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Support for breastfeeding, baby sleep and attachment. Karen McClay Australia, The Calmbirth Conversation 2021

Dr Pamela Douglas11th of Jan 202423rd of May 2024

Support for breastfeeding, baby sleep and attachment, calmbirth conversation podcast

How the work of Dr Pam prepares, educates and supports families through the challenges of the first 12 months. Dr Pamela Douglas talks baby sleep, cry fuss problems, parent mood and attachment with the Calmbirth Conversation podcast.

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Things parents need (or don't need) to buy when they are expecting or have a baby. Dr Pamela Douglas May 2022

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About the things everyone wants to sell you once you're expecting or have a baby

You can listen to the ABC Radio National podcast, on which this article is based, here.

Expecting and new parents are heavily targeted by people or ads wanting to sell them something. Our 21st century world is dominated by extremely powerful and often quite insidious or difficult-to-identify market forces. Marketing pressures on parents have seriously ramped up in my lifetime.

New parents are a lucrative market because parents are naturally and passionately committed to protecting their babies. We want the best possible developmental trajectories for our little one – cognitively, emotionally, physically, and…

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