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Complicated Kids with Gabriele Nicolet

Complicated Kids is a podcast about why raising kids can feel so hard sometimes. We’ll talk about quirky kids, highly sensitive kids, Orchid Kids, disabilities, disorders and therapies. But we’ll also talk about general child development, parenting tips, and how to understand the child you brought home with you and agreed to house, clothe, feed and raise until their adulthood (What were you THINKING?!)

Parenting is an adventure anyway. If you’ve got complicated kids, it can feel like an extreme sport. Join me to unpack all of it, figure out who needs what, and help your family thrive.

Gabriele Nicolet is a Toddler Whisperer, Parent Coach and Speech Therapist. – She is the co-founder of Raising Orchid Kids – an online, global parent education and coaching practice, as well as the owner of SpeechKids – a private speech therapy practice in the DC metro area. Gabriele has a hard time eating out in restaurants if children are present because she always wants to play. She is passionate about all things child development, and particularly fascinated by the ways in which common parenting practices affect highly sensitive (Orchid) kids and how to tweak them so that everyone can stay calm and become their best Selves.

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Aug 27, 2024

Marian Flaxmann, Holistic Health Coach, chef, and Biomedical Science Policy Wonk joined me on the Complicated Kids podcast to talk about food allergies, food as medicine and her journey to health.

 

Fussy, colicky, rash-y, and uncomfortable are the words Marian uses to describe her first child as a newborn. She cried all the time; she needed to be held all the time. The doctors said this was ‘fine’; Marian didn’t buy it. She googled something like, “Can babies be allergic to breastmilk” and decided to go on a temporary elimination diet.

 

Within 24 hours, her baby’s crying, gas, rash, and discomfort went away. And so began Marian’s journey to heal her child’s gut and microbiome. By adding foods back into her diet slowly, Marian was able to figure out the foods that her daughter was and wasn’t allergic to. Marian brought this curiosity and her health knowledge to her other two daughters, who were also complicated kids. You won’t want to miss this informative and lively conversation.

 

For healthy recipes, Marian’s podcast, and 1:1 health coaching, visit www.marianflaxman.com.