Some of you might have heard me tell this story on Instagram, but it's one of those stories that lives with me forever.

Because it was one of the scariest moments that I've had as a parent, a first time parent.

This was before Amelia was born.

And it was a time that made me realize that I can save my kids' life and that it's so important that I know how to do that to, you know, the best

of my ability to a certain extent, but so that I can feel empowered and in control and take care

of my little ones the best that I can.

Before I tell you that story, and then I'm going to welcome on today's guest, I just want to welcome you here to feeding toddlers made easy.

I'm Casey Barnes.

I'm a registered dietitian nutritionist, a mom of two, and I'm always looking for and sharing ways to make parenting and feeding your kids less stressful, less scary, and less overwhelming. Whether you want simple and healthy meal ideas

or help surviving picky eating, you can find everything you need on my website at

mama knowsnutrition.com. The only thing I can't do is come and feed your kids and

clean up your kitchen for you, which I would love to do if I could do that for everybody.

So back to this story, something that I've always been self-conscious about is my voice because

I just can't get loud. No matter what I do if I'm in you know when you go to a loud

restaurant or you're at a bar or whatever I'm the person that nobody can hear like I give up after a

little while my husband has this like booming voice that can just cut through everything and you

always hear him no matter what.

Me, it's like someone is leaning next to me and nothing is happening.

I don't know why it's just like I'm not built that way.

So we were at this party.

It was actually a baby shower.

I was there with Teddy.

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