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Writing Your Family's Food Story with Chef Julia Nordgren, MD

  • Learn how to start solid foods with a blank slate, even if you’re worried about picky eating or repeating unhealthy food patterns from your own childhood.
  • Get practical, pressure-free strategies for building a positive relationship with food from your baby’s first bites through the toddler years.
  • Feel reassured and supported by a pediatrician who understands real family life — and shows you how small, intentional choices around food can make a big difference.

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Episode Description

Many parents come into starting solid foods carrying their own food baggage harboring worries about picky eating, pressure at the table, or repeating patterns from their own childhood. It’s easy to fear projecting those concerns onto your baby before they’ve even taken their first bites.

In this episode, pediatrician and trained chef Dr. Julia Nordgren shares how to write your family’s food story from a blank slate. We talk about reducing pressure, focusing on exposure over perfection, involving kids with food at every age, and building a positive, confident relationship with eating from the very beginning.

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About the Guest

  • Dr. Julia Nordgren is a pediatrician, trained chef, and mom who specializes in helping families build healthy, realistic relationships with food.
  • She combines medical training with culinary education to focus on joyful, pressure-free feeding that supports long-term health.
  • Dr. Julia is the author of The New Family Table, a family-friendly cookbook centered on cooking more, eating together, and staying sane around food.

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