Name: Pediatricians Debunk 16 Baby Myths
Uploaded: 2021-03-29T18:15:06.000Z
Duration: 15 min 43 s
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Aliza Pressman: "Baby walkers help babies walk."

Blair Hammond: "Picking up a crying baby will spoil them."

Pressman: Picking up a crying baby will not spoil them.

aka a pacifier, "will help with teething."

I get paged about this myth all the time.

I'm a general pediatrician at Mount Sinai Hospital.

and cofounder of the Mount Sinai Parenting Center.

Pressman: "Babies who walk and talk early

Even though an early talker may tend to do better

it doesn't mean that children who are not early talkers

aren't going to equal or rise above those talkers.

And with walkers, which is a different thing,

Motor development is better at predicting delays

and associations with other issues that may arise.

So if you notice there's a delay in walking,

But it is not necessarily true or likely true

that an early walker is going to get you into Harvard.

So, newborn babies really need to feed frequently,

every three to four hours to feed at that time.

three and a half hours during the day, at that point,

you really want to give them a little nudge

you can let them sleep longer periods of time.

because the act of singing a lullaby, that calming music,

But it isn't a magic pill that is going to

especially using music and touch is, of course,

going to relax them and induce a sleepier state.

Hammond: In young children and babies, naps are necessary.

Hammond: I always say that people who are like,

so they sleep all night in that first year of life,"

and that is not going to be a fun baby to take care of.

we really do focus on naps to help your baby

Pressman: You really need to keep even one nap.

You don't want your infant or toddler awake

and nighttime organized, consolidated sleep.

Pressman: If your baby isn't sleeping through the night

Up until four months, you really want to let your infant

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