I’m a Registered Nurse with nearly a decade of acute-care experience — including cardiothoracic intensive care and the operating room — and I started Pediatric Picks so parents don’t have to sort real safety from marketing on no sleep.

Why I built this

Every day at the bedside I saw the same thing: careful people making high-stakes decisions from contradictory advice and confident marketing. Baby gear is no different — the claims are loud, the evidence is thin, and the stakes are your child. Pediatric Picks is my answer to that. Every product we recommend is checked against published clinical safety standards (AAP, CPSC, ASTM) and verified manufacturer specifications — never sponsored placements, never a rating we didn’t earn honestly.

Background & credentials

• Registered Nurse (RN) — licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) — Millersville University of Pennsylvania
• Nearly a decade of acute-care nursing, including cardiothoracic ICU and the operating room
• Focus areas: patient safety, critical-care nursing, infection control & aseptic technique, clinical-evidence evaluation, and infant & child product safety
• Based in Enola, Pennsylvania

How we evaluate

The clinical mindset carries straight into how we review: define the standard first, then measure the product against it. See how we review products and our editorial policy.

Media & press

I’m available for expert commentary and interviews as a registered nurse on infant safe sleep, car-seat guidance (current AAP policy), baby-product safety & recalls (CPSC), fever & home temperature measurement, feeding & pumping gear, and newborn care. I respond same-day to journalists on deadline.

Press contact: editorial@pediatricpicks.com  ·  Download headshot

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