Price - $3.00 | 28 Minutes
In this podcast, Dr. Satterwhite explains the sleep cycle of a normal newborn and how to get started on the road to having a good sleeper. Most babies are born with a 25-hour clock and have to learn how to re-set their clocks each night, settle themselves, and go to sleep. Colic, illness, reflux – all these can impact a baby’s sleep in those early months. Listen and learn about how to do things right from the start, and how to “trouble-shoot” when things aren’t going well.
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Outline:
- What’s normal?
- How to get started doing things right.
- When can you start putting kids on a schedule?
- What is SIDS?
- What about co-sleeping?
- Dr. Ferber vs. Dr. Sears vs. BabyWise
- Problems and questions:
- colic
- Cereal myth
- Persistent crying
- Move to a crib
Resources:
- AAP book: Guide to Your Child’s Sleep.
- Dr. Sears’ book: The Baby Sleep Book.
- Book by Izzo called: BabyWise.
- Book by Pantley: The No-Cry Sleep Solution.
- Book by Ferber: Solve Your Sleep Problems.
- Book called The Secrets of the Baby Whisperer.
- Book called Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child.
- “Sleep Problems,” an article in the journal Pediatrics by Lewis Kass, MD
- “Supplementary carrying compared with advice to increase responsive parenting as interventions to prevent persistent infant crying,” an article by Drs. James-Roberts, Hurry, Bowyer and Barr.
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Being a new mom is such a challenge! Dr. Bill’s sleep podcast series got me through many anxious moments when I wanted to make sure my baby got the right amount of sleep and I was doing it the right way! I can quote many lines from all of his sleep podcasts due to the fact that I listened to them repeatedly! Thank you, Dr. Bill, for your wisdom and your willingness to share it in a way where I could access it in the middle of the night!