In this episode of The Baby Fact Check, Greg Foot - new dad and creator & host of the popular BBC podcast Sliced Bread - is joined by trusted experts to fact check some of the most common pieces of social media parenting advice around newborn sleep:

• “Keep your newborn baby awake more in the day and they will sleep better at night.”
• “White noise is a cheat code for baby sleep that helps them sleep longer and deeper.”
• “You should put your baby down drowsy, not asleep, or they’ll never learn to self-soothe.”

With help from Professor Helen Ball (Durham University Sleep Lab and author of How Babies Sleep: A Factful Guide to the First 365 Days and Nights) and Sarah Ockwell-Smith (author of The Gentle Sleep Book), Greg explores why newborn babies sleep the way they do, what parents can stop worrying about, and how to get through the early months with a little more confidence.

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The Baby Fact Check is a Science Media Studio production. Series Producer: Greg Foot Content Producer: Graihagh Jackson Video Producer: Adrienn Rusz Audio Mix: Jonnie Howard Recorded at: The Raspberry Pi Foundation, with help from Daria Hupov & Peter Simison Special thanks: Teddy’s mummy, Katrin!

As a new dad, Greg Foot - creator and host of the popular BBC podcast Sliced Bread - is being bombarded by parenting tips so he’s making this podcast to work out what’s fact and what’s fad. 

With Greg’s son Teddy only a few months old, Series 1 focuses on newborn babies - fact checking advice on newborn sleep, skin-to-skin contact, crying, language development, gassy babies, bottle feeding, playtime and baby skincare - to find out what really helps, and what’s just noise!

As always, our podcast promise to you is... no influencers trying to sell you stuff, no pursuit of parenting perfection, and no judgement. Just evidence-based advice from experts you can trust, to help you be the best parent you can be today. Let's figure this out together. 

If you've seen a piece of parenting advice you'd like us to fact check drop us an email to thebabyfactcheck@gmail.com and come join The Baby Fact Check Family on Patreon at patreon.com/TheBabyFactCheck

Follow us on social media:

Instagram: @TheBabyFactCheck

TikTok: @TheBabyFactCheck

Facebook: @TheBabyFactCheck 

Credits:

The Baby Fact Check is a Science Media Studio production. Series Producer: Greg Foot Content Producer: Graihagh Jackson Video Producer: Adrienn Rusz Audio Mix: Jonnie Howard Recorded at: The Raspberry Pi Foundation with help from Daria Hupov & Peter Simison Special thanks: Teddy’s mummy, Katrin!