Episode 35: SIDS, Safe Sleep and Bed Sharing: Breaking Down the Stats with Shaelise Tor

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Episode 35: SIDS, Safe Sleep and Bed Sharing: Breaking Down the Stats with Shaelise Tor In this episode, Rachel speaks with Shaelise Tor, a pediatric researcher and clinician, about the data on SIDS, infant sleep and breastfeeding, and bed sharing. The conversation covers the difference between intentional and unintentional bed sharing and the fear of judgment for parents who bed share. They discuss the misinformation and fear mongering surrounding these topics and the importance of breaking down the research to offer parents more compassion and nuance when it comes to safe sleep education. Shaelise shares her background and how she became passionate about sleep and infant mental health, and discusses the benefits and challenges of working in a clinical pediatric setting. They discuss ways to prevent SIDS, including safe sleep practices and breastfeeding. Rachael and Shaelise emphasize the need for a more nuanced approach to bed sharing and the importance of social determinants of health. Learn how to intentionally, more safely bed share, what NOT to do, and much more in this important episode. Disclaimer: This information in this episode is for entertainment and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please seek immediate care from your physician if you have any concerns about your baby or child’s health. Mentioned in this episode: Follow Shaelise on Instagram: @settled_and_soothed Safe Sleep Seven for Bed Sharing New Study on Bed Sharing and SUID If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ ✨For sleep support and resources on infant and child sleep, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Instagram (Show page) | Tiktok (Rachael's tiktok account) | Show Website (transcripts available here) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to you. No One Told Us, the podcast that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wish you knew before having kids.
0:10.1	I'm your host, Rachel Shepardota, and today is a very important episode. Today we're speaking with Shaylees' tour.
0:15.8	Shealise has a master's and PhD in marriage and family therapy and currently works as a pediatric researcher
0:21.6	and as a clinician in a large pediatrician's office affiliated with her local children's hospital.
0:27.3	Most of the clinical work she does is with the zero to three population supporting parents with
0:31.6	their babies and child's developmental milestones, sleep support, breastfeeding support,
0:36.5	and infant parent mental health.
0:38.2	She's also a mom herself of two little boys, each with their own unique temperaments and
0:42.6	sleep journeys. And today, Shealise, is going to help us break down some of the research on
0:48.0	SIDS, sleep, fed sharing, and there's so much misinformation and fearmongering out there
0:53.6	about these topics. So I'm
0:55.1	really excited for you to help us break it down. Welcome to the podcast and thank you so much for being
0:59.3	here. Thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here to talk about such an important but also I guess
1:05.0	controversial topic. I'm just curious, I guess, what kind of got you into this specialty? Did you always have a passion for sleep and breastfeeding?
1:14.1	Or did having kids kind of change the trajectory of your career like it does for so many of us?
1:20.2	Yeah.
1:20.7	I mean, I think a little bit of all of that.
1:23.8	So I was finishing my PhD and pregnant with my first son when the pandemic hit.
1:31.8	I was kind of during the time I was doing a lot of refugee parent-child research in the community.
1:39.3	And, you know, that was near and dear to my heart.
1:41.5	My husband and his family, they're all refugees to the United States.
1:44.6	And so just really getting into that community and seeing how, you know,
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