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The Studies Show
Episode 72: Parenting (Part 1)
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Episode 72: Parenting (Part 1)

Breastfeeding, bottle feeding, baby-led weaning, tummy time, and sleep training

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Welcome to a new series of The Studies Show, all about parenting. We’ll cover the weird claims, fads, and controversies about how you should raise your kids.

In this first episode, which focuses on infancy, we cover some feeding-related topics (an update on breastfeeding, the question of sterilising baby bottles, and the idea of baby-led weaning) as well as “tummy time” and sleep training. Are any of these good for your baby? Are any of them bad? Tom and Stuart look through the evidence.

Let us know which parenting-related claims you want us to look into as the series continues!

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The Studies Show is produced by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada Productions.

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