Decoded: The First Year | Episode 15 | Overstimulated or Just Over It? | Dr SCL

Decoded: The First Year · Nov 5, 2025 · 8m

If you’ve got a baby under 6 months who:

Hates the car seat

Screams the second visitors arrive

Crashes hard… but only after hours of fighting sleep

Needs to be held, rocked, bounced, or driven just to settle…

Let me tell you — it’s probably not “bad habits.”

It’s probably a nervous system that’s overstimulated — and trying to tell you something.

Today, I’m going to help you understand what overstimulation really is, what it’s not, and how you can support your baby without spiralling.