1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Leading infant sleep researcher and professor of anthropology Dr. James McKenna, PhD, discusses his extensive research on mother-baby sleep and cosleeping, bedsharing, and the new term &quot;breastsleeping.&quot; We talk&amp;nbsp;about the&amp;nbsp;science&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;the mechanisms&amp;nbsp;behind&amp;nbsp;infant sleep, cosleeping around the world, the mysterious sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS),&amp;nbsp;sleep training, and the neurological effects of separation. He&amp;nbsp;discusses&amp;nbsp;how cultural ideologies interfere with infant sleep practices,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;the huge gap in what mothers are doing&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;sleeping&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;breastfeeding, versus what is being recommended to families by the American Academy of Pediatrics and local governments. Jim&amp;nbsp;also discusses his new research on colic/inconsolable crying. There's a wealth of excellent information in this episode! See Jim's portrait and check out all the show notes at: workingbirth.com/ep13 Working Birth https://www.jillianlopina.com/working-birth-podcast <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4508208/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/12187662