Baby sleep influencers. Christine Dawood, Selena Kay & Cerys Hogg, David Attenborough
About this episode
The episode discusses the unregulated industry of baby sleep influencers and features a conversation with Christine Dawood about a tragic incident involving the Titan submersible.
A BBC News investigation exposes an unregulated, booming industry of so-called baby sleep influencers or "sleep consultants". Some people who become sleep consultants have relevant medical licenses, but others hold no qualifications and are pushing dangerous practices to desperate mothers, which doctors say risk causing harm. Those women now feel “traumatised” by the advice they’ve been given from "consultants" like these, and “guilty” for putting their babies through procedures they did not need, after paying high fees for the advice. Senior BBC reporter Divya Talwar and Olivia Hinge, NHS midwife and lactation nurse, join Nuala McGovern. On 18 June 2023,19 year-old Suleman Dawood died alongside his father, Shahzada, and three other men in the Titan submersible as it attempted to dive to the Titanic. They were 500 metres above the wreck when the submersible imploded. It was a horrifying tragedy that made headlines around the world. Christine Dawood has now written a book, Ninety-Six Hours and joins us to talk about what happened during the 4-day search for the lost sub. It's Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday on Friday 8 May, and the BBC has launched a week-long celebration…
People in this episode
Host: Nuala McGovern
Guests: Christine Dawood, Selena Kay, Cerys Hogg, Divya Talwar, Olivia Hinge
Topics covered
- baby sleep influencers
- health risks
- consultants
- tragedy
- wildlife cinematography
- David Attenborough
Keywords
- baby sleep influencers
- sleep consultants
- health risks
- Titan submersible
- David Attenborough
- wildlife cinematography
- Ninety-Six Hours
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC, NHS, BBC Radio 4
Books & works: Ninety-Six Hours
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