{"podcast":{"title":"The Baby Fact Check","slug":"the-baby-fact-check-7868428","podcast_index_feed_id":7868428,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thebabyfactcheck/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thebabyfactcheck.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22295843/TBFC_S1_Pod_Cover_Photo_SMALL8iwvk.png","author":"The Baby Fact Check","episode_count":7,"summary":"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 advice on newborn sleep, skin-to-skin contact, crying, language development, gassy babies, bottle feeding, playtime and baby skincare - to find out what really helps, and what’s just noise! As always, our podcast promise to you is... no influencers trying to sell you stuff, no pursuit of parenting perfection, and no judgement. Just evidence-based advice from experts you can trust, to help you be the best parent you can be today. Let's figure this out together. If you've seen a piece of parenting advice you'd like us to fact check drop us an email to thebabyfactcheck@gmail.com and come join The Baby Fact Check Family on Patreon at patreon.com/TheBabyFactCheck Follow us on social media: Instagram: @TheBabyFactCheck TikTok: @TheBabyFactCheck Facebook: @TheBabyFactCheck Credits: The Baby Fact Check…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T16:17:25.003752+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-baby-fact-check-7868428"},"episode":{"title":"Newborn Crying: What Cries Mean, the \"Crying Peak\" and Baby’s Safe Person - S1 E3","slug":"newborn-crying-what-cries-mean-the-crying-peak-and-baby-s-safe-person-s1-e3","published_at":"2026-06-04T07:07:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-baby-fact-check-7868428/newborn-crying-what-cries-mean-the-crying-peak-and-baby-s-safe-person-s1-e3","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-baby-fact-check-7868428","url":"https://thebabyfactcheck.podbean.com/e/newborn-crying-what-cries-mean-the-crying-peak-and-baby-s-safe-person-s1-e3/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wjasjgkt8xyt9ssj/EP_3_POD_FINAL_3_JUNE8v28c.mp4","summary":"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 wrong.” “Babies often cry more with their safest person.” “You’ll know every cry and what it means, if you pay attention.” With help from Professor Dieter Wolke (University of Warwick), Greg explores the “crying peak”, why some crying is simply unavoidable, and how to cope when nothing seems to soothe your baby. This episode includes a brief archive clip of a TV item on the Dunstan Baby Language from a 2006 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, used here for commentary and factual analysis. If you’ve seen a piece of parenting advice you’d like us to fact check, email us on thebabyfactcheck@gmail.com Join The Baby Fact Check Family on Patreon: patreon.com/TheBabyFactCheck Follow us on social media:Instagram: @TheBabyFactCheckTikTok: @TheBabyFactCheckFacebook: @TheBabyFactCheck The Baby Fact Check is a Science Media Studio production. Series Producer: Greg FootContent Producer: Graihagh JacksonVideo Producer: Adrienn RuszAudio Mix: Jonnie HowardRecorded at: The Raspberry Pi Foundation, with help from Daria Hupov & Peter SimisonSpecial thanks: Teddy’s mummy, Katrin!","meta_description":"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 sc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":984,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-baby-fact-check-7868428/episodes/newborn-crying-what-cries-mean-the-crying-peak-and-baby-s-safe-person-s1-e3/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-baby-fact-check-7868428/newborn-crying-what-cries-mean-the-crying-peak-and-baby-s-safe-person-s1-e3.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}