The Truth About That Cortisol Study

The Snooze Button: Baby & Toddler Sleep, Simplified · May 25, 2023 · 21m

If you have an IG account, you've probably seen one of these triggering reels. "Babies who are sleep trained aren't actually quiet and sleeping, they are in distress, they just know their parents aren't going to come if they cry, so they don't. That cortisol study is PROOF!"

I mean...what loving parent wouldn't be TERRIFIED by that thought?! I field questions about this all the time from clients, and I thought it was high time to put the theory to rest. So it today's episode, I'm giving you just straight up FACTS about the study, how it was conducted, what ethical and procedural red flags it…