I am so excited to bring back more conversations about newborns, babies, and pregnancy. Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum (@drgreerkirshenbaum) is a neuroscientist, doula, infant & family specialist, and mom. This episode is extra special as it's focused on the importance of nurturing your baby's brain starting as early as when they are in the womb.

The impact that nurture has on a baby's brain is immense and can have a profound effect on mental health outcomes. Greer's mission is to help families, professionals, and workplaces understand how early caregiving experiences can boost mental wellness and diminish depression, anxiety, and addiction in adulthood by shaping baby's brain through simple intuitive enriching experiences in pregnancy, birth, and infancy. Her book is The Nurture Revolution: Grow Your Baby's Brain and Transform Their Mental Health Through the Art of Nurtured Parenting.

In this conversation, we get into Greer's birth story, how it went versus how she wanted it to go. How to nurture effectively as a mom even when you are tired, depleted, and burnt out in the newborn stages through toddlerhood. The impact of nurture on long-term brain health. Why traditional sleep training is not helpful, how to nurture mama's brain and take care of ourselves.

Don't miss this enlightening conversation!

Highlights from this episode:

• The neuroscience behind the nuture revolution
• Greer shares her expectations about childbirth vs. what really happened
• Infancy is 0-3 years old for brain development
• Humans didn't evolve to parent alone
• The biggest lies about sleep training
• Become self-aware of your "triggers" while nuturing a toddler
• How to apologize and repair relationships
• Setting realistic bedtime routines and boundaries
• Mamas: find out the secret to nuturing yourselves

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