I’m Vanessa, a Board Certified Specialist in Pediatrics with more than a decade of experience in pediatric feeding and nutrition issues. I can nerd-out about food allergy protocols, obesity interventions, picky eating recommendations, you name it. But I’ve learned two surprising things over the past 12 years that are central to my philosophy and approach:

1) You can’t treat nutrition in a vacuum. How you eat is affected by how you sleep, manage stress, move your body and spend your time. This is true for infants, toddlers, teens and adults.

2) Family dynamics are everything. How parents think, feel and talk will affect how kids think, feel and talk about their food and their bodies and vice versa. To create real change, you have to spend some time creating a supportive environment that everyone can feel good about.

I’ve spent the last few years learning more about lactation, sleep, stress, body image and parenting and how these things connect with nutrition. That’s why I consider myself a Family Dietitian. And it’s why I can help you, your children and your entire family in ways that go above and beyond basic nutrition education.