HeyJaredDecoded: The First Year
WARNING: This isn't another parenting podcastDecoded: The First Year - is the podcast for parents feeling overwhelmed by baby milestones, sleep struggles and conflicting advice.
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- Sep 9, 2026
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Decoded: The First Year | Episode 54 | The Startle That Won't Settle | Dr SCL (opens the original)
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You've probably been told the startle reflex is "just a normal newborn thing" — and technically, that's true. But what happens when it's not settling into background noise, and it's still hijacking every nap, every transfer, every quiet moment, weeks or even months in?You've been told it'll pass. You’ve been told to swaddle. You’ve been told to rock them to sleep. But you're the one living inside the loop of startle, cry, resettle, startle again — and "it's normal" doesn't help you right now, do
Decoded: The First Year | Episode 53 | Why Your Baby Always Turns Their Head One Way | Dr SCL (opens the original)
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Someone told you it's "just a preference." Or maybe it's tummy time positioning. Or it's their sleeping position. Or maybe you've been quietly worrying it's something worse, and nobody's given you a straight answerYou've noticed it — your baby always turns their head the same direction. In the cot, on the change table, in the pram. Always that way. Never the other. You've tried gently turning them the other way and they turn straight back, like it's automatic.And to add further fuel to the fire,
Decoded: The First Year | Bonus Episode | The Nervous System is Upstream of Everything | Dr SCL (opens the original)
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Here's what I noticed a year ago, and it's the reason this podcast exists.Mums in that first year are handed a checklist. Rolls by four months. Sits by six. Latches "properly." Sleeps through "eventually." And when something doesn't tick the box on schedule, she's sent off to fix the symptom — more tummy time, a different bottle, a stricter routine.Nobody's lying to her. The advice usually isn't wrong. It's just incomplete. It's downstream.An OT can tell you what a milestone should look like. A
Decoded: The First Year | Episode 52 | Why Regulation Is Always a Shared Process | Dr SCL (opens the original)
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You've probably heard the phrase."Regulated parents raise regulated children."And if you're anything like the parents I see in clinic — you heard that and felt one of two things. Either guilt. Or confusion. Guilt, because you are exhausted and you know it. Confusion, because nobody actually explains why that's true. They just say it — and leave you with the pressure of it — without giving you the neuroscience underneath.Today, we fix that. Because this is not a conversation about parenting bette
Decoded: The First Year | Episode 51 | Why the "pressure" to be first is rarely beneficial | Dr SCL (opens the original)
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Today, I want to talk about why development often slows down when nervous systems stop feeling safe enough to explore naturally.Modern parents are under enormous pressure. And yes, it is pressure that creates diamonds.Developmentally - parents feel pressure to stimulate more. Do more. Optimise more. Intervene earlier. Achieve milestones faster. Because, as we know - when it comes to development, faster equals better, right? Of course not!And honestly? Many babies and children are feeling that pr
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