1KHO 193: Modern Day Parents are Peer Pressured Into Denying Their Baby’s Needs | Tracy Gillett, Raised Good

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Tracy Gillett, founder of Raised Good is here!!! Join us as shares her personal journey through motherhood, from fertility struggles to the profound realization that the joy of motherhood can be restored when we follow our instincts and trust our babies' needs. Tracy's story unfolds as she delves into the world of natural parenting, exploring topics such as bedsharing, cosleeping, elimination communication, and unschooling. Discover the transformative power of co-sleeping and bedsharing as Tracy challenges the modern-day pressure on parents to deny their babies' innate desires for closeness and comfort. Learn how sleep deprivation can lead us to question our parenting choices and vulnerability to external opinions. Tracy also discusses the primal instinct to keep our babies close, revealing that breastfeeding moms often get more sleep when they bedshare. Explore the concept of attachment and how it unfolds in the first six years of life, beginning with proximity, aligning with what our bodies and instincts expect.Intriguingly, Tracy emphasizes how most of the world practices co-sleeping, allowing parents to surrender to their innate parenting design. Challenge the "Cry It Out" method and consider the profound message behind a baby's cry - a plea for connection. Listen in as Tracy touches on topics such as breastfeeding to sleep, the role of melatonin in nighttime breastmilk, and the importance of aligning with nature in our parenting journey. Dive into the world of extended breastfeeding and explore the idea that infancy extends beyond the first year of life. As Tracy delves into the challenges mothers face, she highlights the need for community support and discusses the importance of nursing in public. Uncover the courage it takes to embrace natural parenting practices and how it can make life more intriguing. Join Tracy Gillett as she encourages us to accept the present moment and make a real difference in the world of parenting. Tune in to this inspiring conversation that challenges conventional wisdom and celebrates the beauty of embracing our natural instincts as parents. Don't miss out on an exciting summit featuring 25 speakers discussing natural parenting. Register here >> https://ginny1--raisedgood.thrivecart.com/rgs-2023-dv1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go. Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast. My name is
0:04.9	Jenny Erich. I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside and I'm so honored to be
0:09.1	talking with someone I've been following along I think possibly for a decade Tracy Gillet from
0:15.1	Raised Good. Welcome. Thank you so much Jenny that's such a kind welcome.
0:20.3	It's always an interesting kind of bizarre thing when you follow something for a very long time and then you actually get to meet the person.
0:29.0	Because at the start you think, I would never get to meet this person.
0:32.0	So it's such an honor and such a treat.
0:34.0	And what you share brings so much hope to parents,
0:38.0	I think in a lot of ways it helps us to trust our instincts
0:42.0	and to question.
0:43.7	Maybe some of the practices that seem like they're right
0:46.2	on the surface, but on the inside,
0:48.0	we're not feeling quite so confident about them.
0:50.4	And so you come and you open up the door to conversation
0:53.1	and you share such great information.
0:55.3	So you started Raised Good as an answer for your own questions.
0:59.9	And then you started to share with others
1:01.4	with millions of readers and parents worldwide that
1:04.4	are now reading and joining in with your community.
1:07.9	So can you just tell us where it all started?
1:11.6	Yeah, sure. And thank you so much. and I just want to throw that right back at you because I've been
1:16.1	following thousand hours outside for so long as well and I absolutely love this podcast and so I am thrilled to be on it and I love everything that you share and we both have
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