The Tiny Big Joys

Part 2 is the one parents are nervous about. Where Part 1 covered readiness and first vegetables, this one takes on the things that keep people awake: the noise a baby makes that isn’t actually an emergency, the foods that genuinely need care, and the allergens everyone was told to delay for years and now aren’t. Nutritionist Charlotte Stirling-Reed walks through all of it without a single scare t...

Part 1 is the beginning. Not the fears, not the allergens, not the lists of what to avoid — those come next week. This half is about the part that comes first: working out whether your baby is ready, what you actually put in front of them, and why the broccoli comes before the banana. Charlotte Stirling-Reed is the nutritionist who put vegetables first on the map for a generation of parents, and s...

Part 2 is where the myths come out. Where Part 1 covered the early weeks of latching and weight gain, this one goes further: pumping that works with your body rather than against it, why the old mastitis advice has been turned on its head, and the "thrush" diagnosis that, as Olivia Hinge explains, very often isn't thrush at all. Then she looks ahead to starting solids, moving on from...

Olivia Hinge is back, and this time your questions lead the way. Part 1 covers the early weeks of feeding: the sleepy baby who drifts off at the breast, the latch that looks right but still hurts, the weigh-in that leaves you second-guessing, and the evenings when your baby wants to feed on and off for hours. NHS midwife and lactation consultant Olivia Hinge answers each one calmly and practically...

Part 2 is the "so what can we actually do?" half. Part 1 was about what's normal. This one is the practical side, with no cry-it-out and no rigid plan. Sleep consultant Lucy Bagwell walks through simple bedtime routines, day and night, nap transitions and every way there is to settle a baby. She also takes on the idea that feeding your baby to sleep is a "bad habit". Then c...

Part 1 is the "is this normal?" half. Before any tips or techniques, sleep consultant Lucy Bagwell goes back to the question underneath almost every sleep worry: is my baby actually sleeping badly, or is this just what babies are like? She covers the waking, the regressions, the "sleeping through the night" comparisons and the pressure to fix it all by six months, and she is cl...

Part 2 is the honest half. Where Part 1 covered cord care and car seats, this one covers the things that are harder to ask about: the baby who wakes the second you put him down, the crying that peaks just when you thought things were settling, and the moment — home alone, exhausted — when you feel yourself about to break. Midwife Miranda Sykes gives an exact plan for that moment, and she is clear...

Host Olivia sits down with Miranda Sykes, a London-based NHS and private midwife and lactation consultant, to answer the questions you sent in about those first few weeks at home with a newborn. Part 1 covers what to ask for before you leave hospital, what the first 24 hours at home really look like, and how much of what worries new parents is simply normal. In this episode: ✔️ The one thing Miran...

NEW SEASON ALERT: OUR FIRST EXPERT EPISODES DROP FROM 22 SEPTEMBER — THIS WEEK, THOUGH, IT'S JUST US. Seats swapped. This week founder Paula turns the microphone on host Olivia — because before she starts asking our experts your questions, we thought you should know she's figuring out the very same things you are. Olivia shares the first year she didn't see coming: a surprise pregnancy just weeks...

NEW SEASON ALERT: OUR FIRST EXPERT EPISODES DROP FROM 22 SEPTEMBER — THIS WEEK, THOUGH, IT'S JUST US. This week we're doing something a little different. Instead of an expert, our host Olivia sits down with Paula — the founder of The Tiny Big Joys — to go right back to the beginning. Paula spent years travelling and building a career, and had just told her partner they weren't ready for a baby. Tw...

In this episode, we have Dr. Tracy Dalgleish as a guest: a clinical psychologist and couples therapist with nearly two decades of experience, and the author of  I Didn't Sign Up For This . Tracy brings both deep clinical expertise and a refreshingly honest, evidence-based approach to one of the most under-discussed transitions in modern parenthood — what actually happens to your relationship...

In this episode, we have Anne Margolis as a guest: a certified nurse midwife (CNM) and holistic practitioner with 30+ years of experience, and the creator of the Love Your Birth online course. Anne brings both deep clinical expertise and an unshakeable belief in the body's natural capacity to birth — and this conversation is exactly the kind of honest, empowering, evidence-based guidance that ever...

Boobs, Bottles & Everything In Between This episode is sponsored by Lola & Lykke. Visit lolalykke.com to find out more. Feeding your baby is one of the most talked-about topics in early parenthood — and somehow still one of the least well-supported. In this episode, we have Olivia Hinge as a guest: a certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) and NHS midwife, mother of three and an author. Oli...

Registered dietician Lily Nichols joins The Tiny Big Joys to challenge the pregnancy nutrition advice most women are still receiving — food safety rules, gestational diabetes, prenatal vitamins, iron, and why egg yolks matter more than anyone tells you. She covers what conventional guidelines get wrong, what to actually eat, and the three things every pregnant woman should start doing today. Evide...

Certified sleep coach Lauren Weber joins The Tiny Big Joys to challenge everything you've been told about baby sleep — schedules, wake windows, self-soothing, sleep training. She explains what infant sleep actually looks like developmentally, how to tell a normal waking pattern from a real problem, and the simplest things an exhausted mom can do to get more rest. Honest and practical. If you found...