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Published: Sept. 28, 2021, 8 a.m.

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Today, licensed child psychologist Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD, joins the podcast to tackle some common topics from the angle of research and data. We break down important facts about holding your baby, sleep training, pacifiers, and even some science behind baby talk!

Dr. Goodwin specializes in child development and founded Parenting Translator with the mission of taking recent scientific research and translating it into information that parents can use in their everyday lives.

In this Episode, You\\u2019ll Learn About:

-Whether you can spoil a baby by holding them too much

-How baby-wearing can have myriad benefits in addition to freeing up your hands

-What is the science around co-sleeping

-Whether sleep training has an affect on developmental outcomes

-How baby talk can actually help advance language development

-What are some of the many reasons to read with baby

-What does research say about baby soothers i.e. pacifiers

Full website notes: drnicolerankins.com/episode133

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