WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Live & local call-in on raising healthy babies. Happens on the third Thursday of every month from 10 – 11 AM.
Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Doulas
What is a doula? Why do expectant/birthing parents want a doula? What are 2 men’s experiences of working with a doula?
Guests: Evelyn Conrad and Nancy Graves, Certified Birth Doulas; Lee Kantor and Zach Soares, dads who had doulas present at their babies’ births
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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Social & Emotional Competence
What is the definition of social-emotional competence? What are some of the ways that babies and young children build competence? What specific social and emotional skills do babies and toddlers have at each age?
Guest: Diane White Rognerud, therapist, (Private Practice in Brunswick, Maine)
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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Vaccines
Are all vaccines equally important? Why are some parents concerned about vaccines? What are the concerns about mercury and aluminum in vaccines?
Guest: Dr. Robert Sears, Board Certified Pediatrician; author of The Vaccine Book
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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Confident Parents, Remarkable Kids
What are the 8 principles outlined in Bonnie Harris’ book? How does our perception shift when we see a child as having a problem, not being a problem? What is connective communication?
Guest: Bonnie Harris, specialist in parenting and child behavior, and author of two books for parents, the most recent entitled Confident Parents, Remarkable Kids. Bonnie talks about her eight principles for “raising kids you’ll love to live with,” one of which is “My child’s greatest need is acceptance.”
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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Pregnancy & Infant Loss
How did the “Empty Arms” support group start and what happens there? What other support is available for parents whose babies have died or who have suffered a miscarriage? How can friends and family members help grieving parents?
Guests: Pam Houston, Coordinator of Perinatal Education and Lactation Consultant at Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC); Aimee Gerbi, Peer Companion at EMMC and mom of 3 daughters, one stillborn.
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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Babies Matter
What are A.C.E.’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences)? How can all of us help babies have a positive start in life? What are some new findings in research about the early years?
Guests: Dr. Burtt Richardson, retired pediatrician; Gladys Richardson, child advocate
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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Connection Parenting: Discipline
What is connection parenting? How is discipline different from punishment? Why do children misbehave?
Guest: Pam Leo, author of “Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear” (Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2005).
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FMI: www.connectionparenting.com
Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Setting a Foundation for Lifelong Health
What is naturopathic medicine? What are some of the factors that parents can keep in mind to start their child off in a healthy direction? What foods should be introduced to babies and young children (and in what order)?
Guest: Dr. Penelope Houghton, Acadia Naturopathic Clinic, Ellsworth, Maine
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