Spoil Your Baby
Spoil Your Baby
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As a mom, neuroscientist, and a long time expert to parents, almost every expert has it wrong when they say 'don't spoil your baby.' Up until the age of 3, your only job is to spoil your baby with affection, attention, and protection. I promise you it's the best chance for the long term mental health and success of your child. On my podcast, I will interview the leading experts to explain why you need to SPOIL YOUR BABY as well as those that may disagree for a spirited debate. I will also give you the most up to date science-backed tools and tips that will help you to raise your baby for lifelong health and success.
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The show focuses on parenting strategies, neurodevelopment, and emotional well-being, with episodes discussing the importance of affection in early childhood and addressing societal criticisms of responsive parenting, ranging from debates on spoiling versus deprivation to exploring the latest research on child mental health.
As a mom, neuroscientist, and a long time expert to parents, almost every expert has it wrong when they say ‘don’t spoil your baby.’ Up until the age of 3, your only job is to spoil your baby with affection, attention, and protection. I promise you it’s the best chance for the long term mental health and success of your child. On my podcast, I will interview the leading experts to explain why you need to SPOIL YOUR BABY as well as those that may disagree for a spirited debate. I will also give you the most up to date science-backed tools and tips that will help you to raise your baby for lifelong health and success.
In this powerful and deeply personal episode of Spoil Your Baby, host Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum welcomes Emily Getz—Certified Fertility, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Coach—for a vulnerable and science-rooted conversation on what it means to parent through and after loss, fertility treatment, and donor conception.
Emily shares her story with raw honesty: the emotional weight of navigating fertility trauma, the complexities of carrying a baby not genetically connected to her, and the deep healing work that began even before her baby was born. Greer brings insight from her neuroscience expertise, explaining how epigenetics, maternal neuroplasticity, and early nurture profoundly shape babies—and parents—during the first three years.
This episode is for anyone who’s walked through heartbreak to become a parent. It’s a tender exploration of how love, biology, and nurture intersect to rewrite generational trauma and rewire both our brains and our babies’.
Key Takeaways:
Nurture during pregnancy and early years biologically shapes baby development
Parenthood doesn’t start with birth—it begins in the body and brain after conception
Donor conception creates unique emotional landscapes—but profound connection is still possible
Pregnancy loss changes the maternal brain and body—even without a surviving child
Cells from lost pregnancies remain in the body and can pass to future children
Epigenetics shows how stress and healing are encoded—and how nurture changes everything
The first three years are a chance for both parent and baby to heal, grow, and transform
Grief and joy can coexist—and both shape how we attach, love, and parent
More on Emily Getz:
Website: Day One Fertility
Podcast: Day One Podcast
Instagram: @dayonefertility
Ready to Connect with Greer?:
“Nurture Neuroscience” Website: https://www.nurture-neuroscience.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greerkirshenbaum/
FREE GUIDE, “Nurture Your Baby’s Stress: https://www.nurture-neuroscience.com/nurture-your-babys-stress
FREE GUIDE, “Manage the Stressors & Triggers of Parenting”: https://www.nurture-neuroscience.com/manage-the-stressors-of-parenting
Order “The Nurture Revolution” Book: https://www.nurture-neuroscience.com/the-nurture-revolution
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