Pediatrician Profiles

Earth’s Best is proud to be supported by so many pediatricians nationwide. After all, pediatricians are the #1 resource new parents turn to for information on infant nutrition.

Dr. Mranali Sawardekar-Patel

As a second-generation pediatrician, Dr. Sawardekar-Patel is proud to follow in her father’s footsteps. “I enjoy children. Having been one myself, I understand where they are coming from.” This sentiment along with working in her father’s office while in high school propelled her into the field of pediatrics.

Dr. Sawardekar-Patel who has a young daughter and a second child due in the Spring, recently moved back to her home state of Pennsylvania where she is setting up a private practice, Babies & Beyond Pediatrics. She finds that parents these days are just as health conscious about what they feed their babies as what they eat themselves. They often ask her about the benefits of organic baby foods versus conventional foods. “It is wonderful that Earth’s Best offers babies foods that are free of chemicals and that are not processed. Years ago, parents did not have these options. I will feed Earth’s Best to my new baby.”

As a mother, Dr. Sawardekar-Patel makes many observations that she shares with other parents. For instance, “Babies are smarter than we give them credit for. When they are full, they stop eating. Yet, parents tend to keep feeding them, which only causes the baby to spit up. Sometimes parents just don’t understand.” Dr. Sawardekar-Patel expands on this thought by saying that eating too much as a baby can condition a child into eating more as a toddler down the road, potentially contributing to childhood obesity.

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