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The Responsive Family Sleep PodcastInformed Decision Making When You Aren't Always Given All Your Options With Kaely HarrodHow can you make informed decisions when you don’t know all your options? Well, you can’t! From sleep setups and safety to navigating big sleep transitions and parent led changes, knowing your options makes a huge difference. In this week’s episode I’m joined by my bestie, doula, educator, and doula business coach Kaely Harrod for a conversation about the challenges of making decisions without all the information. Parents are actively not educated in ways that set them up for informed decision making around sleep and that can have real safety consequences as well as feeling like the...2024-11-2141 min
Doula Tips and Tits with Kaely HarrodWhat Does a Doula Need to Know About Normal Newborn Sleep?Sleep is a hot topic in the postpartum world, but honestly most doula training is woefully lacking in biological norms for newborns! If we, as doulas, are functioning from a place of ignorance, if we are recommending sleep strategies that are not supporting newborn biological norms or, even worse, dangerous for the age we’re working with! Today’s special guest is a sleep coach and my first call and constant referral to my clients.Kim Hawley has a background in public health and is a genius at gentle sleep strategies. My clients have foun...2023-07-0718 min