The Science Baby Podcast

Coming home with a newborn can feel overwhelming. Luckily, from time to time in your little one’s early life, you can expect to be visited by specially trained nurses and midwives, to check up on how you and baby are doing. These health visits and developmental reviews can be exciting, daunting, reassuring, and confusing. Leila and Kim break down what to expect, and share their own intimate experiences. In this episode: Introduction and background to the health visiting service Introduction to developmental Reviews Ages and Stages Questionnaire Communication Gross Motor Skills Fine Motor Skills Problem Solving Personal Skills The Rest of the Questionnaire What to expect from the visit When it doesn't go to plan - our personal experiences You can find more Science Baby at... Our blog: https://thesciencebaby.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_science_baby/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesciencebaby Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesciencebaby And if you like what you see, consider supporting our work with a one-off or recurring tip: https://ko-fi.com/leilabattison

On average, one in every four pregnancies ends in loss, and yet miscarriage, stillbirth, and pregnancy loss are still taboo subjects in many cultures. As a result, women who go through it experience shame, guilt, and loneliness which is entirely a product of attitude, and not science. This Baby Loss awareness week, we want to cast a light on a not at all uncommon phenomenon. In this episode: Leila and Kim share and compare their personal experiences of pregnancy loss and how it has changed their attitudes to actually having a child A look at the frequency of pregnancy loss, and the documented causes We dissect how the language we use shapes the way we and others think about pregnancy loss. Some advice on what to say to someone going through a pregnancy loss How pregnancy losses are treated in the workplace, and how that's beginning to change. Find out more about Baby Loss Awareness Week: https://babyloss-awareness.org/ Charities that can offer support and guidance for people going through pregnancy loss: https://www.sands.org.uk/ https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/

Social media can be a great tool for discovering new people and new things (like this podcast!) but for new, impressionable, and unsure parents, it can often do more harm than good. In this episode: The era we're living in right now is shaped by our interactions on social media How algorithms work to find and serve what you secretly want Our personal experiences with social media through our parenting journeys How social media has evolved in recent years The fundamental need for social comparison and how social media is changing that What we can do to protect ourselves Find more Science Baby content at thesciencebaby.com

There is a fundamental conflict between how babies sleep and how adults sleep, and it's causing us way more stress than it needs to. In this episode: Our personal experiences with out babies' sleep The biology of sleep, including sleep-wake homeostasis and circadian rhythms Helen Ball and colleagues' book 'How Babies Sleep' The science of sleep cycles and sleep consolidation Differences between children Cultural pressures How to cope, including cosleeping advice