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

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ADHD Masking Explained: School Success, Home Struggles, and the Emotional Toll

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I know how heartbreaking and confusing it can be when a child seems fine and compliant at school only to experience meltdowns the moment they step foot at home. Today, I

Oct 21
45 min

The Follow-Up: Sleep Training Misconceptions

In this Follow-Up episode, Dr. Mona and sleep consultant Dr. Sarah Mitchell break down common sleep training misconceptions. They clarify that tears during sleep training

Oct 19
14 min

Milestones and Myths: The Truth About Tummy Time, Crawling, and More with a Pediatric Physical Therapist

⁠Many videos make you panic because your baby skipped crawling or didn’t get enough tummy time today. Social media can make motor milestones scarier than they need to be.

Oct 14
51 min

The Follow-Up: Validating Our Children

How do we raise expressive children with a voice while still holding firm and loving boundaries? Dr. Mona and Dr. Siggie Cohen explore the balance in this Follow-Up episo

Oct 12
14 min

The Sensory Code: What Your Child's Behavior Is Trying to Tell You with Occupational Therapist Laura Petix

⁠I’m joined by Laura Petix, pediatric occupational therapist and the founder of The OT Butterfly, to unpack your child’s sensory processing differences. Behaviors like me

Oct 7
1 h 01 min

The Follow-Up: Lessons from a Father of 11

⁠You don't need 11 children to learn a valuable lesson or two from a parent who does! In this Follow-Up, Dr. Mona sits down with Moshe Popack to discuss what raising a la

Oct 5
14 min

How the Healthcare System can fuel the Crunchy Mom Movement: Distrust, Trauma, and the Future of Maternal and Pediatric Care

Today I sat down to talk about something I think about a lot…the crunchy mom movement. Why are so many families walking away from traditional healthcare unheard? Caitlyn

Sep 30
54 min

The Follow-Up: Sleep Cultural Barriers

In this Follow-Up episode, Dr. Mona revisits the conversation about the role culture plays in sleep practices for our kids. Joined by certified sleep consultant Diana Mar

Sep 28
13 min

Motherhood Is Hard, Honesty Helps: Libby Ward on the Power of Honest Motherhood

Motherhood is often shown as something women should handle effortlessly while we are expected to also lose ourselves in total self-sacrifice. Today, I sit down with digit

Sep 23
55 min

The Follow-Up: Advocating for Our Kids

Dr. Mona speaks with Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, mother, and US Senate candidate in South Carolina, about the vital connection between child health, parenting, and

Sep 21
12 min

Unplugged: Why Phone-Free Policies Help Kids Thrive at School

In this eye-opening and deeply needed episode, I sat down with Clayton Cranford—a 20-year law enforcement veteran, former school resource officer, crisis negotiator, nati

Sep 16
46 min

The Follow-Up: How to Wean

Dr. Mona sits down with IBCLC Melissa Mancini (known as @more_then_milk on Instagram) to explore the physical and emotional aspects of weaning, emphasizing that weaning i

Sep 14
12 min

Why Feeding Kids Feels Harder Than Ever — And 5 Simple Shifts That Actually Work

In this insightful and encouraging episode, I had the honor of sitting down with board-certified pediatrician, mom of three, and founder of Ahimsa, Dr. Manasa Mantravadi.

Sep 9
59 min

The Follow-Up: Essential Oils Risks

Dr. Mona sits down with cosmetic chemist and science communicator Jen Novakovic, founder of The Eco Well, to debunk common myths surrounding essential oils and explore th

Sep 7
12 min

From the Exam Room to Social Media: OB-GYN, Pediatrics, and Advocacy

I’m joined by board-certified OB-GYN and mom of three, Dr. Franziska Haydanek. We chat about balancing clinical practice with social media, fighting online medical misinf

Sep 2
52 min

The Follow-Up: Parenting Triggers

Dr. Mona revisits a conversation with licensed clinical social worker and childhood trauma educator Patrick Teahan. Together, they unpack how parenthood acts as a mirror,

Aug 31
13 min

A Mother’s Loss: A Mission to Protect Children from Preventable Illness With Serese Marotta Deputy CEO of Vaccinate Your Family

In this deeply moving episode, I had the honor of sitting down with Serese Marotta, Deputy CEO of Vaccinate Your Family, to discuss the critical importance of protecting

Aug 26
53 min

The Follow-Up: Reset Your Day

In this Follow-Up episode, Dr. Mona draws on her own past experiences with burnout and mental health struggles to offer practical tools for turning around overwhelming, n

Aug 24
14 min

Food, Policy and What Families Deserve: A Conversation with Dr. Rich Besser, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Have you ever stood in the fresh produce aisle, looking at the price tags, and felt a wave of frustration because eating "real food" feels like a financial punishment? Fa

Aug 19
48 min

The Follow-Up: Self Care for Moms

Today I'm revisiting a favorite conversation with board-certified psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr. Pooja Lakshmin. We look at the difference between "faux self-car

Aug 17
12 min

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I’ve been following Dr. Mona on Instagram for a while and as a new parent have found great comfort in all of the topics she covers. The podcast does a deeper dive for those of us who like more details and info. Her calm, reassuring voice is exactly what I need as a new mom. I also love that you can search the podcasts for topics that are pertinent to what you need to know for the stage or phase you’re in with your child. Truly my Google of knowledge when it comes to child health and development. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, Dr. Mona!

Summer_T_23 · Sep 2026

I love this podcast and Dr. Amin’s social media content. It has been relatable and insightful during this season of my life. I would also love to hear more episodes with your husband because it has helped me to be more understanding, present, and observant of my family overall.

Deb-Step · Apr 2026

I feel a lot of people start podcasts just as a marketing tool and don’t want to give away too much free information (understandable) and and as a result their podcast isn’t really worth listening to. Not so with this one. There’s a lot of great information in this podcast that makes it well worth listening to. I also love that it’s evidence-based.

fiona_young · Apr 2026

Thank you for this episode and for sharing your experience. I went through birth trauma and then a month after birth, we found out our child had heart defects and needed open heart surgery at 3 months old. The “I’m so grateful that he was crying”, and your gratitude, resonated with me SO much. Motherhood really helps put things into perspective! It’s still a painful experience for me to talk about, but I know that I can use the experience to connect with others and that’s pretty special.

Nic_Ca. · Feb 2026

In this episode they talk about triple feeding as if it is this horrible thing. It does not have to be. At one point she says pumping takes 45 minutes, which it doesn’t! Never should it! And then, in another part of the episode she says it takes an hour if you include washing. True triple feeding, which you do not have to do at every feeding should take an hour max. The point is to practice breastfeeding if that’s your goal, paced bottle feed and protect your milk supply. It is a temporary plan to get to the goal of feeding at the breast if that’s is your plan- which there is an overwhelming amount of research showing that breast actually is best and it’s more than just protective of skin and gut issues. The risks of formula are facts and it is not to scare people. The focus maybe if you’re so passionate about breast not being best should be to help get better formula out there that is not filled with seed oils and the same amount of sugar as a coke given to your baby a day. True triple feeding looks like doing this at whatever feedings that feel easiest for you to do and that you have help. That you practice time at the breast- not longer than 30 min if it’s ineffective which you can get perspective of at an LC apt with a weighted feed. Then your partner or someone else paced bottle feed the baby while you pump for 15-20 min max! And then wash- which maybe takes 5 min. This is all done in under an hour to prevent burn out. And again doesn’t have to be every 3 hours. It is not black and white. Whatever your goal is, should be supported not being talked out of bc of someone else’s bad experience… this is just horrible practice when someone takes their personal experience and is bias towards you…. It is dangerous and should be questioned. Providers- meet people where they are at and see and dig into why they even want to bf. If they don’t or want to half of the time, support whatever their plan is. If they do- support that however you can with frequent follow ups and support. There are tons of support groups and help! Pedis need to rec an LC they trust that are not “breast is best at every expense” which those are probably few and far btw by the way… and not just put a mom on a triple feeding plan without any knowledge of how it truly should go or for how long and how to wean off. It is a very specialized plan that is meant for an IBCLC to help with. - RN, CLC, IBCLC

Weirdddddddd · Dec 2025

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