Episode 80: All About Tummy Troubles with Dr. Ruiz of Solid Starts

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Does your little one struggle with tummy issues like constipation, reflux, slow weight gain, picky eating etc? You're not alone! This week Rachael welcomes Dr. Rachel Ruiz, pediatrician and member of the Solid Starts team, to talk all about TUMMY TROUBLES! In this informative episode you'll learn: Understanding Normal vs. Worrisome Symptoms Growth Charts: What They Really Mean Normal Poop: Frequency, Consistency you DON'T Want to See Starting Solids: Signs of Readiness and Allergies Navigating Toddler Picky Eating + When to Worry Understanding Neurodivergent Feeding Challenges Potty Training: Myths and Methods plus so much more!! Dr. Ruiz is a mom of four, a board-certified general pediatrician, and a pediatric gastroenterologist. She completed her undergraduate at Dartmouth College, doctorate of medicine and pediatrics residency at Vanderbilt University, and pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Ruiz is an attending pediatric gastroenterologist at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and an affiliated clinical instructor of pediatric gastroenterology at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. She treats a wide range of children suffering from constipation, abdominal pain, swallowing difficulties, inadequate weight gain, inflammatory bowel disease, fatty liver and other liver diseases, and Celiac disease. In her part-time position at Solid Starts, Dr. Ruiz reviews content for evidence-based accuracy, analyzes choking data and trends, and is a trainer for Solid Starts PRO®. 📱For more from Dr. Ruiz and the Solid Starts Team, and for the best place to find me and any content related to feeding visit solidstarts.com 📖🥦 Find the new Solid Starts BOOK- Available wherever you get your books: Amazon Bookshop.org Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Instagram | Tiktok | Website ✨For sleep support and resources, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the No One Told Us podcast where we tell the truth about parenting.
0:08.1	And today is such an important topic with someone that is a part of the Solid Starts team.
0:13.1	And this is my second interview with someone from Solid Starts.
0:16.0	I absolutely love you guys.
0:18.1	Today, welcome Dr. Rachel Ruiz.
0:24.8	She is a mom of four, as well as a board-certified general pediatrician and a pediatric gastroenterologist. She completed her graduate at Dartmouth
0:31.1	College and Doctorate of Medicine and Pediatrics residency at Vanderbilt. I'm so excited to talk
0:36.7	today about all things tummy troubles. This is something that most new parents go through in one form or another, some more serious than others. But I hope that this episode will just help everyone kind of get a sense of what's normal, what's not, and what you can do about it. So Dr. Ruiz, thank you so much for joining. Welcome to the podcast. Thank you for having me.
0:55.3	So I just gave like a very quick intro to share a tiny bit about your background, but I would love to hear a little bit more about what got you kind of interested in this specialty.
1:06.5	Yeah, that's a great question.
1:08.3	I, you know, chose pediatrics as a field because I absolutely
1:14.4	love kids. And in all honesty, adult feet just kind of gross me out. So the cute little baby
1:21.2	feet and toddler feet with those big fat pads like, oh, the best. The best. So that's why I went into pediatrics. And then as far as, you know,
1:31.6	subspecializing in gastroenterology, it really was the combination of my love of food and eating,
1:40.3	as well as a mixture of procedures that we do and a good mix of patients that you can, you know,
1:48.7	fix in one visit to those that you follow throughout their childhood.
1:54.4	And, you know, we all know that tummy troubles can really,
1:58.0	really impact your quality of life.
2:03.8	And I'm here to, you know, to help them out.
2:10.2	So that's kind of my short story as far as why I chose pediatric gastroenterology. And then I think after I became a parent myself, I was humbled very quickly. Aren't we all? Yep, they will bring you to your knees. And even if you're an
2:19.4	expert in something, they make you feel like you have no idea what you're doing sometimes.
2:23.3	Yeah, no one follows the book. That's so comforting to hear in so many ways. Today we're going to
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