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The Mom Room

EP167. Amelie's Incredible Story, with Child Safety Advocate, Leslie Bangamba

The Mom Room

Renee Reina & Podcast Nation

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8602 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

EP167. Leslie shares her daughters story with us. Amelie was 18 months old when she swallowed a button battery. Her story is incredible and you will never look at a battery the same way again.

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0:00.0

Is drinking raw milk safe like RFK Jr. suggests? Can you reduce a glucose spike if you eat your food in, quote, unquote, the right order? I'm registered dietitian Abby Sharp. I host a nutrition myth-busting podcast called Bite Back with Abby Sharp. And those are just some of the questions I tackle with qualified experts on my show.

0:21.4

There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible

0:27.9

to know what's real and what's BS.

0:30.7

On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food,

0:35.3

their body, and themselves, which in my opinion is the

0:38.6

fundamental secret to good health. Listen to bite back wherever you get your podcasts.

0:44.9

This podcast is brought to you have always wanted.

1:10.7

Welcome to Tuesday's episode, everybody.

1:13.6

This is a good one. You know, we kind of went off topic at the beginning, but it's a good

1:19.7

topic to go off on. Wasn't expecting that, but you never know what's going to happen. So you can enjoy that

1:26.5

little off topictopic moment.

1:28.6

But don't worry, we do get to what we had planned on talking about.

1:32.3

I first heard Leslie tell her daughter's story on the papaya podcast, and it changed the way

1:40.4

I look at batteries forever.

1:48.6

I think as a parent, we all hear, you know, oh, it's dangerous for your child to swallow a battery and we kind of have that in the back of our minds, but I don't

1:53.3

think we actually understand why it's such a big deal and what can actually happen. Her story is

2:00.2

absolutely incredible and it is amazing that she has

2:04.5

been open in sharing it on so many different platforms. It is incredibly difficult to tell the story

2:11.2

over and over again, but she does because she knows the impact that it has on parents who are listening.

2:18.5

She knows that by telling her daughter's story, she can prevent it from happening to someone else.

2:24.9

Leslie is now a child safety advocate.

2:27.9

She is an official partner with Duracel and has championed battery safety on various global platforms. She is also an absolute pleasure

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