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Because mother doesn’t always know best (nor does your best friend or that complete stranger who stopped you on the street), we turned to our expert panel to answer everything you ever wanted to know about raising a healthy, happy baby.
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Meet our panel
Jack Newman, M.D.
Jack Newman, M.D. established Canada’s first breastfeeding clinic in 1984 at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. As the need for his expertise grew, Dr. Newman opened clinics in several Toronto hospitals. In 2006 he co-founded the Newman Breastfeeding Clinic and Institute (NBCI) with Edith Kernerman. One of North America’s most respected breastfeeding experts, Dr. Newman is the author of Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding (Canada) and The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers (United States) and The Latch and other keys to Successful Breastfeeding (ibreastfeeding.com). Dr. Newman’s breastfeeding information is also at www.drjacknewman.com
Alan Greene, M.D.
Alan Greene, M.D. is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of California San Francisco and is the founder of www.DrGreene.com. He is also the Chief Medical Officer of A.D.A.M., the Pediatric Expert for WebMD, the Chair Elect of the Organic Center and is on the Advisory Board of Healthy Child Healthy World. The author of Raising Baby Green, Dr. Greene is also a popular media personality and has appeared on The Today Show, and been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Parents, and US Weekly. Dr. Greene is a practicing pediatrician at Stanford University's Packard Children's Hospital.
Andrea Grace
Andrea Grace is the president and creator of Mommy and Baby Fitness–Workout and Play–pre- and post-natal fitness plus infant stimulation programs with locations across North America. She is a CanFitPro and ACE certified fitness professional with 20 years of teaching experience and specialty certifications in pre-and post-natal and children’s fitness. Today, Andrea trains and implements Mommy and Baby Fitness programs for community centers, hospitals and fitness facilities worldwide. As well, she serves on the advisory board for the Garret Health and Wellness Centre, she is a pre/post natal fitness consultant on the expert’s panel for iparenting.com, and is a regular presenter on pre/post natal and children’s fitness and infant stimulation across Canada and the United States. www.mommyandbabyfitness.com
Armin Brott
Armin Brott is an accomplished author, speaker and leading authority on fatherhood and families. His six parenting books, including the recently released Fathering Your School Age Child, have sold millions. Brott writes a nationally syndicated column, "Ask Mr. Dad," and has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows. For more information visit mrdad.com
Carri Warshak, M.D.
Carri Warshak, M.D. is an OB-GYN specializing in high-risk pregnancies. She has done extensive research in placenta accreta, diabetes in pregnancy, ultrasound use during pregnancy and measures of fetal well-being. An assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Warshak is also a mother of four and the creator, president and medical advisor of AskAnOB.com.
Cheryl Tallman & Joan Ahlers
Cheryl Tallman & Joan Ahlers are sisters who became tired of the search for all-natural, hassle-free ways to feed their children. In 2002 they decided to develop their own products and launched Fresh Baby, a product line that includes homemade baby food kits, baby food cookbooks, baby food and other items. Fresh Baby was selected by Entrepreneur Magazine as a “Hot Company to watch” in 2004. They have also won an iParenting award and were finalists in the 2004 Natural Products awards. You can visit their company at www.FreshBaby.com
Colleen Pelar
Colleen Pelar is a certified pet dog trainer (CPDT) and certified dog behaviour consultant (CDBC). Pelar has helped parents navigate the challenges of living with kids and dogs for more than 15 year. A co-owner of All About Dogs and author of Living with Kids and Dogs, Pelar is one of North America’s top experts on the dog-related needs of households with children. You can learn more about Pelar at www.LivingWithKidsandDogs.com
Daina Kalnins, MSc, RD
Daina Kalnins, MSc, RD is a registered dietitian at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She has co-authored several books on healthy eating and nutrition in association with the Hospital for Sick Children, including Better Baby Food, Better Food for Kids, Better Food for Pregnancy and Better Breastfeeding. Her next book, YUM, will be her first for children (aged eight to 13) as the intended audience. YUM is all about nutrition, and the importance of good food choices and eating well. She is also a wife and mom to two great kids who enjoy a variety of foods and whose favorite snacks include cut up fresh fruits, veggies and a plate of olives, feta cheese and tomatoes.
Dermatologist, Dr. Lisa Kellett, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), D.A.B.D.
Dermatologist, Dr. Lisa Kellett, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), D.A.B.D. is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, a Diplomat of the American Board of Dermatology, a member of the Canadian Dermatology Association, the Canadian Laser Aesthetic Surgery Society, and the Toronto Dermatological Society. A graduate of the University of Toronto's Medical School, Dr. Lisa Kellett received training in Internal Medicine and specialized in Dermatology. Additional accreditations include Cutaneous Laser Surgery study at Harvard University. She has published scientific papers on skin care topics and acts as an advisor in developing laser technology and to the Canadian Medical Protective Association. For more information, check out Dr. Kellett atwww.dlkonavenue.com and www.skinlibrary.com
Dr. William Camann
Dr. William Camann is the director of obstetric anesthesia at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He is also an associate professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, and past-president of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. An internationally recognized authority on obstetric anesthesia and pain control during childbirth Dr. Camann is the co-author of Easy Labor, Every Woman's Guide to Choosing Less Pain and More Joy During Childbirth (Random House/Ballantine Books, 2006). You can find out more about his book at easylabor.net
Elizabeth Pantley
Elizabeth Pantley is a mother of four and the best-selling author of eight parenting books, including: The No-Cry Sleep Solution and The No-Cry Discipline Solution. She is also a contributing author to The Successful Child with Dr. William Sears. Based in Washington, Pantley is the president of Better Beginnings Inc. (a family resource and education company) and a parenting expert for a variety of publications including: Parents, Parenting and Redbook. (www.pantley.com)
Jennifer Shu, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Jennifer Shu, M.D., F.A.A.P. is a board-certified pediatrician in Atlanta. Her passion is educating parents on all topics relating to children. Dr. Shu is editor-in-chief of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Baby & Child Health: The Essential Guide from Birth to 11 Years and co-author of the award-winning book Heading Home with Your Newborn and Food Fights, both published by the AAP.
An enthusiastic and experienced writer and public speaker, Dr. Shu is a member of the Parents magazine Board of Advisors and an editorial advisor for the AAP's Healthy Children doctor's office publication. She has been featured as a guest expert on CNN, Headline News, MSNBC and Discovery Health, as well as in US News & World Report, USA Today, and numerous parenting magazines, newspapers and medical publications. www.jennifershu.com
Joanne Saab, RD
Joanne Saab, RD is a registered dietitian who practices in pediatrics at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. She obtained her degree in Foods and Nutrition at the University of Western Ontario and then completed her dietetic internship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Joanne is co-author of three books in conjunction with the Hospital for Sick Children: Better Food for Kids, Better Food for Pregnancy and the best-selling Better Baby Food. Better Baby Food and Better Food for Kids are both on Indigo/Chapter's "Trusted-Advisor" book list. Joanne also enjoys being the mother to twin daughters who have taught her a lot of practical how-to on kids nutrition!
Jorge E. Chavarro, M.D., Sc.D.
Jorge E. Chavarro, M.D., Sc.D. is a research fellow at the Department of Nutrition of the Harvard School of Public Health. He studies the role of diet and lifestyle on reproductive function and diseases affecting reproductive organs, including dietary determinants of sexual maturation, male and female infertility and cancers affecting reproductive organs. Dr. Chavarro is the lead author of The Fertility Diet (McGraw -Hill/Harvard Health Publications, 12/2007), a fertility how-to based on 8 recent studies from the Nurses' Health Study II, one of the nation's most comprehensive studies on women's health. The findings show that relatively simple changes in diet and lifestyle can prevent and potentially reverse ovulatory infertility. Dr. Chavarro's work has been recognized with awards from the International Agency for Research in Cancer and the American Association for Cancer Research. (www.TheFertilityDiet.com)
Marjorie Greenfield, M.D.
Marjorie Greenfield, M.D. is a practicing board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG). She is currently associate professor on the full-time faculty at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Greenfield's writing career started in 2000, when she became director of obstetrics and gynecology for the Dr. Spock Company, a health and parenting multimedia enterprise. While working with the Dr. Spock team, she wrote Dr. Spock's Pregnancy Guide, published in 2003. Her new book, The Working Woman's Pregnancy Book, hit the bookshelves in May of this year. Dr. Greenfield lives in the Cleveland area with her husband and their teenage son. www.marjoriegreenfield.com
Paula Statman
Paula Statman is an internationally respected educator, speaker and award-winning author, known for her practical, positive approach to raising safe and strong children. A psychotherapist with a Master of Science in Social Work, Statman is the founder and director of KidWISE Institute (a leader in the field of parent education). Statman is also a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Today Show (www.kidwisecorner.com).
Peter Doubilet, M.D.. Ph.D & Carol B. Benson, M.D.
Peter Doubilet, M.D.. Ph.D & Carol B. Benson, M.D. Harvard Medical School Professors of Radiology, Peter Doubilet and Carol Benson are a married couple with five grown children between them. They teach and see patients at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston where Peter is Senior Vice Chair of Radiology and Carol is Director of Ultrasound and Co-Director of High Risk Obstetrical Ultrasound. Together they have written Your Developing Baby (McGraw-Hill, 2008), a pregnancy guidebook that takes its reader through every stage of a baby's development, using 2D and 3D ultrasound images, original explanatory diagrams and reader-friendly prose. Peter and Carol consider it their greatest privilege to be able to work with pregnant women and expectant couples, checking on their babies' health and helping them get to know their babies before they are born.
Sara Bingham
Sara Bingham is the founder of WeeHands and the author of The Baby Signing Book. Sara completed an honours Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics at the University of Ottawa, and has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Carleton University. In addition, she has earned an honours post-graduate diploma from Georgian College as a Communicative Disorders Assistant. She has been studying American Sign Language (ASL) since 1991 with the Canadian Hearing Society, the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf in Toronto and at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario. Sara has worked with the Toronto Preschool Speech and Language Services and is an instructor within Durham College's Communicative Disorders Assistant program. weehands.com
Terry Carson
Terry Carson is one of the first life coaches in North America to work exclusively with parents. In addition to having a Master's degree, Terry is a trained and certified coach with the International Coach Federation, as well as a certified Coach-Parenting TM coach. As a mother of four, she understands how patience and consistency are needed to face the challenges and demands of parenting in today's world. Outside of her private practice, she reaches audiences throughout North America by writing articles, giving lectures, keynote speeches, workshops, tele-classes, parent group coaching sessions, and corporate Lunch'n'Learns. A published magazine author, she now offers time-strapped parents her CD, Excuse Me!, a series of how-to methods for teaching children to interrupt politely and get rid of whining. www.theparentingcoach.ca
Tracey Mallett
Tracey Mallett is an internationally recognized certified personal trainer and sports nutritionist. She is also the author of Sexy in 6: Sculpt Your Body with the 6 Minute Quick Blast Workout. Tracey is the creator and star of the 3-In-1 Pregnancy System for pre- and post-natal mothers. Her newest videos are Renew You and Super Body Boot Camp. A proud mother of two, Tracey lives in Los Angeles, California. (www.TraceyMallett.com)
