Our next guest addresses the most common concern that parents of small children have: How do I get my child to sleep? Or, as the great author Adam Mansbach more eloquently penned, “Go the F**K to Sleep”. Dr. Nilong Vyas’ business, Sleepless in NOLA helps parents with this difficult issue.
Our episode discusses:
- How and why she started this business
- How she decided to leave private practice
- How she learned the business side of medicine
- How she knew she’d have a market for this service
- Specific tips for physicians moms
- Shedding the mommy guilt!
- How our children manipulate us
- Children need guidance and structure
- How Nilong uses word-of-mouth to market her business
- Challenges that Nilong has encountered with this type of business
Dr. Nilong Vyas is a board certified pediatrician and mother of two boys. She was raised in New Orleans and went on to earn a Master’s in Public Health degree from Tulane University as well as an MD from Louisiana State University Medical School. After completing her Pediatrics residency at LSU, she joined private practice where, on a daily basis, she experienced her patient’s desire for more sleep for themselves as well as more sleep for their children. The parents explained that with better-rested children, their kids were happier, ate better, and developed at a more rapid rate. However, when that was not the case, secondary to many different factors, they noticed quite a change in the demeanor of their children, thus themselves. Dr. Vyas learned quickly about both children and their parent’s sleep needs thus established a strong value for sleep with her patients, in a nurturing fashion.
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