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10/17/2023

Thanks to Winship Photography for another great photo of our team 🥰

We wanted to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Danielle, a board certified pediatric dentist, who joined our VPD family this week. She was born and raised in New York and spent summers in Cocoa Beach with her family. She attended NYU for dental school and pediatric dental residency and was selected as one of Incisal Edge Magazine’s Top 40 under 40 dental specialists in 2019.

She has a big heart for volunteerism and community and shares the same values as Dr. Patel and the VPD squad. She has also contributed to several articles on children’s dental health for The Strategist. She loves traveling, reading, spending time with her husband (Dr. Thomas Recine - a Florida Tech Alum), their beautiful daughter and bulldog (Baci).

Welcome, Dr. Danielle Lombardi!

10/11/2023

What’s a quote that has stuck with you since your were young? (Or that you had as your AIM away message when you were emo in the 90’s) 😂 This is still one of my favorites!

10/05/2023

We love all of our patients but have a special place in our hearts for Peace, Love, Gianna 🥰 This young lady makes us laugh so hard every time she comes in and her sweet family spreads kindness everywhere they go! We have 50 beanie babies from Gianna to share with 50 friends who have great attitudes and kind hearts, just like Gi. Happy Down Syndrome Awareness Month!

10/05/2023

What are your favorite parenting memes?

09/10/2023

Knowledge and education have always held high value in my life. Particularly because of the positive impact that it has had on my family's life journey from Africa/India to England and finally to the United States. That is why it struck me, as my husband and I ventured into parenthood and while I watched my body transform multiple times through 2 full pregnancies and 1 miscarriage, I felt so unprepared for how our lives would change after our first baby.

Well meaning friends and family would offer advice like 'sleep when the baby sleeps', but I found particularly the first 12 weeks after my first baby was born were the most challenging emotionally, physically, mentally and socially and that advice was rather unrealistic. I started seeking out other women who were going through the same part of life to figure out whether what I was feeling was ok or whether what was happening to my body was normal.

Through my work creating and managing Viera Pediatric Dentistry I have had the incredible fortune of meeting and working with other female healthcare providers who are also mothers. We would speak informally about the challenges of running offices while "momming" but I kept hearing the phrase "if only there was a class about ......". I also kept fielding questions from new parents coming in for their baby's tongue/lip tie assessments that were outside of my scope of care. That's where the idea of The Hive was born.

I was able to assemble my dream team of female providers to speak upon their specialty specifically geared towards new parents trying their best to prepare for bringing a mother and baby home. This would allow partners/family to gain insight on how to assess for red flags for post partum depression/anxiety and know where to seek help locally, assist and support mothers as they start a breastfeeding or bottle feeding journey, prepare for what baby's first year would be like, amongst many other topics relevant to the 4th Trimester. I am hopeful that this venture will do what it is meant do - help empower families to feel ready to bring a baby and mother home and teach them how to support both during one of the most challenging life transitions.

I hope that you can support this endeavor by "liking" The Hive: A 4th Trimester Collectiveon Facebook and Instagram and sharing it with your friends. I appreciate your support thus far and am grateful for the many patient families and friends who have inspired this next chapter. Thank you!

www.321hive.com
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Motherhood is a combination of intuition, effort and a lot of learning so let us help you navigate how your body and mind will change and teach you how to be gentle with yourself.

09/08/2023

08/26/2023

This 20 month old baby had cavities that had started as a result of a bottle with formula given at night. Due to the high sugar content in formula, when it sits on the teeth it weakens the enamel leading to eventual breakdown and fractures of weakened tooth structure that can be accompanied by sensitivity. This can be avoided with regular brushing using a grain of rice size of toothpaste with fluoride. Make sure you schedule your baby’s first dental visit with a board certified pediatric dentist around their first birthday to ensure you get the information you need to prevent cavities. If your child has cavities like these, we recommend zirconia crowns to give them back their sparkly smiles 🥰🦷 Visit for a course led by Dr Patel on oral health during and after pregnancy and for baby’s first year.

08/22/2023

Rachel Williams is an incredible Pediatric Physical Therapist and owner of Sandy Toes Pediatric Physical Therapy. She has a wonderful social media presence that has served me well over the last few years with my little ones and has so many wonderful recommendations. Don't miss out on a chance to hear her speak and learn more about how to take care of your little one in those early months/years!

Last call for a course led by Rachel Williams, DPT, Pediatric Certified Specialist and owner of Sandy Toes Pediatric Physical Therapy. Learn more at www.321hive.com

08/14/2023

08/07/2023

We are starting an educational facility to help new parents navigate the 12 weeks after bringing a baby home with an emphasis on caring for mothers. See www.321hive.com/classes for information on the incredible group of women healthcare professionals / moms who have come together to identity the gaps in knowledge and preparation for arguably the hardest part of the post partum period. 🥰❤️‍🩹 Our series begins with Dr Betty Cheney on 8.16.23! Please share with anybody who may value a class on their baby’s first year with an incredibly knowledgeable board certified pediatrician.

Maternity leave is not a vacation or time off, it’s work – it’s survival while sleep deprived. Navigating your transitioning family life and dynamics are things we should be planning and training to manage.