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LIVE from ILADS: Tick Boot Camp sits down with Dr. Somer DelSignore, DNP, BC-PNP, founder of Hudson Valley Integrative Health in Beacon, New York, for a wide-ranging conversation about pediatric Lyme disease, congenital tick-borne infections, autism spectrum symptoms, PANS/PANDAS, autoimmune encephalopathy, developmental delays, behavioral changes, and the importance of investigating potential biological contributors to neuroimmune dysfunction. Dr. DelSignore practices integrative pediatrics with a focus on children experiencing complex chronic illness and neuroimmune symptoms. Rather than stopping at a behavioral or developmental diagnosis, she describes a root-cause approach that asks a deeper question: What biological processes could be contributing to this child's symptoms? The conversation explores some challenging and evolving areas of medicine, including possible relationships among infections, inflammation, immune dysfunction, neurological development, and behavioral symptoms. Dr. DelSignore shares observations from her clinical practice and argues for more comprehensive biomedical evaluation of children with complex or atypical presentations. This interview was recorded live at the ILADS conference, so you may hear some of the energy and background activity of the event throughout the conversation. Looking Beyond a Pediatric Diagnosis Dr. DelSignore describes treating children who don't always fit neatly into one diagnostic category. Some arrive with: Autism spectrum diagnoses or symptoms Developmental delays Behavioral changes Cognitive difficulties Motor delays Speech and language delays PANS/PANDAS Autoimmune or neuroimmune symptoms Suspected congenital Lyme disease Other tick-borne infections A pattern she says sometimes catches parents' attention is an unexpected improvement when a child receives treatment for an unrelated infection. Parents may report that their child temporarily gains language, motor, behavioral, or other skills while taking an antibiotic, only to regress after treatment ends. For Dr. DelSignore, observations like these are clues that warrant further investigation rather than immediate conclusions. Root-Cause Medicine for Children Dr. DelSignore describes her work as a form of detective work. A diagnosis describes what clinicians are observing, but she wants to investigate why those symptoms are occurring. When a child presents with neurological, developmental, behavioral, or immune dysfunction, she evaluates possible contributors and works backward from the symptoms. That may involve extensive history-taking, laboratory evaluation, the child's medical history, environmental factors, immune function, infections, inflammation, genetics, and sometimes the parents' medical histories. Once potential contributors are identified, her goal is not only to address them but also to support the immune and neurological systems as the child progresses. Learn more about Dr. Somer DelSignore and Hudson Valley Integrative Health. Congenital Lyme & Tick-Borne Infections One of the most important subjects in this conversation is congenital or maternal-fetal transmission of tick-borne infections. Dr. DelSignore discusses evaluating both children and their parents when the child's presentation suggests that infection or immune dysfunction could have begun during pregnancy or early development. She specifically discusses Borrelia, Bartonella, and Babesia — the pathogens Tick Boot Camp often refers to as the Three B's — in the context of her clinical work. Dr. DelSignore also discusses another possibility: even when direct transmission isn't established in an individual case, maternal infection and inflammation during pregnancy could potentially influence fetal immune or neurological development. These are complex and evolving areas of research, and determining what occurred in an individual child requires careful clinical evaluation rather than assuming that every developmental or neuroimmune condition has an infectious cause. Why Family History Matters With very young patients, Dr. DelSignore says the parents' history can become especially important. She asks mothers questions such as: Were you exposed to ticks? Did you experience unexplained symptoms before or during pregnancy? Did you have unusual illnesses earlier in life? Did you struggle with immune dysfunction? Do you have autoimmune conditions? Were there infections or inflammatory problems during pregnancy? For an infant who cannot describe symptoms, family history may provide clues that aren't available from the child alone. Dr. DelSignore combines that history with clinical presentation and diagnostic testing when deciding what warrants further investigation. What Might Lyme Disease Look Like in a Young Child? Young children present a unique diagnostic challenge. They cannot necessarily explain that they are exhausted, experiencing pain, having temperature changes, or feeling neurologically different. Dr. DelSignore describes seeing infants with findings such as hypotonia — unusually low muscle tone — along with feeding and sleeping difficulties that extend beyond what would ordinarily be expected. As children grow, additional clues may emerge. Clinicians and parents can begin evaluating whether a child is: Sitting appropriately Crawling Developing speech Gaining words Building sentences Developing motor skills Interacting socially Meeting expected developmental milestones Dr. DelSignore emphasizes that none of these signs by themselves diagnose Lyme disease or another tick-borne infection. Instead, they may be reasons to investigate further when considered alongside medical history, exposures, physical findings, and other symptoms. Behavioral Symptoms in Toddlers & Children In toddlers and older children with tick-borne illness, Dr. DelSignore says the presentation can become heavily neurological or behavioral. She discusses symptoms including: Irritability Impulsivity Poor sleep Delayed speech Social difficulties Auditory sensitivity Visual sensitivity Anxiety Depression OCD-like behaviors Rage Fatigue Sweating Temperature dysregulation The difficulty is obvious: many of these symptoms overlap with other pediatric neurological, developmental, psychiatric, and medical conditions. A nonverbal child also may not be able to report fatigue, pain, headaches, sensory changes, or other physical symptoms. That overlap is one reason Dr. DelSignore argues against trying to identify tick-borne illness from behavior alone. Autism, Lyme Disease & an Important Distinction A substantial portion of this conversation explores autism and possible biological contributors to autism-spectrum presentations. This requires an important distinction. Autism is not synonymous with Lyme disease, and an autism diagnosis by itself does not establish the presence of a tick-borne infection. Dr. DelSignore's position is that some children diagnosed with autism or presenting with autism-like symptoms may also have infections, inflammation, autoimmune processes, or other biomedical issues that deserve investigation. She describes autism as a syndrome diagnosed from patterns of behavior and development rather than through a single definitive laboratory test. From her root-cause perspective, she therefore asks what potentially modifiable biological factors might coexist with or contribute to an individual child's presentation. This distinction is especially important because the scientific questions surrounding infection, immune activation, neurodevelopment, and autism remain complex and actively studied. Can Treating an Infection Change Developmental Symptoms? Dr. DelSignore shares clinical experiences in which she says children experienced substantial developmental and behavioral improvement after underlying infections and immune dysfunction were addressed. She discusses one case involving a nonverbal child with significant autism-spectrum symptoms whom she says tested positive for Borrelia, Bartonella, and Babesia in the context of suspected maternal transmission. Following treatment, she reports that the child progressed dramatically and was functioning much more typically by school age. This is a clinical case described by Dr. DelSignore, not evidence that tick-borne infections explain autism broadly or that antimicrobial treatment is an established autism treatment. What it illustrates is the central argument she makes throughout this episode: When a child's presentation is unusual or complex, clinicians should remain curious about potentially treatable medical contributors. The Neuroimmune Connection Dr. DelSignore encourages clinicians to think about some pediatric presentations through a neuroimmune lens. The nervous system and immune system don't operate independently. Infection can trigger immune activity and inflammation, and immune dysfunction can have neurological consequences. Dr. DelSignore discusses evaluating children for both infections and evidence of autoimmune activity when clinically appropriate. Rather than attempting to draw a clean line between a behavioral diagnosis and an infectious diagnosis, she looks at the entire clinical picture and asks what combination of processes could be affecting that individual child. PANS/PANDAS & Autoimmune Encephalopathy This same framework is relevant to Dr. DelSignore's work with PANS, PANDAS, and autoimmune encephalopathy. Children with these conditions can experience dramatic neuropsychiatric or behavioral changes associated with immune activation. Dr. DelSignore's clinical focus includes identifying possible infectious and inflammatory triggers and then addressing both the trigger and the downstream immune or neurological dysfunction. Her work therefore overlaps infectious disease, immunology, neurology, psychiatry, and developmental pediatrics rather than remaining confined to a single specialty. ILADS identifies Dr. DelSignore's areas of focus as neuroimmunology, autism spectrum disorder, PANS/PANDAS, and chronic/congenital Lyme disease. Why Comprehensive Evaluation Matters One of Dr. DelSignore's strongest messages is that children with complex developmental or behavioral presentations deserve a thorough medical evaluation. She says older children often reach her practice after seeing numerous providers while their symptoms have been characterized primarily as behavioral or psychiatric. By the time they arrive, some families have spent years searching for explanations. Dr. DelSignore advocates looking more broadly at potential contributors, including infection, immune dysfunction, inflammation, environmental exposures, genetics, nutrition, and other biological factors when clinically indicated. The goal isn't to assume every child has Lyme disease. It's to ask enough questions before deciding that nothing else is contributing to the child's symptoms. Psychiatric Symptoms Can Have Medical Contributors The conversation also examines the relationship between physical health and psychiatric symptoms. Dr. DelSignore describes situations in which she believes infection-driven immune activation and neuroinflammation may contribute to anxiety, depression, irritability, OCD-like behaviors, rage, and other neuropsychiatric symptoms. She argues for investigating potential biological contributors rather than automatically treating every behavioral presentation as an isolated psychiatric problem. At the same time, the conversation acknowledges that psychiatric medications can be appropriate and important for some patients. The larger message is individualized care: evaluate the whole child and determine what combination of supports that particular patient needs. No Single Cause of Autism Near the end of the interview, the conversation turns to claims about acetaminophen/Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism. Dr. DelSignore rejects the idea that there is a simple, single explanation for autism. She describes autism as potentially involving many interacting factors and argues that research findings about individual exposures need to be interpreted in context rather than reduced to a headline claiming one substance "causes autism." Her broader point aligns with the philosophy she describes throughout the interview: There is no simple answer for a complex biological system. Instead, she looks for what she describes as a "stacking" of contributing factors that may differ substantially from one child to another. Can Women with Lyme Disease Have Children? The interview closes on a question that creates tremendous fear for many young women diagnosed with Lyme disease: Can I safely have a child? Tick Boot Camp raises the importance of helping women understand congenital Lyme disease, pregnancy, treatment before conception, care during pregnancy, and what parents and clinicians should consider after birth. Dr. DelSignore agrees that these questions deserve much deeper discussion. The existence of congenital transmission concerns should not be interpreted as meaning that someone with Lyme disease cannot have a healthy pregnancy or healthy child. Instead, it reinforces the value of working with knowledgeable healthcare professionals to develop an individualized plan before and during pregnancy. For a deeper Tick Boot Camp conversation with Dr. DelSignore, listen to Pediatric Lyme, Autism Regression, PANS/PANDAS & Root-Cause Healing. About Dr. Somer DelSignore Dr. Somer DelSignore, DNP, BC-PNP is a board-certified pediatric provider and founder of Hudson Valley Integrative Health in Beacon, New York. Her clinical work focuses on complex chronic illness in children, including neuroimmunology, PANS/PANDAS, autoimmune encephalopathy, autism-spectrum presentations, Lyme disease, and congenital tick-borne illness. She completed graduate and doctoral education at the University of Pennsylvania and SUNY Upstate Medical University and has pursued advanced mentorship and training in integrative medicine, Lyme disease, PANS, and autism. She developed the R.E.S.E.T. Protocol, a root-cause framework for addressing immune dysfunction. Dr. DelSignore is also a member of the ILADS Pediatric Committee. Key Topics in This Episode Pediatric Lyme disease, congenital Lyme disease, Dr. Somer DelSignore, autism and Lyme disease, autism spectrum disorder, PANS, PANDAS, autoimmune encephalopathy, neuroimmune dysfunction, neuroinflammation, Borrelia, Bartonella, Babesia, Three B's, developmental delays, speech delay, hypotonia, behavioral symptoms, pediatric tick-borne disease, maternal-fetal transmission, congenital tick-borne infections, root-cause medicine, integrative pediatrics, biomedical evaluation, immune dysfunction, psychiatric symptoms, pregnancy and Lyme disease, and pediatric Lyme testing. About This LIVE from ILADS Interview This conversation was recorded in person at the 2025 International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society Annual Scientific Conference, From Terrain to Treatment: Advances in Vector-Borne Illness, held October 9–12, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. Because these interviews were recorded live at the conference, they have a different feel from Tick Boot Camp's traditional long-form virtual and studio conversations — shorter, focused, and surrounded by the activity of one of the world's major gatherings of Lyme and tick-borne disease clinicians, researchers, advocates, and innovators. Dr. DelSignore was also a speaker at the conference, where ILADS highlighted her work in integrative pediatrics and personalized treatment for children. Explore all Tick Boot Camp LIVE from ILADS interviews. More from Tick Boot Camp Watch or listen to Tick Boot Camp's long-form interview with Dr. Somer DelSignore for a deeper exploration of pediatric Lyme disease, congenital infection, autism regression, PANS/PANDAS, and root-cause healing. Hear more conversations with Lyme disease doctors and healthcare professionals, or explore the Tick Boot Camp Podcast for hundreds of patient stories and interviews with doctors, researchers, advocates, and other voices throughout the Lyme disease community. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/tick-boot-camp/2f9253e9-955e-423b-ac71-2ec25d9c29e4

Senate questions ex-prosecutor Jack Smith faced over Trump investigation. Toddler pulls a loaded gun out of his backpack. Woman claims a man grabbed her ass while she was live streaming at Disneyland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlie's tonsils, the smell of death, and JLR's thoughts on golf. A credit union CEO in Michigan was let go after they posted an image of them wearing Lake America sweatshirts. The Cornell 7. University of Virginia gang rape hoax. No more pennies. Comma AI has created an apparatus to convert any car to a self-driving car. A high school teacher in Texas admitted to having sex with two teenage boys. Senate questions ex-prosecutor Jack Smith faced over Trump investigation. Toddler pulls a loaded gun out of his backpack. Woman claims a man grabbed her ass while she was live streaming at Disney World. WNBA player has an altercation with a fan after he pointed at her.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel-bound plane pilot stabbed by co-pilot, causing jet to plunge 18K feet. Trump gathers with AI leaders and floats ‘self-regulation' as the way to deal with the technology's dangers. Ex-Trump prosecutor Smith forcefully defends investigations as Republicans assail his team's tactics. One-Hit Wonder Wednesday. Toddler takes loaded gun to Michigan daycare. 

AP's Lisa Dwyer reports that charges are expected for parents of Michigan toddler who brought a gun to daycare.

Man destroys a home with a stolen tractor after his rival urinated on his family's graves. Driver crashed truck through a Kroger grocery store in Texas because he needed to use the bathroom. Police investigating after toddler brings a loaded gun to a daycare. Weird AF News is the only daily weird news podcast in the world. Weird news 5 days/week and on Friday it's only Floridaman. SUPPORT by joining the Weird AF News Patreon http://patreon.com/weirdafnews - OR buy Jonesy a coffee at http://buymeacoffee.com/funnyjones Buy MERCH: https://weirdafnews.merchmake.com/ - Check out the official website https://WeirdAFnews.com and FOLLOW host Jonesy at http://instagram.com/funnyjones - wants Jonesy to come perform standup comedy in your city? Fill out the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvYbm8Wgz3Oc2KSDg0-C6EtSlx369bvi7xdUpx_7UNGA_fIw/viewform Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Candace almost didn't make it to this recording because she got completely sucked into a 9/11 documentary. So naturally, we start by talking about why so many of us millennials are still fascinated by 9/11 and can lose hours watching documentaries about it.Then we get into something that might feel a little too familiar if you're married with kids: keeping score. The “I did bedtime last night, so you should do it tonight” conversations. The mental tally of who got a break, who's been up with the kids, and who's done more around the house.We talk about how easy it is to fall into that tit-for-tat mentality when you're both exhausted. And let's be real, tit does not always equal tat, if you know what we mean.

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What if the best way to keep your toddler entertained is to stop trying to entertain them? In this episode, I unpack the idea of “don't solve a problem you don't have” and share why giving children space to be bored, observe, explore, and come up with their own ideas is an important part of building autonomy. I share stories from traveling with my own young children and explain how over-preparing can sometimes get in the way of their opportunity to practice entertaining themselves. We'll look at how to recognize when your child truly needs something from you—and when the most helpful thing you can do is simply give them the space to figure it out. Whether you're traveling, at home, or out and about, this episode offers a simple shift that can help you step back while still supporting your child's learning and development.  

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports on a daycare scare after a toddler pulls out a loaded gun.

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports on a daycare scare after a toddler pulls out a loaded gun.

Does your toddler seem able to focus deeply on a screen, but struggle to stay with a book, sit through a meal, play independently, or listen when you need him to?In this episode, Erin looks beyond the surface and explains what attention actually asks of a developing child. A screen may be very effective at holding attention, but real-world attention is built through movement, participation, repetition, curiosity, problem-solving, connection, and everyday life.You'll also hear why sleep, nutrition, routines, background noise, movement, and the overall pace of the day matter so much. Toddler development does not happen in separate categories. Language, motor skills, regulation, feeding, attention, and behavior are constantly developing together.Erin also explores why simple play is often more valuable than it looks, why boredom can create room for imagination and curiosity, and why screens are never developmentally neutral for very young children.Most importantly, this episode will help you stop asking only, “Why won't my toddler focus?” and start looking more carefully at the environment and experiences shaping his attention every day.Because attention is not simply something your toddler either has or doesn't have.It develops through experience.===================If you have a specific situation with your toddler that you keep replaying, Erin offers free 20-minute Clarity Calls to help you look more closely at what may be happening underneath the behavior.

This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, happy Monday!! We are STILL buzzing from Dear Media by Day.. Saturday was AWESOME: panels all day, brand activations, happy hour, and our first time ever doing something like this as a couple. Talking about “having it all (ish)” in front of 300+ people?? SO cool.  One of the best parts: our friends were in that crowd. Even better? We never asked them to come. They found out, bought tickets, and showed up for us. Which is EXACTLY why this week's PSA on friendship felt so timely: you need to start being a "high effort friend." The internet spent years teaching us to cancel plans and call it self care, and the pendulum is officially swinging back (& we're here for it). As for the panel itself: we talked all about our "family framework." Consider this episode the sneak preview (what it is, how we rank each bucket out loud every week, why it's changed how we bring things up with each other).. and we'll do a FULL episode on it this coming Friday!! Pop questions in the comments and we'll hit them friday!!  Life stuff: Tate had an "I need cuddles" night and ended up back in our bed.. and we need to know: will THIS ruin our toddler's sleep habits?! Our honest answer: some nights can be just for the memories. Jules is off to Europe, which sparks the great travel debate: do you bring food on a flight? Safety sandwich rules are discussed at length (Italian, NO tomatoes, you're welcome). And our date night giveback winner is announced!! Then two things we DMed that we're still processing: the "butter" on movie theater popcorn isn't butter (it's soybean oil in a trench coat.. we feel lied to??), and third places are disappearing. Starbucks and McDonald's traded the cozy / fun hangout for the pickup shelf, and we need SOMEONE to figure out balancing vibes with efficiency. To close: the best investment one mom made once her kids left for college (plane tickets.. go to THEM), and should we go to Japan on our honeymoon?! (aaaand should the neighbors be invited hahaha) Hope everyone has a great week :-) LOVE YOU GUYS! Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast! 00:00:27 Our Dear Media by Day recap (thank you to everyone who came!!) 00:03:17 Sneak preview: our "family framework" (full episode coming FRIDAY!) 00:14:57 How we both got over hating public speaking (the reps theory) 00:22:23 Retiring "fake it til you make it"  00:23:33 You need to start being a “high effort friend" 00:31:49 Jules is off to Europe!!  00:34:29 Do you bring food on a flight? 00:37:42 Will THIS ruin our toddler's sleep habits?! 00:43:28 Date night winner!!!  00:44:30 The "butter" on your movie theater popcorn isn't butter?! 00:47:26 Where did all the third places go?! 00:51:38 The best investment once your kids leave for college: plane tickets 00:56:12 Should we go to Japan on our honeymoon?! 00:58:24 LOVE YOU GUYS! #twoparentsandapod -------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: *High Effort friends: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdzGNTIjICy/?stkn=MXMzMjZnc2FjOWUzag== *Movie theatre “butter”: https://x.com/TipOfTheBanana/status/2104234088802451546?s=20 *Texas Roadhouse “butter”: https://www.aol.com/articles/texas-roadhouses-famous-honey-cinnamon-181100000.html  *Third place convo: https://x.com/herrmanndigital/status/2103849448254390750?s=20  *Best investment once kids in college: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddtu16RmzSJ/?stkn=MWhheWo1MG81aWM0bw== *Japan reading club nights: https://x.com/_3emeOeil/status/2104109416672838128?s=20  -------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you to our sponsors this week: *Honest: Shop Honest on Amazon, Walmart and Target. *Little Spoon: Give them meals + snacks that are actually right for where kids are developmentally—balanced, intentional and made to support real growth. Go to https://www.littlespoon.com/TWOPARENTS and enter code TWOPARENTS for 30% off your first order. *GOODLES: Pick up GOODLES Twirly Mac online or on your next shopping trip… Available nationwide at major grocery stores and retailers. -------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Two Parents & A Podcast: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/twoparentsandapod TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@twoparentsandapod Follow Alex Fugman: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/alexfugman TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@justalexfugman Follow Harrison Fugman: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/harrisonfugman TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@harrisonfugman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Wolfe reveals why most B2B marketing fails by making the company the hero instead of the guide—and how "strategic subtraction" creates messaging that actually builds trust.When relationship-driven B2B companies try to grow, they're often handed transactional marketing playbooks or over-optimized messaging that feels robotic and cold. In this episode, Matt Wolfe, Partner at Brand3 and seasoned StoryBrand Certified Guide, joins Cam and Otis to explain how lessons from 25 years in professional theater translate directly into high-trust B2B marketing.Matt breaks down why asking questions beats pushing credentials, how to position your company as the guide rather than the hero, and why great messaging often comes from what you remove rather than what you add.In this episode, you'll learn:• The Yoda vs. Luke Principle: Why your customer should be the hero and your business the guide  • The "Shootout at the Chamber Corral": How asking the first question creates genuine connection  • Strategic Subtraction: Why removing excess copy and buzzwords makes your message stronger  • The Missing Bookends of StoryBrand: What needs to happen before and after the framework  • The Broadway "I Want" Song: How theater reveals what customers truly want  • Why discovery beats treating messaging like a fill-in-the-blank exercise  • How empathy and curiosity create more trust than credentials and technical jargon  • Why "ask questions first, nerd out later" is a powerful approach to B2B sales and marketing  About Matt WolfeMatt Wolfe spent 25 years on professional stages, including Broadway, before transitioning into brand strategy. Today, he is a Partner at Brand3 and an experienced StoryBrand Certified Guide who has advised more than 250 organizations across 30+ industries.Through Brand3's Scale Beyond Referrals program, Matt helps high-trust B2B companies turn word-of-mouth success into scalable, human-centered marketing.Chapters00:00 Toddlers, Playgrounds, and Regaining Wonder  • How curiosity helps leaders better understand what customers actually need.07:41 Brand Strategy vs. Marketing Funnels  • Why generic SEO and digital funnels often fall short for relationship-driven B2B companies.13:40 StoryBrand and Lessons From Theater  • How Matt's theater background led him to StoryBrand and more focused messaging.16:28 The Guide Mindset  • Why your company should play Yoda or Obi-Wan instead of Luke Skywalker.22:01 The Chamber Shootout  • Why asking prospects about themselves beats delivering a rehearsed elevator pitch.28:32 Broadway Structure in Business  • Using story, desire, obstacles, and narrative tension to create memorable messaging.35:44 Strategic Subtraction  • Why great copywriting is often about what you remove, not what you add.41:52 Empathy Over Ego  • Listening before solving and using strategically simple language instead of buzzwords.48:03 Curiosity and Closing  • Why messaging shouldn't become a fill-in-the-blank exercise and where to connect with Matt.Connect with Matt Wolfe:Brand3:https://brand3.net/Scale Beyond Referrals:https://scalebeyondreferrals.com/LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwolfemarketing/Brand3 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/brand3/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/brand3marketing/Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/therightwaytomarketYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@therightwaytomarketPodcast:The CEO's Heart for Service

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A loaded gun inside a Canton daycare has led to an arrest after police say a toddler somehow got hold of the weapon. WWJ's Tony Ortiz and Tracey McCaskill have the afternoon's top news stories.

We were never meant to be stuck in the sandpit. When we start to understand that our heavenly Father has given us full access to Him, we need to progress and grow in Christ. This message will help you understand who you are in Christ and where we are situated in what He has for us. We pray it blesses you.

This is the Live Call-in Show from this past Sunday night, September 20, 2026! Mike and Scott were back together for the hour taking your calls! We started the show with some discussion of our favorite savory snacks around Walt Disney World, with the coming of fall this week and hopefully some cooler temperatures soon! We got a great call from Tricia, who was live at Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, with updates from her trip so far, including a bit of time at Universal! We also heard from Listener Cindy in St. Charles, Missouri about her thoughts on why a Disneyland trip was easier with her toddler than heading to Walt Disney World. This and much more on today's show! Come join us in the BOGP Clubhouse this week at www.beourguestpodcast.com/discord. Please visit our website at www.beourguestpodcast.com. Thank you so much for your support of our podcast! Also, please follow the show on Twitter @BeOurGuestMike and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/beourguestpodcast. Become a patron of the Be Our Guest Podcast over at www.patreon.com/BeOurGuestPodcast. Thanks to our friends at The Magic For Less Travel for sponsoring today's podcast!

Co-hosts Ryan Piansky, a patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic asthma, and Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist living with EoE who serves on APFED's Health Science Advisory Council, interview Amarah, a high school senior and patient advocate living with EoE and several other chronic illnesses. Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is designed to support, not replace, the relationship between listeners and their healthcare providers. Opinions, information, and recommendations shared in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice. Decisions related to medical care should be made with your healthcare provider. Opinions and views of guests and co-hosts are their own.   Key Takeaways: [:48] Co-host Ryan Piansky introduces this episode, brought to you thanks to the support of APFED's Education Partners AstraZeneca, GSK, Sanofi, Regeneron, and Takeda. Ryan introduces co-host Holly Knotowicz.   [1:07] Holly introduces today's topic: eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). EoE is a chronic allergic inflammatory disease of the esophagus.   [1:19] EoE occurs when eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, accumulate in the esophagus in elevated numbers, causing inflammation that can make eating or swallowing difficult or uncomfortable.   [1:30] Holly introduces and welcomes today's guest, Amarah, a high school student who is a patient advocate living with EoE. Welcome, and thanks for joining us.   [1:37] Amarah thanks Holly and Ryan and says she is very excited to be here.   [1:50] Amarah says she is a high school senior. She loves to perform and act. She is also very involved in sports and school activities. She is a cross-country member and a soccer member.   [2:05] Amarah was diagnosed with EoE when she was very young. She has done every treatment you can think of. She has had foods that she was able to eat, and then she couldn't eat them, and then later she could go back to eating them.   [2:19] Amarah says it feels like she has had "millions and millions" of scopes. She has done transnasal scopes and regular scopes.   [2:28] Holly says she and Ryan have been on numerous types of therapy and tried diet elimination. Holly has done the transnasal scope and is excited to hear that Amarah has. Ryan says he feels left out and needs to try a transnasal scope at some point.   [2:52] Holly says we also call it a nonsedated endoscopy. Holly says she loves that Amarah has access to it. Amarah says her state is sparsely populated without those resources, so she flies down to Phoenix, where she used to live, for all of her doctoring.   [3:27] Holly says it's awesome for listeners to know that Arizona is a state where they can get treatment.    [3:47] Amarah says she had a wonderful primary care doctor when she was little. She was having problems around eight months old. At about a year-and-a-half, her primary care doctor suggested she be tested for this "new" disease, EoE. So she got tested.   [4:16] Amarah remembers "not being able to eat anything." That was her normal. She doesn't remember having to take out any foods. The first time she realized she had something more than allergies, she was around 5 or 6 years old.   [4:37] At that time, she realized that something was not the same with other kids who have allergies. What she had was different from a normal allergy.   [4:50] Amarah says she was about 10 or 11 years old when she had a better understanding of what EoE was, inside the esophagus.   [5:16] Ryan compares Amarah's experience to his own, as he was also diagnosed very young. For years, he explained it away as allergies. It's a complicated thing to grasp when you're younger.   [5:45] Amarah is on dupilumab, which is helpful for her eczema, which has resisted topical treatments. Dupilumab also helps with her EoE, so now she is able to have dairy, wheat, and soy. She can't eat them at the same level as people who do not have EoE.   [6:27] Amarah says she prefers a lot of foods that do not have dairy and wheat in them. It's helpful for traveling. She can eat dairy, wheat, and soy, and her scopes come back clean, which is nice.   [6:44] Amarah says that in the past she has done budesonide. She is on PPIs. She had Nissen fundoplication. She also did a drug trial. When she was 12, her EoE got bad. She did a drug trial for an IV drug, and it did not work. She had an adverse reaction.   [7:24] Ryan says he was taking a medication for eosinophilic asthma, which was helping his EoE a little bit, but not a lot. Now that he is taking dupilumab for EoE, that is also helping him with his eosinophilic asthma. Ryan agrees that it is such a game changer.   [7:58] Amarah says she doesn't have other trigger foods, but she is allergic to shellfish due to IgE, not EoE. Peanuts and tree nuts trigger anaphylaxis. Soy, wheat, and dairy are definitely EoE triggers. She used to have to avoid corn but is able to have it now.    [8:38] Amarah says you just know when you eat too much of a food, and your EoE is starting to act up again.    [9:15] Ryan advises listeners to double-check with your care team before you start to introduce triggers back into your diet.   [9:26] Holly says this is so relatable. Holly is significantly older than Ryan and Amarah and didn't get diagnosed until she was older. She loves how Amarah articulated the different paths she has been on as she was growing up.   [9:55] Holly notes that Amarah was at the rise of new treatments that could give her hope to try.   [10:07] Holly asks Amarah to explain to listeners the Nissen fundoplication. Amarah says she had it when she was about four, for her GERD, which is acid reflux. She says some kids with EoE have it done; some do not.   [10:50] Amarah says the sphincter between her stomach and esophagus didn't fully close. The doctor said he had never seen a sphincter look so bad.   [11:04] They did surgery to take a part of the stomach and sew it up so the sphincter closes when food goes down the esophagus, so it stays in the stomach. Amarah says you should not be able to throw up after the surgery, but she still has that ability.   [11:42] Amarah says the surgery can get looser over the years. She has had a couple of tests where the doctors monitor how loose it is.   [11:50] Holly thanks Amarah for articulating what Nissen fundoplication is. Holly is fascinated that Amarah is still able to vomit. That's an important thing to think about with EoE. Holly had the same procedure twice before they knew she had EoE.   [12:53] Amarah says EoE has a lot of layers. It's very complicated. It's very hard to describe it. It takes a lot of extra steps [to manage it].   [13:05] Amarah explains using another diagnosis she has: mild dyslexia. She has to put in more effort and work to do school assignments because she's in advanced classes that require a lot of reading, writing, and spelling.   [13:25] EoE is similar in the way that you have to have the extra steps in order to manage it. She wishes people would know that it's a multi-step process. It's not just one and done.   [13:38] Amarah has been looking at colleges. One of the things she is looking for is whether they have cafeterias she can use. Do they have a disability program she can use and get accommodations for her needs? Do they have a kitchen she can use?   [13:57] Amarah says even though she can have all these different foods, she is still anaphylactic to peanuts and tree nuts. Because EoE can randomly flare up, it's important to her that she has those options.   [14:11] Amarah says EoE is very layered, and she wishes people would understand that more. It would be more helpful for the level of acceptance and understanding, overall, of having EoE, especially as a teenager.   [14:34] Ryan says that when he started college, he sat with the university dining hall and the office of disability services to explain his EoE, EoE triggers, and anaphylactic allergies, and to ask if he could eat at the dining hall. They offered the salad bar.   [15:03] The dining hall couldn't accommodate his needs, so he was able to get a dorm with a kitchen so he could prepare his own food.   [15:18] Ryan hopes that 10 years after Ryan started college, the university Amarah chooses will be more understanding of EoE and other allergies.   [15:56] Holly says that as a speech pathologist, she sees people with all diagnoses. There are still schools that don't consider EoE a disability. It's very important to think about accommodations. A patient chose to change schools because of the lack of accommodations.   [16:36] Holly is 42. When she went to school, she didn't know she had EoE, but she had IgE-mediated food allergies, threw up often, and could only eat certain things prepared certain ways. The school said she could eat at one dining hall, but it still wasn't safe.   [17:00] Holly says it has changed in a good way, but in some places, it has not, because some people still don't understand.   [17:11] Holly talks about Amarah avoiding corn and different things. People don't realize you can have an EoE trigger to very different types of foods, not just ones that you are IgE allergic to and need an EpiPen® for. That was key information for Amarah to bring up.   [17:35] Amarah enjoys participating in her school's speech, debate, and drama team. She used EoE as the topic for her informative speech project. Holly watched a video of it, and it was amazing. Holly asks how Amarah came up with the topic.    [19:16] Amarah says that the previous year she had done an informative speech on the history of My Little Pony, of which she is a fan. She decided that for the next year she would do an informative speech on one of the six chronic illnesses she has.   [19:56] Amarah considered which of her illnesses affected her the most. She picked EoE to learn more about it for herself and to explain it better to others, more than just saying she has allergies and can't eat that.   [20:03] Amarah wanted to create something that would be digestible by everyday people for a basic understanding. She had 10 minutes for the speech, so she didn't get into the nitty-gritty of it. She really liked that she got to share it with people.   [20:24] Amarah says she met a judge whose brother had just been diagnosed with EoE. She met another kid who had EoE. He told her he never thought he would see somebody talk about EoE in an informative speech.   [20:50] Amarah says that sharing about EoE was important. She loved doing it.   [20:57] Holly says she loves that Amarah used an outlet she enjoys to share something medically significant in her life.   [21:14] Holly shares how her soccer teammates reacted when she had problems swallowing. She didn't know she had more than food allergies. She and her teammates did a drama, with her as a character always having to vomit. It was releasing to do.   [22:02] Amarah says the informative speech was extremely therapeutic for her. One of her best friends since sixth grade told her, "I had no idea that's what that was." Sharing it with people was very helpful for Amarah and, she hopes, for others.   [22:35] Ryan says it was cool that she was able to connect with others with EoE or with relatives with EoE. It is a rare disease, but people can get the diagnosis more easily these days.   [22:51] Ryan says the speech was only 10 minutes, but Amarah fit so much in those minutes, clearly and concisely. He was very impressed.   [23:22] Amarah says she used 10 sources for her research. APFED was one of her sources. She learned about the number of people who have EoE. It was interesting to learn the difference between the world rate of EoE and the U.S. rate of it.   [24:00] Amarah had not known it was equally common among everybody. Age, gender, and ethnicity do not matter. That was cool to learn.   [24:18] Amarah says it was sad to learn of the lack of public awareness. She learned that the average age of diagnosis was 35 to 50 years old because people aren't aware of it. That was saddening for her.   [25:38] Holly says it can be a missed diagnosis for a time, and it creates more inflammation in certain areas to make things worse. Holly wasn't diagnosed until she was 25. People just thought she was attention-seeking to vomit all the time.   [26:13] Holly says her primary caseload is mostly people aged 18 and up who are newly diagnosed. It's not young kids who are getting diagnosed, like when she worked at a major children's hospital.   [26:39] Holly says Amarah's speech was very informative and well-articulated. It was also dramatic, like a performance, while giving a lot of good information. Holly says it helps people retain information if they're captivated by the presenter.   [27:18] Amarah hopes her peers learned a basic understanding of EoE and some of the ways it works. She covered different treatment plans and food trials, which her peers don't understand until she explains them. That was important to her.   [27:47] Amarah says trying to figure out a way to describe a food trial to somebody who did not know took her a lot of rewrites.   [27:57] Amarah says her last paragraph was about public awareness, why you should care about EoE, and what you should know about it. It's becoming a more prevalent disease.    [28:31] Amarah says that having a basic understanding of EoE creates more acceptance. That's one of the things Amarah hopes to improve in the world.   [28:48] This year, Amarah is writing a Persuasive Essay on why disability should be more prevalent in media because of the level of diversity that it could provide.   [29:03] A lot of people, when Amarah tells them about her disability and chronic illnesses, say, "I am so sorry for you. I feel so bad for you. That must be awful. It must be absolutely horrendous for you."   [29:20] Amarah says these are sometimes the same people who say that they care, but then they do not accept her or her food allergies. They don't accommodate her. They still eat peanuts around her and refuse to wipe their hands.   [29:45] Amarah sees there is a big difference between acknowledging it and accepting it. She used the speech to show people the disability and disease of EoE, some reasons they should know about it, and why they should accept it.   [30:10] Amarah used self-deprecating humor, one of her favorite things to do. Amarah has also done quite a few stand-up comedy acts, which involve self-deprecating humor. She says it's a little bit of a way to cope.   [30:32] Amarah wanted to make something that people would engage in. If she stood up there with a monotone voice for 10 minutes, nobody would remember anything.   [30:41] Amarah says performing like that and having a space where she could show a little bit more of herself that she doesn't normally show to people was not only therapeutic to her, but she hopes that it showed people what EoE is.   [31:04] Holly says, "You just made me cry." It's a hard life lesson when you have chronic illnesses. Holly and Ryan understand that.   [31:20] Holly tells how important it is to her to see disability in the media, whether it's a patient in a medical show that has EoE, or a model in a brand-name ad that uses a cane, as Holly does for a different disability. It hits her in a way that's different.   [31:58] Holly says that seeing and hearing things in the media that are a part of dealing with her disabilities makes her feel included in a way that she never felt with some of her "closest" peers at the time.   [32:12] Ryan says it's wonderful that Amarah is doing this advocacy work through an outlet that she really enjoys and spreading that awareness outside some of these patient advocacy communities. Lack of awareness is an issue.   [32:30] Ryan says people care and want to be accommodating, but if they don't understand it and it's not being presented to them in a way they can parse through and fully understand, it's hard for them to make those steps to be accommodating.   [32:43] Ryan is glad that Amarah is continuing her advocacy work through the essay she is working on in the Speech and Debate Club.   [32:52] Ryan reflects on how great it was to have Amarah join as a patient panelist at the Annual Patient Education Conference, EOS Connection 2026, in Denver, and answer questions for a sizeable audience.   [33:08] Ryan says it was wonderful to see a high school student fielding questions. It was helpful for all the participants in the audience as well.   [33:27] Amarah says she absolutely loved it. It was wonderful. She loved hearing the other panelists' patient stories, and in general, hearing every other kid's experience with EoE. They were all different.   [33:50] Amarah enjoyed sharing her story and having a platform to relate to people. She remembers saying, "You know when your EoE is acting up because you can't eat rice. It starts to get stuck in your throat," and everybody in the audience started nodding.   [34:21] Amarah says having that relatability was helpful. She loves speaking in front of an audience, so that was great, too.   [34:33] It was a different format from the informative speech. Amarah says having to think on her feet meant she had to be more conscious of the words she was going to say. Her informative speech had a written, memorized transcript. Even her hand movements were practiced.   [35:22] Amarah says being able to talk about her biases with EoE and experiences she has had was helpful for her, and she hopes for other people, but very different from her informative speech, which is not supposed to be biased at all. It's not persuasive.   [35:48] Amarah says there were multiple times when she was writing her informative speech that she realized she could not put a sentence in it because it showed bias. She couldn't say, "you shouldn't be mean to people with EoE," for example. That's bias.   [36:21] Amarah says on the patient panel, she was able to do that. A lot of the experiences that she related on the patient panel were things she may have told her parents and some family members, but not anyone in her friend group.   [36:48] Amarah says sharing these experiences and how some of those events had made her feel or had impacted her was something she was not able to show in her informative speech. It was helpful to share her experiences on the patient panel.   [37:26] Ryan says, for our listeners, you can still access the patient panel online. We have on-demand content. We'll link to that in the show notes for this episode.   [37:36] Ryan says people can go back and watch that and hear from you and our other patient panelists. We had a great range of panelists up there. Ryan asks if Amarah learned anything that stuck with her from the panelists or presenters at this conference.   [37:52] Amarah says one of the patient panelists was talking about EoE in the workforce at her job. That was not something Amarah had thought about before. She found it really helpful and something that she will have to think about more in the future.   [38:13] Amarah met a teen who talked about his experiences of having EoE while being on sports buses and sports teams. Amarah found it helpful as she is on sports teams. The student told everyone on his team about his EoE. Amarah found that interesting.   [38:47] It gave Amarah some ideas on how to talk to people on her teams. Amarah just loved meeting all of the people at Eos Connection and learning about their different experiences and how she could improve some of her future experiences.   [39:10] Holly says a key point of the conferences is learning what's coming next in terms of treatment, diagnosis, and all the wonderful things you see health providers doing to support this diagnosis in the world.   [39:29] Holly says when you meet someone else who's going through a very similar experience, there is nothing quite like it. Holly talks about learning from the positive attitudes of other patients she meets at the conferences.   [40:12] Amarah tells EoE patients, "You don't have to tell people if you don't want to." She is a very private person when it comes to her medical stuff, especially during a flare or when there is something new happening.   [40:45] Amarah says she doesn't share it with people until she fully knows what's going on. "You don't have to share it with people if you don't want to."   [40:54] Amarah continues, "Granted, you should probably share your anaphylaxis with your teachers. 'Please don't bring peanuts in the classroom; you will kill me.' But you don't have to get into the nitty-gritty."   [41:06] Amarah continues, "You can just say, 'I have a medical disease. It affects me on a daily basis. I don't want to talk about it.' That is completely OK."   [41:17] Amarah continues, "You do not have to explain anything to somebody. You are not required to. You don't have to. It is your own body. It is your own choice when telling people things."   [41:31] Amarah continues, "It sucks sometimes, and especially kids with EoE, they may have a lot of other chronic illnesses, like me, where everything is combined at once."   [41:48] Amarah continues, "Once something flares up, then the other thing flares up. It sucks sometimes. And that is OK. It is OK that it sucks sometimes. You just have to get through it. You can't wallow in it, but you can acknowledge it."   [42:07] Amarah continues, "If you sit there and 'everything is fine, everything is great,' well, you know, you're actively having a reaction; it's clearly not. And that is something that I still work on today: pretending that everything is fine when it's not."   [42:26] Amarah continues, "You're not going to be perfect. I'm still not perfect. I struggle with talking to people, sharing my experiences, pretending that everything is fine even though I need help, or using self-deprecating humor when it's a serious problem."   [42:52] Amarah continues, "You're not perfect. That's OK.   [42:58] Ryan says that's such a good thing to keep in mind for the patients out there, that it's a journey. There are ups and downs. Finding your comfort level and maturing about the disorder, and keeping in mind that it's not going to be a perfect day every day.   [43:16] Ryan says, Amarah, I'm really glad you were able to join us on this podcast. It was so good to see you at the conference over the summer, as well.   [43:21] I think you're such a wonderful patient advocate. I'm so inspired to see you engaging so much with the community both at APFED and more broadly, speaking about your eosinophilic disorder through these other outlets that are meaningful to you.   [43:39] I know all our listeners are going to appreciate that as well.   [43:44] For our listeners who do want to learn more about eosinophilic disorders, we encourage you to visit apfed.org and check out the links in the show notes.   [43:50] If you're looking to find specialists who treat eosinophilic disorders, we encourage you to use APFED's Specialist Finder, available at apfed.org/specialist.   [44:00] If you have personally been impacted by eosinophilic disorders and are interested in sharing your experiences, please check out apfed.org/shareyourstory.   [44:09] If you'd like to connect with others impacted by eosinophilic diseases, please join APFED's online community on the Inspire Network at apfed.org/connections.    [44:20] Ryan thanks Amarah for joining us. This was such a wonderful conversation, and I'm really glad that we were able to have this discussion today.   [44:27] Amarah thanks Ryan and Holly. "I do appreciate it. This was wonderful."   [44:32] Holly thanks APFED's Education Partners AstraZeneca, GSK, Sanofi, Regeneron, and Takeda for supporting this episode. Holly thanks Amarah.   Mentioned in This Episode:   APFED on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram Real Talk: Eosinophilic Diseases Podcast apfed.orgapfed.org/specialist apfed.org/connections Eos Connection 2026 Education Partners: This episode of APFED's podcast is brought to you thanks to the support of AstraZeneca, GSK, Sanofi, Regeneron, and Takeda.   Tweetables (Edited):   "I love to perform and act. I am also very involved in sports and school activities. I am a cross-country member and a soccer member. I was diagnosed with EoE when I was very young." — Amarah   "It feels like I have had 'millions and millions' of scopes. I have done transnasal scopes and regular scopes." — Amarah   "I remember not being able to eat anything. That was my normal. I don't remember having to take out any foods. The first time I realized I had something more than allergies, I was around 5 or 6 years old." — Amarah   "EoE is very layered, and I wish people would understand that more. It would be more helpful for the level of acceptance and understanding, overall, of having EoE, especially as a teenager." — Amarah   "Having a basic understanding of EoE creates more acceptance. That's one of the things I hope to improve in the world." — Amarah   Guest Bio: Amarah is a high school senior living in Montana. She has EoE and several other chronic illnesses. She loves public speaking and acting. A fun fact about Amarah is that she owns 14 wigs (she loves to create costumes).

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What do you do when your baby or toddler skips a nap? Whether your child refuses a nap, takes a 15-minute car nap instead of their usual 90 minute nap, or simply has an unexpectedly short day of sleep, an off nap day can leave parents wondering what to do next. In this short but practical episode, Allison breaks down exactly how to handle a skipped or shortened nap without throwing off the rest of your child's sleep schedule. You'll learn: What to do when a nap is completely skipped or significantly shortened Why Allison generally recommends moving ahead to the next normal nap window rather than squeezing in a "makeup" nap What she means by a nap happening in "no man's land" and why naps outside your child's normal sleep windows can create additional sleep challenges How to use nap wake-up caps to protect bedtime and nighttime sleep When it makes sense to put your child down for the next nap slightly earlier How a rescue bedtime can help make up for missed daytime sleep Why an earlier bedtime doesn't necessarily mean an earlier morning wake-up How to reset your child's sleep schedule after an unpredictable nap day When frequent skipped naps may be a sign that your child's schedule needs to change or that they're ready for a nap transition Chapter Markers: 00:00 – Helping Kids Take Ownership of Their Sleep 02:19 – What to Do When Your Baby or Toddler Skips a Nap 03:01 – Why Skipped Naps Don't Need to Derail Your Day 04:05 – Should You Try for a Makeup Nap? 05:21 – Avoiding "No Man's Land" Naps 06:30 – Why Nap Wake-Up Caps Still Matter 07:44 – How to Handle a Completely Skipped Nap 09:00 – The Rescue Bedtime: Your Best Tool for Missed Day Sleep 10:08 – How an Earlier Bedtime Makes Up for a Skipped Nap 11:30 – Will an Earlier Bedtime Cause an Earlier Wake-Up? 12:32 – One Bad Nap Day Won't Ruin Your Child's Sleep 13:20 – How to Reset Your Child's Sleep Schedule the Next Day 14:15 – When Frequent Skipped Naps Signal a Schedule Change 14:55 – How Sleep and Wellness Coach Can Help  Resources mentioned: Episode 236. The Rescue Bedtime: What It Is and How to Use It for Overtired Babies and Toddlers  Reach out to Allison and her team anytime for a free 15 minute consultation for help with your child's skipped naps  Click here to listen to the episode on YouTube   Looking for expert guidance on your child's sleep? Allison offers two free age-specific guides to help you discover how much sleep kids need to thrive—at any age. Get your free copy now: 0-2 Years Old or 3 to 10 years old From baby sleep to toddler sleep, daycare naps to sleep training—How Long 'Til Bedtime? is the podcast for parents who want practical, guilt-free sleep tips they can actually use. Hosted by pediatric sleep coach Allison Egidi, each episode delivers real solutions for every stage—from navigating newborn sleep struggles and weaning night feedings to helping your 3-year-old fall asleep independently (and stay asleep!). Whether you're trying to make sense of daycare sleep patterns, craving your evenings back, or simply need a working mom podcast to keep you grounded, you're in the right place. Want more from Allison? Sign up here to get her weekly email with podcast updates and other helpful parenting topics. Enjoying How Long 'Til Bedtime? Your rating and review help Allison reach and support more parents. On Apple Podcasts: Click here, scroll to the bottom, rate the show, and tap "Write a Review." On Spotify: Click here to leave a rating or review. Don't miss an episode—subscribe so you're always up to date! Connect with Allison: Instagram | Facebook | Website | YouTube  

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In this episode, Tara sits down with author, artist, and Emmy-winning animator Loryn Brantz for an honest conversation on creativity, modern parenting, and what's really going on behind the scenes in children's media. Loryn opens up about shifting from traditional animation on classic shows like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Sesame Street to writing children's books, sharing how a very relatable toddler meltdown inspired her new book, I Am a Spicy Nugget. She and Tara unpack practical strategies for co-regulation and handling big emotions, explaining why doing the inner self-work and reparenting ourselves beats relying on cookie-cutter parenting scripts every time. They also tackle the changing landscape of creative content, diving into Loryn's advocacy for artist protection against AI after her public battle over The Good Advice Cupcake. From the rise of AI-generated slop in children's shows to her behind-the-scenes work, Loryn reminds us that human connection is at the heart of storytelling. This conversation is a candid look at the emotional work of raising good humans while fighting to protect genuine creative integrity for the next generation. Links: https://lorynbrantz.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lorynbrantz/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this episode, we're catching up with Lenny Pearce fresh off his week at Beaches Turks and Caicos and Fall Fam Jam. Lenny takes us behind the scenes of his experience, from bringing his high-energy show to the stage and shores of Turks and Caicos, to exploring the resort and making memories with his own family. He talks about some of his favorite moments from the week, what surprised him most about Beaches, and what made performing and experiencing Beaches with his family so memorable.

Abby & Regan Tackle the Horrifying Topic of Euthanization to a Toddler in the Netherlands In this episode, Abby Johnson and Regan Long explore the profound spiritual and moral issues surrounding recent societal trends, including the sanctity of life, spiritual warfare, and the importance of faith in confronting evil. They share personal insights, discuss controversial topics, and reflect on the power of grace and prayer. The conversation takes a serious turn as they discuss a recent article about the euthanization of a toddler in the Netherlands, stirring deep emotions and ethical dilemmas. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Taking a toddler to Walt Disney World? Let's look at Disney rides from a toddler's perspective!Toddlers ages 1–3 can enjoy SO much at Disney World, but some attractions can be dark, loud, overwhelming, wet, or just not very interesting to a little one.In this episode, I'm going park by park and taking a sensory-focused look at the Disney World rides that toddlers can experience. For each attraction, we'll talk about the ride itself, potential sensory concerns including sight, sound, smell and touch, and whether I would personally recommend it for a toddler.We're covering rides at:

When every little thing starts feeling like a battle, the problem may not be the cup, the shoes, the bath, or leaving the park. The final trigger is often only one part of a much bigger developmental picture.In this episode, I'm helping you widen the lens.We'll talk about why toddler skills are still emerging, why having a skill is not the same as being able to access it under every condition, and why a child who handled something beautifully yesterday may struggle with it today.We'll also look at:• Why the trigger and the whole cause are not necessarily the same thing• What executive function actually means in a two- or three-year-old• Why “he knows better” may not tell you the whole story• How sleep, food, movement, language, transitions, and the environment affect behavior• Why normal frustration does not always mean “dysregulation”• How repeated everyday experiences shape the developing brain• Why two- and three-year-olds can look surprisingly different as memory, language, and persistence grow• How to begin noticing patterns instead of reacting only to the final behaviorYour toddler's brain is developing in real time.And so is your ability to understand what you're seeing.My goal is not to give you another parenting script to memorize. It is to help you become more observant, more discerning, and more confident in knowing what your child actually needs from you.Because the little years are the big years.— Erin Hyer, M.A., CCC-SLPEarly Childhood Development Specialist & Speech-Language Pathologist  ===================If you have a specific situation with your toddler that you keep replaying, Erin offers free 20-minute Clarity Calls to help you look more closely at what may be happening underneath the behavior.

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Tonight, your little one will follow Baby Koko as he experiences the magic of autumn for the very first time. Join him on a cozy walk through Sleepy Forest as he discovers why leaves change colour and collects autumn treasures. With soothing rhymes, soft sounds and repetitions, your tots will sleep soundly through the night. Upgrade to Koala Tots Plus for uninterrupted ad-free listening, and access to bonus compilation episodes that will keep your little one sleeping all night long. It takes two taps ⭐️https://koalatots.supercast.com Please hit follow and leave us a review.

In today's episode I cover a topic I get a lot of questions on: whether my toddler is also plantbased, not perfect? I share his diet, favorite plantbased foods and meals, healthy snacks, what we bring on vacation for him and more. We cover the latest research on if children can be healthy and plantbased, what deficiencies to keep in mind and how to ensure they are getting proper nutrition on a plantbased diet. I break down what my baby eats, what animal products he consumes and how I mentally prepared for the conversations that arise from this scenario. This episode will help anyone who is pregnant and plantbased, or wanting to eat more plants but unsure how to healthfully feed their family, and how to discuss this with your partner or family. I also share a little life update on my current workout routine, books I am reading and lasers I will be getting for my birthday.  Connect with me @hautehealthy Youtube Channel @hautehealthy

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Two listeners. Two encounters that bent the rules. One of time, one of a single life.On a dark road above Aberystwyth in 1994, Gareth pulls over to watch a silent amber light hang motionless over the valley. Then it slides sideways in two seconds across a distance that would take a car ten minutes and stops dead, the way nothing with real weight can. The next thing he knows, forty minutes are gone from the dashboard clock, he's cold through, and there's a taste like metal in his mouth. For a week after, he wakes at exactly three in the morning, certain something in the room has just been looking at him.Then Marisol, a practical Louisiana nurse, describes the eight months her three-year-old spoke calmly of "the other mama". A grown-up life by the big water, a white dress, helping the sick people, getting sick in the chest. Then the girl points to a woman in an unseen family photo and says, "that's me, before." It was Marisol's great-aunt Alma: a nurse who moved to the Gulf coast and died of pneumonia in 1946. A woman her daughter had never heard named.Producer Dom unpacks the folklore: the Welsh belief in time knocked out of true by the fair folk, thresholds where attention swings both ways, and the returning soul that comes home along the bloodline to be recognised.What happens when the thing you witnessed doesn't haunt you… it just proves the rules aren't what you thought?A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An Arizona family experienced an extraordinary turn of events after 18-month-old Vincent Lorenzo Fiorino was pulled from a backyard swimming pool and declared dead at the hospital. Hours later, a medical examiner’s transporter discovered the toddler was still breathing with a pulse, and Vincent was flown to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where his family says he suffered no brain damage and continues his recovery. Listen For: How a backyard swimming pool accident became every parent’s worst nightmare The stunning discovery that Vincent was alive after being declared dead The encouraging update his family received about his recovery Why Vincent’s story is a powerful reminder to keep praying and hold on to hope To see photos and video from both stories, visit GodUpdates:https://www.godtube.com/blog/toddler-found-alive-in-morgue.html https://www.godtube.com/blog/train-ride-kindness-between-strangers.html Tags: toddler found alive, miracle story, answered prayer, child recovery, faith and hope, power of prayer Enjoyed this episode? Get more stories of hope delivered weekly, sign up for The Good Word, our free newsletter: https://www.lifeaudio.com/thegoodword/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

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This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, DR. BROWN IS BACK!! We start where you'd expect: toilet training (you guys know this is overtaking our brains lately). Alex gets a live check-in on Tate's progress (verdict: she's in the "warm up phase"), and Dr. Brown drops the reframe every potty training parent needs to hear: it's the CHILD'S milestone, not the parent's.. so when they're ready, it happens in about a day (WHAT?!). Plus her honest take on pull-ups, and the nighttime potty training news that shocked us. Then the important stuff: the measles outbreak (including the recent Austin case and what early symptoms actually look like), cold & flu season prep, which medications are appropriate at which ages, and when seasonal allergies actually start (+ her Vegas bet on the "it's just allergies" toddler.. hahaha). Plus her takes on OUR recent debates: toddler ear piercing and video games around kids, because she knows a whole lot more than us!!! And then YOUR questions (baby then toddler): the 4 month sleep regression (she calls it a progression and we're never saying regression again), when baby moves out of your room (her answer is different than you might think!), sudden bottle refusal, the car seat hater, the toddler who eats like a bird, the "bridging" trick for meat refusers, the teeth brushing battle, and what to watch for when your climber takes a fall. WOW we learned a ton. DISCLAIMER: This episode is for general informational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your own pediatrician or healthcare provider for questions about your child's health. Hope everyone is having a great week :-) LOVE YOU GUYS! Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast! (The 411 with Dr. Brown!!) 00:00:39 Reintroducing Dr. Ari Brown: Austin pediatrician, AAP spokesperson & author of the 411 books 00:04:42 Toilet training should only take ONE day?!  00:14:37 The measles outbreak: what parents need to know right now 00:21:49 Cold & flu season prep (it starts earlier than you think!) 00:28:51 Revisit: toddler ear piercing 00:31:09 Revisit: video games around kids 00:35:39 Cold & flu medications: what's appropriate at what age 00:40:19 Seasonal allergies: when do they actually start? 00:44:53 Baby Q: Is the 4 month sleep regression real? 00:53:46 Baby Q: When should baby move out of our room? 00:56:29 Baby Q: Our exclusively nursed baby suddenly refuses the bottle.. help! 00:59:36 Baby Q: Our 15 week old HATES the car seat 01:02:52 Baby Q: How do you treat chemical burns from diapers? 01:04:36 Toddler Q: My 20 month old eats like a bird.. are we doing okay? 01:08:15 Toddler Q: My toddler won't eat meat (the "bridging" trick!) 01:10:04 Toddler Q: Teeth brushing is a BATTLE 01:11:12 Toddler Q: Our 22 month old is a climber.. what do we look for if she falls? 01:13:29 Where to find Dr. Brown…  01:13:45 Thank you for listening!  --------------------------------------------------------------- About Dr. Ari Brown: Dr. Ari Brown is a board-certified pediatrician and the founder of 411 Pediatrics in Austin, TX, with 30+ years in practice. She's a Fellow and national spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, has chaired the AAP's working group on children and media (yes, the screen time people!!), and received the AAP Lifetime Achievement Award. She's the bestselling author of the 411 book series: Baby 411 (over 1 million copies sold, 11th edition out now!), Toddler 411, and Expecting 411. She trained at Baylor College of Medicine and Harvard/Boston Children's Hospital, and has been featured by the Today Show, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Most importantly (her words): she's a mom of two (and now a grandma!!!)  Resources mentioned: *American Academy of Pediatrics parent resources: https://www.healthychildren.org *Car seat safety guidance: https://www.nhtsa.gov *Measles information & current case updates: CDC (https://www.cdc.gov) and your state health department --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Two Parents & A Podcast: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/twoparentsandapod TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@twoparentsandapod Follow Alex Fugman: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/alexfugman TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@justalexfugman Follow Harrison Fugman: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/harrisonfugman TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@harrisonfugman Find our guest: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/aribrownmd TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@aribrownmd Books | https://www.draribrown.com/books/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Key Words: two parents and a podcast, alex bennett, alex fugman, harrison fugman, parenting podcast, mom podcast, dr ari brown, baby 411, toddler 411, pediatrician q&a, pediatrician advice, potty training, toilet training, measles outbreak, measles symptoms, cold and flu season, flu shot kids, kids medications, zyrtec for kids, seasonal allergies kids, 4 month sleep regression, baby sleep, bottle refusal, picky toddler, toddler wont eat, ear piercing kids, aap, mom life, family podcast Learn more about your ad choices. 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Now SLIMFAST has pink eye, and the Broncos got DEMOLISHED. Ugly people are mad that Sydney Sweeney is hot. Only fat chicks or NO fat chicks? The CDC says American workers are tired (duh), a Wichita car dealership printed a racist oil change sticker, and Lazlo's building his own DIY sports bar at home. Stream The Church of Lazlo podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast.

Is your baby or toddler waking so often that you feel exhausted before the day even gets started? Are you worried that setting healthy sleep boundaries could be selfish or harmful to your little one? Are you desperate to break the exhausting cycle and establish healthy sleep habits that benefit you, your child, and the whole family? Join Ginger Hubbard and Alex Cody, along with special guest Alexa Martinez, as they discuss some practical tools and emotional encouragement for parents in the thick of sleep challenges with little ones.   *** For show notes and episode downloads, go to https://www.gingerhubbard.com/podcast/episode-296-baby-toddler-sleep-with-alexa-martinez *** Support this podcast:   https://www.gingerhubbard.com/support *** Sponsor for this episode:   CTC Math | ctcmath.com We Heart Nutrition | weheartnutrition.com, code GINGER REDEEM HealthShare

Three weeks postpartum and we're officially back in the newborn trenches! We're talking sleepless nights, breastfeeding, postpartum recovery, mom guilt, adjusting to life with three kids, and the new rules keeping our marriage intact through it all. Plus, we share what's been different about the newborn stage the third time around. Chilipad: Visit https://www.sleep.me/unplanned to get up to $255 off your Chilipad 2.0 with code UNPLANNED, plus free shipping and a 30-day sleep trial. Branch Basics: Get 15% off Branch Basics with the code UNPLANNED at https://branchbasics.com/UNPLANNED #branchbasicspod Osea: Go to https://oseamalibu.com and get 10% off your first order with code UNPLANNED. Hiya Health: Get 50% off your first order of Hiya products at https://hiyahealth.com/UNPLANNED. Follow The Unplanned Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/unplanned__podcast/ https://www.tiktok.com/@unplanned_podcast Listen to the pod on Spotify/ Apple Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ToDA4ufQuWuEgMq07zN6t https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unplanned-podcast/id1669604504 Follow Matt & Abby: Abby's Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/abbyelizabethoward/ Matt's Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/_matt_howard_/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_and_abby Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/mattandabb YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@MattandAbby Mascara is restocking September 15th! Sign up here for updates: https://www.biswell-beauty.com/ Chapters: 01:58 - Postpartum 03:13 - Placenta Pills 03:44 - Hemorrhage 08:00 - Community 09:53 - Newborn sleep 22:04 - Paw Patrol Movie 24:00 - Toddlers regressing 25:26 - Mom guilt 29:44 - Pretzel 32:54 - Legoland 36:53 - Birthdays 38:30 - Pirate party 43:43 - Postpartum rules 46:41 - Nursing 50:15 - Parents in town 56:07 - Night feedings 59:41 - Loading 3 kids in a car 01:02:57 - 1st postpartum date 01:05:18 - working out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A judge denied the release of 40-year-old mom of four, Corie Walsh during her first court appearance after strangling her 2-year-old son Barrett last week, saying she remains a risk to her other children and husband. Walsh’s attorneys wanted their client sent to a mental health facility, claiming Walsh had a fascination with the Lindsay Clancy trial while suffering a psychotic event at the time of the murder. Some new and chilling details came out of today’s hearing: police described Walsh as “incoherent” and claimed she believed she had killed her other children while planning to poison her husband with a drink when he came home. Walsh is charged with first degree murder after her two older children found their 2 year old brother hanging from the rafters of their basement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A judge denied the release of 40-year-old mom of four, Corie Walsh during her first court appearance after strangling her 2-year-old son Barrett last week, saying she remains a risk to her other children and husband. Walsh’s attorneys wanted their client sent to a mental health facility, claiming Walsh had a fascination with the Lindsay Clancy trial while suffering a psychotic event at the time of the murder. Some new and chilling details came out of today’s hearing: police described Walsh as “incoherent” and claimed she believed she had killed her other children while planning to poison her husband with a drink when he came home. Walsh is charged with first degree murder after her two older children found their 2 year old brother hanging from the rafters of their basement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A judge denied the release of 40-year-old mom of four, Corie Walsh during her first court appearance after strangling her 2-year-old son Barrett last week, saying she remains a risk to her other children and husband. Walsh’s attorneys wanted their client sent to a mental health facility, claiming Walsh had a fascination with the Lindsay Clancy trial while suffering a psychotic event at the time of the murder. Some new and chilling details came out of today’s hearing: police described Walsh as “incoherent” and claimed she believed she had killed her other children while planning to poison her husband with a drink when he came home. Walsh is charged with first degree murder after her two older children found their 2 year old brother hanging from the rafters of their basement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Philosopher Stefan Molyneux talks with an exhausted stay-at-home mom of three toddlers about the jaw clenching, headaches and constant “on” feeling that come with never getting a break. He traces the stress back to her own mother's perfectionism and overwork and looks at how to stop passing that same cycle to her kids.JOIN ME IN NASHVILLE SEPTEMBER 12! https://wordwardebate.com/Use code STEFAN for 10% off!GET FREEDOMAIN MERCH! https://shop.freedomain.com/SUBSCRIBE TO ME ON X! https://x.com/StefanMolyneuxFollow me on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@freedomain1GET MY NEW BOOK 'PEACEFUL PARENTING', THE INTERACTIVE PEACEFUL PARENTING AI, AND THE FULL AUDIOBOOK!https://peacefulparenting.com/Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Subscribers get 12 HOURS on the "Truth About the French Revolution," multiple interactive multi-lingual philosophy AIs trained on thousands of hours of my material - as well as AIs for Real-Time Relationships, Bitcoin, Peaceful Parenting, and Call-In Shows!You also receive private livestreams, HUNDREDS of exclusive premium shows, early release podcasts, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and much more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/FREEDOMAIN2026

A listener named Lauren DMed Nicole with a simple question: what is she doing to make sure her daughter has more money than she did growing up? Today, Nicole answers in full, walking through the exact accounts, strategies, and tax moves she is using to build wealth for her toddler from day one. Nicole breaks down the three accounts she opened for her daughter (a 529, a custodial Roth IRA, and a custodial brokerage account), why she gifts directly into the 529 for every holiday, and how she is legally paying her daughter through her business to shift income into a lower tax bracket. Tax strategist Carlton Dennis joins with a clip explaining the rules around paying your kids: what counts as reasonable compensation, how the standard deduction plays into it, and why starting a custodial Roth IRA early can turn a few thousand dollars into over a million by retirement. Nicole also gets into the life insurance decision every parent needs to make. She explains the real difference between term and whole life insurance, why she chose term for her family, and when whole life actually does make sense. Start investing investing at SoFi.com/MNN Private Wealth Collective Nicole's boutique wealth management practice for people who want more than a robo-advisor and less than a hedge fund minimum. Real strategy, real relationship. https://privatewealthcollective.com The Money School Nicole's $149 investing course that actually breaks down stocks, ETFs, crypto, and building a real portfolio, no jargon, no judgment, lifetime access. https://themoneyschool.com ----------------------- Find other exclusive content at— Instagram: @moneynews TikTok: @moneynewsnetwork Website: https://moneynewsnetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices