In this episode we explore the concepts of "baby wearing" and "attachment parenting" with our guest speaker Erin and how they affect a baby's spine, muscle, and brain development. Erin discusses her own personal experience of this type of parenting and how it affected the development of her two children.
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0:18. Introduction to our amazing guest, Erin!
0:45 Erin’s opening statement
1:45: Erin gives some background on herself
4:45 Erin talks about her passion for health and the different types of health care she’s explored
6:00: Erin talks about her first pregnancy and labor
8:45: Erin mentions The Continuum Concept, which discusses the topic of baby wearing and co-sleeping.
9:50: Erin talks about her injury and state of health post labor and how it lead to a co-sleeping pattern and extreme attachment parenting
11:25: Erin talks about her health issues postpartum
13:15: Erin and Dr. Chris discuss forgoing mom’s health for the health of the child
13:45: Erin talks about the state of her body’s health and the amount of issues that arose from not taking care of her own needs
15:00: Defining what baby wearing is and if there is a threshold to how much is done and if it can be done too long.
19:25: Erin talks about differences in the development between her first and second child
20:30: Erin talks about why she bought her first child in for craniosacral therapy and chiropractic care
23:50: Erin talks about healing herself for her second pregnancy by addressing the trauma from the first labor and birth
26:40: Erin talks about her pelvic floor injury and healing through Ellen Heed
29:40: Erin talks about her feelings when discovering being pregnant for a second time
30:40: Erin talks about the book Birthing from Within
32:10: Erin talks about her second labor and birth
38:00: Erin talks about the differences in her approach to baby wearing and attachment parenting with her second child
42:15: Erin talks about the differences in meeting milestones with the second child
45:50: Erin talks about what she wished she knew before giving birth regarding baby wearing and attachment parenting
47:12: Erin talks about her advice for expecting mothers based on her experiences
50:43: Wrap up with Erin
52:16: Dr Chris gives her opinion on baby wearing from a chiropractic perspective and the effects on the spine and development
56:04: Dr. Chris talks about “tummy time”
57:04: Dr. Chris talks about hip dysplasia
58:00: Dr. Chris talks about the effects of baby wearing on neurological development
59:49: Is there an age limit to baby wearing?
1:01:15: Conclusion
Sources mentioned:
Ellen Heed- https://ellenheed.com/
Deborah Raoult- https://www.losangelesbirthpartners.com/birthing-from-within, https://www.facebook.com/Unfolding-Body-with-Deborah-Raoult-287486427928896/
The Continuum Concept- https://www.amazon.com/Continuum-Concept-Arkana-Liedloff-1989-11-23/dp/B017MYQBJ0/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_1/145-1177756-6397000?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B017MYQBJ0&pd_rd_r=d0b15e71-4af7-4a3b-a001-23ac4d225a26&pd_rd_w=Z2S6C&pd_rd_wg=Mu1v9&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=Z4WE9WT1QS8J6382P7T1&psc=1&refRID=Z4WE9WT1QS8J6382P7T1
Birthing From Within- https://www.amazon.com/Birthing-Within-Extra-Ordinary-Childbirth-Preparation/dp/0965987302
