episode was recorded in the aftermath of the 2023 Maui Wildfires. 

In this episode, Sunny Chen of Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Hawaii joined us to share vital information in the aftermath of the 2023 Maui Wildfires. Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Hawaii was and still is doing important work to support mothers and babies in Hawaii. Whether it’s disaster relief or birth support and education, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies is there to help those in need. 

Learn more about Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Hawaii here: https://www.hmhb-hawaii.org/ 

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As the creator of Poppi, Allison Ellsworth has had to learn how to balance both motherhood and running an ultra-successful business. Today, she shares some of what she’s learned along the way and whether or not there is such thing as balance in our next installment of The Ultimate Unbalancing Act, our four-part series with Yahoo. 

Allison walks us through her business journey from starting Poppi to pitching the brand on Shark Tank while pregnant. She also explains her philosophy that there is no such thing as balance when starting a business and making it successful. Eventually, she had to build in time to prioritize her family and the things she loved. Allison is up front about the hard work it takes to build a brand as big a Poppi and is open about the work she put in; she even brought her baby to meetings! For anyone looking to start a business and wondering how to balance it all, Allison offers a unique perspective that maybe there is no such thing as balance, and that’s okay. 

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Dr. Diana Bianchi, director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, joined us to walk through all the concerns many moms have surrounding medical treatment during pregnancy and postpartum. We cover the lack of studies on medications in pregnant and breastfeeding women, and how to make sure you’re informed when starting or continuing a medication or treatment. Dr. Bianchi emphasizes that a healthy mother is the most important thing, and following up to date medical guidelines are the best way to keep yourself and your baby safe. We also touch on the maternal health crisis, and what work is being done to ensure all pregnant and postpartum women have acess to the care that they need.  

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