Unii’s Dr. Su: “I’m a paediatrician; this is what many parents miss when a baby is crying.”

Unii Babies

Unii Paediatrics Expert Dr. Su Laurent, MBBS, FRCPCH, is a consultant paediatrician with over three decades of experience. She leads our Unii.com Journey video courses on newborns and baby health and development. In this Unii Babies episode, Dr. Su speaks to our host, consultant paediatrician Dr. Saranya Ravindran (whom she trained!) about a baby's health in their first year, how to identify common problems, and when to reach out to a doctor. This is an essential one!

00:00 Intro

01:07 Connecting with parents through unii.com

01:53 How becoming a parent changes you as a doctor

02:28 Noisy baby sleep

04:07 Rewarding baby and child cases Dr. Su’s experienced

04:57 Baby and toddler constipation

05:55 Taking your baby's temperature

08:16 Supporting your baby when they’re distressed

09:16 Psychological impact of chronic eczema on babies

10:41 Baby vaccinations

11:56 Your baby in the hospital

13:30 Baby’s internalising your stress

14:56 Baby head banging

16:07 Baby safety precautions

18:28 Nappies—what to buy, what’s normal, when to change them, and nappy rash

21:29 How clean is too clean? Do germs benefit babies?

22:39 Trapped wind and baby-burping advice

23:45 Bathing your baby

24:50 Is a baby massage class worth it?

27:00 Coping with crying

28:53 Taking babies on airplanes

30:11 Dealing with your baby's fever

31:26 Baby-safe pain medication

32:25 Baby vomiting: what's normal?

Watch Dr. Su’s Unii Baby Health video course:

https://unii.com/en/journey/baby-health

Watch this episode at unii.com:

https://unii.com/en/episode/heres-something-parents-worry-about-far-too-much

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