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#264: If your baby does not eat, that does not make you a bad parent! Dr. Becky Kennedy from @drbeckygoodinside is on the BLW podcast helping us cool our jets when it comes to mealtime meltdowns with babies. Dr. Becky is a clinical psychologist and mom of 3 and she’s bringing the PEACE in this episode, chatting about:

• Positive language (with scripts!) to use when you feel stress rising about your baby not eating

• How to let your baby explore their food - a precursor to feelings of safety - and not losing your mind when things get messy

Dr. Becky’s new book GOOD INSIDE: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be is now available on Amazon. 

Check out her parenting community at goodinside.com.

You can follow Dr. Becky @drbeckygoodinside on Instagram and her Good Inside podcast is here.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode we’re talking about:

• How to stick to our job as parents for setting boundaries, providing validation and demonstrating empathy

• Why your baby eating or not eating is not a barometer of whether or not you are doing a good job as a parent

• What constitutes an “emergency” in infant feeding and how to let your child guide the eating process

ABOUT THE GUEST

• Dr. Becky Kenedy is a clinical psychologist, mom of three, and founder of Good Inside.

• She practiced a popular behavior-first, reward-and-punishment model of parent coaching.

• She helps working parents with attachment, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and internal family systems.

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