The Baby Fact Check

Social media is full of skincare advice for newborns - but what if your baby doesn’t need all those creams, washes and lotions? 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 parenting advice around newborn skincare: “You should bath your newborn baby every day as part of your bedtime routine.” “Av...

Social media is full of advice about what’s the best toy for your newborn baby - but what does the science say? Are we buying toys we simply don’t need? 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 parenting advice around newborn play: “Tummy time isn’t safe for newborns.” “You don’t need to worr...

Will introducing a bottle ruin breastfeeding?    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 parenting advice around introducing a bottle to a breastfed baby:   “Don’t introduce a bottle until 6 weeks or you’ll cause nipple confusion and ruin breastfeeding.”   “Breast milk pumped late at night c...

From ‘anti-colic’ bottles to gripe water, there are countless ‘cures’ for a gassy baby - but which are evidence-based, and which are just marketing hype? 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 parenting advice around newborn gas: “If your baby has gas you’re either not feeding them in the r...

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...

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...

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...

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 newborn...

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...