Hey everyone. Welcome to the first episode of the Peed's Doc Talk

podcast. I am Dr. Mona Amin and I am just so excited you're here.

Thank you for spending your time with me whether you're getting ready for your day

attempting to get a coat onto your screaming child, escaping for a moment or winding down for the day.

I know your time is precious, so thank you for spending it with me.

I am a general pediatrician working in private practice as most of you know if you've come over from my Instagram account Pete's dock talk and I am on a mission to educate and inspire modern parents.

Look I am right there with you I'm also a new mom and I get the

struggles because I'm living it right now too. Modern parenting is not easy.

There just seems to be too much information and judgment. Do this, don't do this, and it

honestly can be very exhausting at times. I was finding that so many of my families were

coming into my office with this sentiment and I decided to create a platform where I could share educational content and inspiration for families to remind them that they're doing a good job.

I do believe that there is a way to stay

informed but also reduce that anxiety that parenting can have and that's why I'm

here. I really want to share so much with all of you with the experience I've gained as a pediatrician and now as a new mom.

So I started with PED's Doc Talk for a few major reasons.

First thing was I was finding that one common trend that was happening was that parents have a lot of questions and they would want more time with their pediatrician.

And unfortunately in our current health care system, time is limited and because of this lack of time you're often left turning to

the internet which is fine to some degree but it can be overwhelming and filled with a lot of

misinformation. I realize this was happening over and over and although I'm not

your child's doctor I wanted to be able to educate families across the world on common concerns I hear parents bring up at my visits.

I believe that education is empowering and empowered parenting is knowing that you are making the right choices for your child.

I was also burning out and I was burning out because I just felt that I didn't have

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