The Secrets to Calming Babies ft. Dr. Harvey Karp
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Dr. Harvey Karp is a renowned pediatrician and co-founder of Happiest Baby, known for his Happiest Baby/Happiest Toddler books that have guided millions of parents worldwide. He created the SNOO Smart Sleeper, an FDA-authorized bassinet that adds hours to infant sleep, now used in over 160 hospitals and offered as a benefit by 80+ companies.
Today, Dr. Harvey Karp shares practical advice for new parents, focusing on the crucial "fourth trimester"—the first few months of a baby's life when they still crave a womb-like environment for comfort. He introduces his "5 S's" method—Swaddling, Side/Stomach position, Shushing, Swinging, and Sucking—to help soothe babies, reduce crying, and improve sleep.
Dr. Karp discusses the impact of sleep deprivation on parents and highlights the SNOO smart sleeper, developed with MIT engineers, to help babies sleep longer and ease parental stress. He emphasizes the long-term benefits of early nurturing and guides listeners to HappiestBaby.com for more resources and support.
Dr. Karp is Esquire’s new parenting advice columnist. Read “Ask Dr. Harvey Karp” on Esquire.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, |
| 0:07.7 | leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of |
| 0:13.0 | fathers, but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances |
| 0:18.1 | and odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example |
| 0:21.2 | that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change |
| 0:27.6 | relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their |
| 0:33.5 | grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused intention, passion, |
| 0:41.4 | purpose, and direction. |
| 0:43.7 | We are the Dad Edge, andks, welcome to the Dadditch podcast. I'm Larry Hagner, |
| 1:05.1 | your host and founder of this podcast show and movement. Hey, for all my new dads out there |
| 1:09.8 | or my expecting dads out there, |
| 1:13.1 | this one is a game changer for you guys today. I'm sharing this show because like, oh my gosh, |
| 1:18.9 | I remember 18 years ago when we first had Ethan, my oldest, and oh my gosh, man, I was so lost, |
| 1:26.3 | had no idea what to do, so overwhelmed. Even our second one who came |
| 1:30.0 | just 20 months later, Mason, you know, we were really, really overwhelmed. You know, it's like, |
| 1:33.8 | we really don't get a manual of like what to even expect when we have kids. And I remember just |
| 1:40.2 | that feeling of being completely on new ground when I was a dad and unfamiliar ground. And |
| 1:47.2 | like my confidence was just shot. We weren't, you know, we weren't sleeping well in the |
| 1:50.7 | beginning. But then we came across this book that was recommended to us. And it was the happiest |
| 1:56.3 | baby on the block. And it was written by Dr. Harvey Cararp. And I was like, man, we implemented a bunch of |
| 2:02.9 | these things that were in the book. We even took a class on it. And I was like, oh my gosh, this is a |
| 2:08.1 | game changer. Like, and it literally completely changed the way Jessica and I took care of newborns. |
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