Producer/host: Cathy Jacobs
Category: Baby Talk
Live & local call-in on raising healthy babies. Happens on the third Thursday of every month from 10 – 11 AM.
Baby Talk 10/19/06
Producer/host: Cathy Jacobs
Guests: Ellen Farnsworth, Family First at Downeast Community Hospital, Machias; Pam Gagnon, Child and Family Opportunities, La Leche League leader, Hancock and Washington Counties
Topic: Breastfeeding
What are the benefits of breast feeding to baby, mom and others? Why do some women choose to breast feed and others don’t? How can all of us support breast feeding?
Baby Talk 09/21/06
Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: The DIR model (Floortime)
What is the DIR model of working with children with special needs?
What is Floortime?
How can parents use the model?
Guests: Kim Formby, O.T., Maine Coast Memorial Hospital;
Lorraine Ehlers-Flint, psychologist in private practice
Baby Talk 08/17/06
Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Rearing Babies in Other Cultures
What are the main differences between child-rearing practices in other cultures, such as the Gusii in Kenya, and in the U.S.? How are male and female babies viewed differently in Asian cultures? What factors determine child-rearing practices?
Guests: Dr. Robert Levine, Dr. Sarah Levine
Call in show
Baby Talk 07/20/06
Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Grandparents Parenting Grandchildren Guests: Bette Hoxie, Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine, www.affm.net; Suzanne Wagner, Maine Kids-Kin, www.mainekids-kin.org What are some of the primary issues facing grandparents raising their grandchildren? What resources are available? What are some of the reasons that grandparents are raising their grandchildren? Call in show
“Aired” via live streaming only, due to station being off the air because of technical difficulties
Baby Talk 06/15/06
Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Early Language Development
Guests: Louise Packness, CCC-SLP, private practice and Christine DiPretoro, CCC-SLP, Maine Coast Memorial Hospital
How do babies learn language? Are there special toys or tools that parents need? What are common concerns that parents have?
Live, call-in show
Baby Talk 05/18/06
Host: Cathy Jacobs
Topic: Doulas
What is a doula? Why would an expectant family want to enlist the services of a doula? How does a doula enhance a woman’s childbirth? How do dads and doulas work together?
Guest: Nancy Graves, Certified Doula; Evelyn Conrad, Certified Doula; Linda OKresik, new mom who used doula’s services
Call in show
Baby Talk 04/20/06
Baby Talk 4/20/06
1 hour call in program with host Cathy Jacobs
Guest (in studio): Amie Gaspar, Elizabeth Pouwels, Margory Snow, Emily Bracale
Topic: Single Moms
What are some of the biggest challenges that single moms face?
What are some of the ways that single moms care for themselves?
What are some of the community resources available for single moms?