The Baby Fact Check
The Baby Fact Check is a parenting podcast hosted by Greg Foot, creator of the BBC podcast Sliced Bread. As a new dad, Greg fact-checks the baby advice flooding social media, focusing on newborn topics like sleep, feeding, and development. Each episode features trusted experts providing evidence-based guidance, free from influencer marketing and judgment.
Episodes
Newborn Language: “Parentese”, Baby Sign & Multilingual Families - S1 E4
Is “baby talk” really the best way to talk to your newborn to help them develop their language skills? Can “baby sign” help babies communicate sooner? And if your family speaks multiple languages, how can you help your baby understand and learn them?
In this episode of The Baby Fact Check, new dad Greg Foot is joined by trusted experts to fact check some of the most common pieces of social media
Newborn Crying: What Cries Mean, the "Crying Peak" and Baby’s Safe Person - S1 E3
Hearing your baby cry is one of the hardest parts of early parenting - but how much of the advice around how to soothe your crying newborn is backed by science?
In this episode of The Baby Fact Check, new dad Greg Foot is joined by a trusted expert to fact check some of the most common pieces of social media parenting advice around newborn crying:
“If my baby cries a lot, I’m doing something wron
Newborn Skin-to-Skin Contact: Golden Hour, Dads & Long-Term Benefits - S1 E2
There’s a huge amount of pressure to get everything “right” from the moment your baby arrives, including “uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact during Golden Hour”. But is that really helpful? And is it worth continuing skin-to-skin in the weeks and months after birth?
In this episode of The Baby Fact Check, Greg Foot - new dad and creator & host of the popular BBC podcast Sliced Bread - is joine
Newborn Sleep: White Noise, Wake Windows & Self-Soothing – S1 E1
Social media is full of newborn sleep advice - but what if some of the “rules” are actually making life harder for new parents?
In this episode of The Baby Fact Check, Greg Foot - new dad and creator & host of the popular BBC podcast Sliced Bread - is joined by trusted experts to fact check some of the most common pieces of social media parenting advice around newborn sleep:
“Keep your newbo
Welcome to The Baby Fact Check with Greg Foot - Trailer
The new parenting podcast where trusted experts fact check the baby advice filling your social media feed.
As a new dad, Greg Foot - creator and host of the popular BBC podcast Sliced Bread - is being bombarded by parenting tips so he’s making this podcast to work out what’s fact and what’s fad.
With Greg’s son Teddy only a few months old, Series 1 focuses on newborn babies - fact checking advic
