Infant sleep! - An interview with Lyndsey Hookway

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 it

common myths of infant sleep advice

the sudo-science available online

what the current science is saying

how we can effectively, gently and with safe evidence
implement sleep support into our own practice 



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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/ 


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