About Us

Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP, IBCLC - In the middle of his residency training, pediatrician Jay Gordon took an unusual step. Deciding that he needed greater knowledge about nutrition, vitamins, and alternative medicine in order to practice medicine the way he wanted to, Dr. Gordon took a Senior Fellowship in Pediatric Nutrition at Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York City. After his residency at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Dr. Gordon joined the teaching attending faculty at UCLA Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Intensely interested in infant nutrition and breastfeeding, Dr. Gordon is the first male physician to sit for and pass the International Board of Lactation Certification Exam. He has served on the Professional Advisory Board of La Leche League for twenty years. Dr. Gordon treats patients at Santa Monica, California. In addition, he finds time to participate in the training of medical students and residents, lecture all over the world, write books, and contribute to AOL with the Ask The Pediatrician weekly chat. He writes a monthly column for "Fit Pregnancy" magazine and has recently contributed to "New York Parent," "Parenting" magazine and has been quoted in the L.A. Times, New York Times, London Times . . . and many other times.

Busy as he is, Dr. Gordon finds that his most challenging job is "being a good husband and the best possible parent to my 16-year-old daughter."

Dr. Gordon's first book, the well-received "Good Food Today, Great Kids Tomorrow," offers a life-changing plan for families who want to make dramatic changes in health and fitness through nutrition. "Brighter Baby," published last year, examines the positive effect that attachment parenting, combined with infant massage, has on children's health and intelligence. Other recent releases are "Good Night! The Parents' Guide to the Family Bed" and "Hug Your Baby," a gentle guide through the first year, which were released in the summer of 2002. His latest book is "Listening To Your Baby: A New Approach to Parenting Your Newborn." It's a marvelous book to put in the hands of expecting parents.

When the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Television and the Media named Dr. Gordon "the most influential doctor in America," they were referring, tongue-in-cheek, to Dr. Gordon's role, as the medical script consultant, in eliminating lollipops from the office of "Doctor Weston," lead character on the sitcom "Empty Nest."

After two years of consulting on television scripts, sets, and ideas, Dr. Gordon was named CBS TV's Medical Consultant for Children's programming. He also worked for five years on ABC Television as the on-air medical correspondent for the "Home Show," and continues to consult regularly for television and movies.

Appearing recently on "Good Morning America" to discuss vaccination, Dr. Gordon had the honor of sitting next to Cindy Crawford. Regarding claims that he looked positively troll-like that day, Dr. Gordon wants the public to know that he is NOT a troll, and furthermore, that he cautions other people not to sit next to Cindy on television if they would like to avoid such damaging comparisons.

Dr. Gordon contributed and wrote the Forward to "Smart Medicine for a Healthy Child" and "The Encyclopedia of Vitamins and Supplements" (both published in 1999), and is pediatric consultant for "Fit Pregnancy" magazine.

He is very proud to know Cheryl and Lisa and benefits from the enormous amount of hard work they have done bringing this web site into being.

Cheryl Taylor, BA, MME, CBE (AKA Cherri on AOL's Breastfeeding Boards) is our Website Director. She has been a mom and breastfeeding advocate for twenty-three plus years. Her children include twin sons, 23, and two daughters, 19 and 8.

Her enthusiasm for breastfeeding began when, as a new expectant mom, she was informed she was carrying twins. Wanting to be prepared for the possible difficulties of breastfeeding multiples and preemies, she found a local La Leche League International group to offer information and support. She began devouring literature pertaining to breastfeeding and hasn't stopped since. She credits La Leche League with getting her on the right path and insuring her breastfeeding success. She has served many roles with LLLI and continues to be a huge advocate of the support and accurate information they offer women in communities around the world.

Cheryl is a Certified Breastfeeding Educator and considers it one of her missions in life to help moms successfully nurse their children. Her personal breastfeeding experience coupled with her studies in lactation have proven her to be a valuable resource to thousands of moms who have sought her advice on breastfeeding.

Her parenting experiences and studies have expanded over the years to many other areas of having and raising our children that are so important to many: positive discipline, co-sleeping, homebirth, water birth, alternatives in medicine and a careful examination of vaccinations.

Cheryl has her Bachelors in Music, Masters in Music Education and is pursuing her PhD in Music Education. Teaching is definitely her life's passion, whether it be in a classroom setting or in responding to a late night email from a parent. She has been a multiple recipient of the "Who's Who Among America's Teachers" award and currently is teaching High School Vocal Music in addition to running our website.

Cheryl is a writer, editor, and cofounder of the DrJayGordon.com web site.