Meet Our Experts
Real Experts. Real Solutions.
Our experts bring years of hands-on experience to give you clear, actionable advice. At Bébé Foodie, we cut through the noise but keep what matters the most - trust. That’s why we’ve built a team of experts you can rely on to guide you through your baby’s food journey.
Pediatric Registered Dietitian
Jenny Janov
Jenny is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with over 15 years of experience. She studied nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and had special training in pediatrics. She worked in different hospital settings and clinics in California for over a decade, including UCSF and Stanford Medical Centers. Jenny is passionate about nutrition and helping families make positive changes. She works everyday with kids and families to address nutrition concerns and set obtainable goals. She takes pride in helping families reach a healthier understanding and approach to eating so that they reach their health goals. Jenny currently lives in Bend, OR where she enjoys the outdoors, running, snowboarding, paddle boarding, cooking and spending time with her husband and two little boys.
Feeding Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist & Lactation Counselor
Lauren Remondino
Lauren is a speech language pathologist and lactation counselor who has specialized in pediatric feeding for the last seven years. After getting her masters degree at the University of Virginia, she started her career at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She worked across multiple settings, but spent most of her time working with children and families in the NICU and cardiac intensive care unit. At the end of 2022, she relocated to Connecticut to be closer to family after having her son. Once in Connecticut, she opened up her own private practice, Your Happy Eater LLC, offering in-home pediatric feeding therapy in Fairfield County. Lauren is passionate about making feeding a positive experience for the whole family. As a mom, she knows the stress of trying to balance everyday life while also trying to help her child learn new skills and explore new foods. She believes that there is not always just one way of doing things and loves helping families find realistic options that fit their lifestyle and needs! When Lauren isn’t working, she’s typically running after her son and mischievous golden retriever, eating (particularly baked goods!), or catching up with family and friends.
Pediatric Allergist & Immunologist
Dr. Taylor Lin
Dr. Taylor Linis an allergy and immunology physician with Allergy & Immunology Associates of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She serves patients in multiple clinics in the southeast Michigan area. Her training includes attending medical school at the University of Michigan, followed by a 3 year pediatrics residency at the University of Colorado/Children’s Hospital Colorado and a 2 year allergy and immunology fellowship at the University of Colorado. She is board certified through the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and American Board of Allergy and Immunology (ABAI). She enjoys caring for children and adults with a variety of allergic and immunologic diseases, with a special interest in pediatric food allergy. She is the medical director of her clinic’s food oral immunotherapy program and is involved in clinical studies for food allergy treatments. Dr. Lin prides herself on providing holistic care for her patients and values a trusting and therapeutic relationship with her patients and their families. As a mother herself to a child with food allergies, she strives to make evidence-based information about food allergy and early food introduction accessible to families through her advisory role with Bebe Foodie.
Pediatrician
Dr. Timothy Benik
Dr. Timothy Benik is a pediatrician at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended medical school at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, followed by a 3 year pediatric residency at the University of Toledo Medical Center. After starting fellowship in pediatric rheumatology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, he decided to switch gears and embark on a career in general pediatrics. Dr. Benik is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He is active in the AAP section on integrative medicine and the Academy of Pediatric Integrative Medicine. He is a member of the National Lipid Association and the Institute of Functional Medicine, and is currently seeking board certification in both. He is thrilled to be joining Bébé Foodie as an advisor and continuing to work with parents on safe, evidence based feeding methods while making it a fun experience for the child and parents.
Founder
Dr. Michelle Shiffman
Dr. Michelle Shiffman is a board certified pediatrician in Denver, Colorado. She completed her Medical School at Oregon Health and Science University and her Pediatric Residency at the Children’s Hospital of Colorado. She has a clinical interest in early development, early relational health, public health policy and advocacy. Her favorite patient visits are the infant and toddler well child checks where she gets to establish a relationship with families and discuss developmental milestones, including food introduction. She is bilingual in Spanish and many of her patients have cultural differences in the way they approach feeding and nutrition. She prides herself on providing evidence based advice while also meeting parents where they are in a friendly and non-judgmental way. She also has personal experience with feeding difficulties as she has navigated the introduction of solids and picky eating with a selective toddler! When she is not working she loves both water and snow skiing and spending time hiking with her husband, dogs and 2 year old.
Pediatrician
Dr. Irini Kolaitis
Dr. Irini Kolaitis completed her undergraduate degree at University of California, San Diego, doctorate of medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine and pediatric residency at McGaw/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is currently practicing as a pediatric hospitalist in Chicago, Illinois. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). As an inpatient pediatrician, she has broad and extensive general pediatric experience in a variety of areas, including the management of anaphylaxis, food refusal, nutritional deficiencies, swallowing difficulties, constipation, and inadequate weight gain. Throughout her career, she has maintained a strong interest in the foundational connection between nutrition and health and strives to offer evidence-based strategies to families in her varied patient encounters. She also has recent personal experience navigating food introduction with her baby boy and strongly believes in the Bébé Foodie mission to offer a comprehensive and stress-free nutritional guide for parents and babies.
Chef & Wellness Expert
Whitney Cardosi
Whitney Cardosi is the Owner and Founder of Wellness with Whit, a wellness brand dedicated to helping millennial moms simplify health and nutrition for their families. Along with her coaching, kids' cooking classes, and parent workshops, Whitney is expanding her expertise as a recipe developer. She’s also the author of "In the Kitchen: Healthy Meals You'll Actually Enjoy," a cookbook packed with nourishing, family-friendly recipes. Her mission is to empower kids, especially young women, to build a positive relationship with food, making healthy eating both fun and accessible. Whitney’s goal is to bring more joy and less stress to the kitchen, supporting families on their journey to better health.
Self-taught Chef, Writer, and Recipe Developer
Whitney Kling
Whitney Kling is a self-taught chef, writer, and recipe developer with nearly two decades of professional experience in the food world. She has spent over 14 years in the grocery industry, while raising four wild (but lovely) children. Needless to say, she is an expert on how to feed a family. While developing recipes, writing a food memoir (in progress), running the local farmers’ market, and starting a salad delivery business, Whitney collects new techniques, flavor pairings, and culinary know-how wherever she goes. Her four kids clamor for her homemade granola bars, lick their bowls clean of her scratch salad dressings, and slurp up lentil coconut curries the way other kids tuck into boxed macaroni and cheese. It’s family food – because above all else Whitney loves to feed good food to the people she loves. If she’s not playing tennis or at a yoga class, she’s in the kitchen creating something addictive. She lives in Southwest Ohio with her four children, two cats, and that memoir that’s ever nearing completion.
