Episode 89: Baby Temperament: Interview with Macall Gordon
In today’s episode we are discussing baby temperament and specifically, we talk about alert babies or live wire babies. Our guest to talk about this is Macall Gordon. Macall is a researcher, author, sleep coach, and mom of two. She has a B.S. in Human Biology from Stanford and a master’s in Applied Psychology from Antioch University Seattle. She has conducted research on sleep, temperament, and parenting advice, and has worked with thousands of parents of alert, intense, sensitive non-sleepers.
In this episode, Macall talks about what characteristics babies with this temperament have and gives tips on what parents can do.
In the episode we discuss:
What baby temperament is
What makes up their temperament
Alert babies aka spirited babies aka “live wires”
Things that parents of live wires say all the time
Tips for parents with alert babies
This temperament can be challenging in the beginning, but it is also a blessing
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