An interview with Lyndsey Hookway - all things infant sleep!
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Welcome to this episode of The Cauldron! We have the wonderful Lyndsey Hookway in the bubbling pot with us today.  Lyndsey is an experienced paediatric nurse, children’s public health nurse, IBCLC, researcher, responsive sleep/parenting advocate, and the author of 6 books. She has worked with children and families for more than 20 years within in-patient paediatrics, paediatric ambulatory care, NICU, and the community.  Lyndsey is a PhD researcher at Swansea University, exploring the needs and challenges of medically complex breastfed infants and children. In 2019 she founded the Breastfeeding the Brave project to raise awareness of the unique lactation needs of sick children in the paediatric setting. Lyndsey is the co-founder and clinical director of the Holistic Sleep Coaching program and Thought Rebellion. She is a respected international speaker and also provides regular training, advocacy and consultancy to both NHS and private organisations.  We get to talk all things infant sleep in this episode!  how breastfeeding is often the scapegoat in the infant sleep scenario how challenging it can be to give sleep information and support when we are not provided with good education on itcommon myths of infant sleep advicethe sudo-science available onlinewhat the current science is sayinghow we can effectively, gently and with safe evidence implement sleep support into our own practice  LINKS:  Support the show - link below Rate and review - link below Katie and Rachel's websites - link below Instagram: @lyndsey_hookway Facebook: @LyndseyHookway Twitter: @FeedSleepBond www.lyndseyhookway.com  www.thoughtrebellion.com  www.holisticsleepcoaching.com www.breastfeedingthebrave.com  Mentioned in the show: A method to soothe and promote sleep in crying infants utilizing the transport response – Research paper (open access)   Leah Kuypers. Zones of regulationhttps://www.zonesofregulation.com/zones-creator-leah-kuypers.html Brazelton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Berry_Brazelton  Stephen Porges https://www.stephenporges.com/  Support the show Produced and edited by Katie James - Support the show via our Patreon page or at BuyMeACoffee Music Joseph McDade Like this podcast? Then head over to leave us a review here Want more from Katie and Rachel? Katie's website with links to courses and more Rachel's website with links to courses, blogs, books and the collective
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