Setting Toddlers and Preschoolers up to be Great Eaters!

Yay! Cerina Vincent wrote her first book for babies! Everybody has a Belly Button hits stores NOW and this episode is all about what inspired it, why she wrote it, what it means to her, and of course Dr. Gator gets on his amazing soap box about why titling the book Everybody has a Belly Button is totally appropriate because yes,-- everyone must have at one point had a belly button. :) This is a fun one! Give it a listen and order the book wherever books are sold! 

This very special episode we have breast cancer previvor Lesley Murphy share her story about making the decision to get a double mastectomy when learning she had the BRCA/breast cancer gene. You may know her from The Bachelor, but Leslie is a travel blogger, TV personality, yoga teacher and now a new mother! Dr. Gator and Cerina Vincent had a really honest chat about her decision to have the surgery, how it impacted her ability to breast feed, judgement she faced around that, and many more details of her incredible journey and story. We are grateful to Leslie for coming on our show--sharing stories and learning from each other helps us all raise the bar on ourselves so we can raise amazing humans. You won't want to miss this episode! 

We learned so much on this one! Dr. Gator and Cerina Vincent has such a fascinating conversation with Dr. Alavi and Tonya Skurzynski about their genius dissolvable supplements line, Frunutta! If you have a hard time getting your kids to take vitamins, or anyone in your life has a hard time swallowing or absorbing vitamins and minerals-- you must give this a listen and give their products a try! Also--who knew that most vitamins we take are just full of sugar and chemicals?? Awful. We are grateful to people like Dr. Alavi and Tonya for truly helping us raise the bar on what we put into our bodies. 

Well this is a fun one! Can't you hear your own parents voices in your head saying, "chew your food!" Well there are some very good scientific reasons for this. Dr. Gator and Cerina Vincent chat with Dr. Stasi who's a pediatric dentists and expert in the art of chewing! Chewing food completely is the first step in digestion and our society is turning into a a society that isn't chewing their food! As we teach our kids proper eating habits, we, as parents, also need to slooooow down and start enjoying meals. Not just for our mental health, but physical health as well! Grab a snack and give it a listen! 

Well, it happened. After YEARS of doing all the things and avoiding it, Cerina Vincent and her little one caught Covid. They are all better and negative now, but this episode Dr. Gator and Cerina chat all about it. Many of you have already been through it--and many of you have lost loves ones, It's a really tough time for the whole world. But for those under the weather or who haven't gotten yet, hopefully this episode will make you feel a little better. Stay healthy, stay positive and let's all keep raising the bar on ourselves so we can raise amazing children. 

With many parents on New Year resolutions to eat healthier, Dr. Gator and Cerina Vincent will once again chat about how nutrition is vital for the whole family. And how we can set our toddlers and preschoolers up to be great eaters! They chat with Jess Sherman, a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, and board certified in Practical Holistic Nutrition, about what should parents be considering when it comes to food, and what the connection is between food and learning and food and mood! Eat better, feel better, live better! 

With the newest autism statistics and the great feedback from our special autism episode with actress Ashlynn Yennie, we wanted to discuss this further. Dr. Gator and Cerina vincent chat with autism recovery expert, Luminara Serdar, who helps parents discover and address the root causes of their child’s challenging autism behaviors so that a child can be calm, happy, and develop to peer level and gain independence. We discuss toxicity, and other contributing factors to the behaviors of autism, and we also chat about the success and progress, and how many of Luminara's patients have had many issues resolved! 

Just in time for the holidays- with so much sugar and cake and cookies around-- we are, once again, going to discuss nutrition, because it's KEY to raising amazing, healthy, happy kids! In this episode, Dr. Gator and Cerina Vincent discuss the connection between the gut, brain and tantrums! And how much our FOOD affects our MOOD! With leading health expert Piper Gibson of Regenerating Health, she gives up tips and tricks to help our little ones have fewer mood swings and meltdowns. All these tips apply to us adults as well! Give it a listen, share, and have happy, safe, healthy holidays!

We often throw around the word OCD. But are these little quirks that we have in our family really Obsesive Cumpulsive Disorder? Or, is it just anxiety and normal toddler/preschool behavior? Dr. Gator and Cerina Vincent dig into this in this very insightful episode with psychologist and mental health trailblazer, Roseann Capanna-Hodge. We discuss what signs parents should look for in young children who may potentially have OCD, how to handle it if they do, and most importantly define this term and patgology correctly! Finally, Cerina shares a story of what she's been experiencing with her almost 3 year old, and stumped both the doctors. Is it OCD or is it just a very strange habit that her son is obsessed with? Time will tell, but now she has some action steps to help her child through his anxiety. 

We've all heard of Ayurveda. But do we really know what it is? Dr. Gator and Cerina Vincent chat with Dr. Zubin Billmoria about one of the worlds oldest whole body healing systems that was developed over 3000 years ago in India. When it comes to the heath of ourselves and our families why wouldn't we think about cultivating "whole body" health-- rather than wait until we are sick and just treat symptoms? And there's a reason why these ancient healing practices work! We loved this conversation! Give it a listen and a remember to email us your questions!