Meet the Team!

YOUR FAVORITE PEDIATRIC EXPERTS AND MOMS

We’ve helped over 25,000 parents confidently and safely introduce solids with baby-led weaning while serving one meal to their whole family.

Each of us brings the most recent, evidence-based research and knowledge from our perspective to the 101 before one program. 

So you have a pediatrician, pediatric allergist/immunologist, pediatric feeding therapist, infant feeding specialist, lactation consultant and pediatric dietitian advising you on how to best introduce solids.

Not to mention … we’re also moms! (with 12 children among us!)

We’ve navigated baby-led weaning with our own children, so we know giving your baby the best nutrition possible is important to you. Because this is also so important to us. 

  • Founder + Head Chef

    Julie Laux is the Founder and Head Chef at 101 before one. Her love for cooking goes all the way back to when she used to watch cooking shows as a child. When she became a mom, she knew she wanted to follow baby-led feeding as a way to share her love of food with her children. Julie lives in Ohio with her husband and two daughters.

    Instagram @101beforeone

  • Registered Dietitian and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant

    Cinthia Scott is a mom, Pediatric Registered Dietitian (RD) and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who resides in Georgia with her husband and two sons. Cinthia focuses on ensuring optimal nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life to ensure optimal growth and development as well as set the stage for long-term health. Cindy is an author, starting solids expert, and advocate for caregivers receiving evidence-based education and support surrounding breastfeeding and starting solids.

    Instagram @the.baby.dietitian

    Website thebabydietitian.com

  • Board-Certified General Pediatrician

    Krupa Playforth, MD is a board-certified general pediatrician in northern Virgina with a special interest in parent and healthcare education. She and her children are vegetarian, and she is an advocate of Baby Led Weaning. Dr. Playforth is passionate about approaching parenting with nuance. Her goal is to help parents develop the confidence to trust their intuitions within an evidence-based framework.

    Instagram @thepediatricianmom

    Website thepediatricianmom.com

  • Pediatric Allergist / Clinical Immunologist

    Manisha Relan, MD is a double board-certified pediatric allergist and clinical immunologist in New York. Dr. Relan states her most important role is being a mom! She is an advocate for food allergy prevention (to the best of our ability) and plant-based eating. She practiced baby-led feeding with both of her sons, albeit slow to start with her eldest, but hopes you will find the confidence and all the information/support in this book to do so, too!

    Instagram @pedsallergymd

  • Infant Feeding Specialist, Licensed Speech Pathologist

    Courtney Nassau is a pediatric speech-language pathologist specializing in infant feeding. She aims to offer parents confidence in their feeding choices with guidance backed in strong developmental education and experience. Courtney lives in Kentucky with her husband and three young boys.

    Instagram @chubbybaby

    Website chubbybabyky.com

  • Speech-language Pathologist, Pediatric Feeding Therapist, and Certified Lactation Counselor

    Catherine is a speech-language pathologist, pediatric feeding therapist, and certified lactation counselor with over 15 years of experience working with infants and children in a medical setting. She resides in Chicago, where she works at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital and owns her own business, ChiKids Speech & Feeding, LLC. At Lurie Children’s, Catherine evaluates and treats infants and children with feeding and swallowing difficulties, performs video fluoroscopic swallow studies, and works alongside a GI physician, registered dietitian, and occupational therapist in the Gastrointestinal Feeding Clinic. In her private practice, Catherine offers in-home and virtual feeding evaluations and treatment for local infants and children; and through her social media and blog, she shares everyday feeding strategies and supports families and professionals across the globe.

    Instagram @chikidsfeeding

    Website chikidsfeeding.com

“101 before one has made meal planning and prep a cake walk even though we have a variety of food restrictions in our home…

101 before one has made it super easy for our family to find recipes or make easy adjustments to fit our dietary needs. Enjoying meals together has been something that I am so proud of.” -Alyssa

Get lifetime access to the information, meal plans, and recipes you need to give your baby a healthy and balanced diet while feeding the whole family.

An evidence-based, baby led weaning program with weekly meal plans and recipes for giving your baby healthy, balanced meals and feeding your family at the same. 

  • Lifetime access. Fun fact: We have hundreds of parents on their second 101 baby!

  • Over 300 recipes to choose from plus weekly done-for-you meal plans. 

  • Includes recipes that are adaptable to special diets (gluten, egg, dairy, peanut, or soy free), with plant-based and vegan options available!