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

"Toddlers and night feeds, sleep associations, and calorie anxiety”

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

Dr. Mona Amin

Kids & Family, Parenting, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Dropping feeds, sleep, and is your child getting enough calories? So many important questions I discuss with Kate from the PDT Community. We discuss: Feeding schedules and overcoming calorie anxiety Ways to eliminate (or wean) overnight bottles If self-weaning night feeds is possible in toddler years Check out all the PedsDocTalk Courses for more guidance, tips, and support during parenthood. The Toddler Courses will help you through the toddler stage! 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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around the age of 11 months, 12 months, we can see intake

0:04.7

decrease. So with food with milk, but definitely with food

0:08.3

that your baby who may have been feeding and eating a lot

0:11.7

more could drop in their intake, because this has to do

0:14.6

with just their caloric needs in general. So to avoid this

0:18.3

calorie anxiety and this sort of like, I don't trust it, like

0:21.5

what's going to happen? Keep the schedule and then also make

0:24.3

sure that you are offering the variety at meal, at snack, and

0:28.6

your reassurance is going to be those checkups, right? With

0:31.7

the doctor, you'll go for a visit, you'll see their

0:34.2

weight gain. If you're feeling like in between visits, there's

0:37.3

poor weight gain, you can always go in just to get a weight

0:39.6

check and talk to the clinician, but you are going to have that

0:42.7

schedule be your best friend in terms of providing you the

0:45.3

reassurance that I am offering my child this food, and he

0:48.4

or she's going to decide what he does with it, but another

0:51.7

thing is coming when it's set to come at the time.

0:54.7

Hello, and welcome back to the show. I am Dr. Mona and thank

1:00.2

you so much for tuning in for today's episode and for all of

1:03.7

the episodes you download and listen to. This is what makes

1:06.8

the podcast continue to grow your downloads, your reviews,

1:09.7

your ratings, and also how you share this podcast with your

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