Say What?? Outdated Parenting and Medical Advice

The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom

Dr. Mona Amin

Kids & Family, Parenting, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

How many of you have heard the following myths in regards to your child?? "Wait for tummy time!" "Put alcohol on an umbilical cord to clean it." "Sleeping on your belly as a newborn is fine!" "Give your baby formula or oatmeal to make them sleep longer." "Your baby needs a walker to help them learn how to walk." "Bouncing your baby on your legs will make them bowlegged." "It's okay to give your baby/child aspirin for a fever." "Slapping is a good way to discipline a child." "Every boy should be circumcised." "Wait until one year to give allergenic foods" "Toddlers NEED cows milk and juice and should have milk with every meal" On this episode, I welcome my best friend, fellow Pediatrician and momma Dr. Marie Jones to bust these myths and why these are not true. This is an episode you may want grandma and/or grandpa to hear because I have a feeling you have heard many of these from them. Check out my weekly videos on child health & development by ⁠⁠subscribing to PedsDocTalk on YouTube⁠⁠. Get trusted pediatric advice, relatable parenting insights, and evidence-based tips delivered straight to your inbox—join thousands of parents who rely on the PDT newsletter to stay informed, supported, and confident. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! And don’t forget to follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pedsdoctalkpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram—our new space just for parents looking for real talk and real support. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsorships⁠⁠⁠⁠ page of the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to episode 46, say what, outdated parenting and medical advice.
0:11.4	Hey everyone, welcome to the PEDs Doc Talk Podcast. I'm your host Dr Mona, where each week I hope to educate and inspire you in your journey through parenthood with information on your most common concerns as a parent and interviews with fellow parents and experts in the field,
0:26.0	my hope is you leave each week feeling more educated, confident, and empowered in the decisions you make for your child. Hello and welcome to this week's episode where you are all in for a treat because I have
0:48.8	my friend, my work BFF, and fellow pediatrician, Dr. Marie Jones, here today to talk about
0:57.8	outdated advice. Welcome, Dr. Jones, for being here today.
1:02.2	Oh my God, Mona, I'm so excited. I've been waiting for this for like a year and a half.
1:06.8	I am so excited to have you on. I was talking to Marie on what episode she could come on because she again is one of my best friends and or work colleagues and we thought that this would be the best one and we're going to be talking about outdated advice
1:23.0	that you probably got maybe from your pediatrician,
1:26.1	but also from family members.
1:27.6	So it's going to be a really good discussion
1:29.6	on why the following things are not always true. And I can't wait to get started so
1:34.7	thank you again for being here.
1:36.0	You're so welcome can I just say before we start I have to say this I am so
1:41.8	incredibly proud of you.
1:43.0	As your friend, as your colleague, to see everything that you've been able to accomplish in such a short amount of time,
1:51.0	it's really so inspiring Mona and when you told me about starting you
1:56.4	know your Instagram page about a year and a half a little bit more than a year and a
1:59.4	half ago I knew immediately that you were gonna rock it just because that's who you are and that you would be super successful and that you would change lives right we've talked about this and you totally have you put your heart and soul into this and it completely shows so you know that I'm your
2:15.0	fan I'm like a huge fan and I'm so proud of you and this is just a beginning for
2:20.1	you and I'm super excited to be part of this and to be here today so.
2:23.4	Oh Marie you're so sweet and it's just so great having friends and again and
2:28.3	fellow pediatrician and mom by the way I didn't even mention that your mom of
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