The blessing and curse of living in the digital age is the overwhelming amount of information. How are you supposed to know what’s reliable and what’s not? It can feel paralyzing to have every fact at our fingertips. Fortunately, you’ve got experts like myself and Sharon Mazel to help cut through the noise. Sharon is an internationally recognized parenting and pregnancy expert, author, journalist, speaker, parenting coach, and mom of four with over 25 years experience in the field. She wrote her new book, Bite-Size Parenting: Your Baby's First Year, to distill all of that content down to what you really need for baby’s first year! In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:Why modern parenting feels so overwhelmingHow to tell if information is trustworthyWhat to expect from baby in the first few weeksWhich parenting rules are actually mythsHow you can stimulate baby’s growing mindWhen to start reading to your babyHow to balance your personal identity and your role as a parent-- Full website notes: drnicolerankins.com/episode235 Check out The Birth Preparation Course Register for the class How to Create a Birth Plan the Right Way Our Sponsors: * Check out ByHeart and use my code DRNICOLE for 10% off your first order! - https://byheart.com/podcast * Check out Homethreads and use my code drnicole for 15% off your first order: www.homethreads.com * Check out Informed Pregnancy Media: www.informedpregnancy.tv * Check out Ritual and use my code DRNICOLE to get 40% off through Jan 31st: https://ritual.com/DRNICOLE Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy