Show Notes
Series 16 - Episode 7: How babies sleep – from birth towards the first year
A critical part of the midwife’s role is caring for the newborn baby and helping the mother and parents understand more about their baby’s behaviour and care.
An important part of the baby’s life is sleep and their sleep pattern, alongside balancing parents’ own needs.
In this session we are joined by midwife and neonatal nurse, Stephanie Michaelides, who will discuss the first 48 hours of neonatal life and Professor Helen L Ball, anthropologist and infant sleep researcher, who will bring together the research, anthropological understanding and practice advice that will help practitioners, and most importantly parents, to understand their babies better and navigate the first year of their baby’s life.
Hosted by:
Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Contribution from:
Professor Helen Ball, Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham and Director, Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre Stephanie Michaelides, Midwife, Neonatal Nurse, and Education Consultant
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