Floyd Pediatrician Dr. Tyler Barnes joins Jen and Dan in this episode and guides us through what we should see during a baby's first year, but also reminds us that it's not a competition. Plus, Jen talks about baby wearing, what it is and if it's ok.
Announcer (00:00):
Welcome to the Moms Circle Podcast presented by Floyd Medical Center, a place for new moms, veteran moms and moms to be, to hear expert advice from experienced healthcare professionals. Here are your hosts, Dan Bevels and Jen Carroll.
Dan Bevels (00:17):
Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Moms Circle here. It's a Floyd Medical Center podcast, and we're so excited to be with you every time we get to do one of these and talk about ways that we can help you through those early days of childbirth or maybe you're in a phase of your life where you're expecting now, and you're preparing for that. We want to do everything that we can to help you in those steps as you prepare. And in terms of being a resource, we also want to encourage you to let us know if you have questions or comments about the podcast. There are two great ways to do that. One is through the Moms Circle at Floyd Facebook group, or you can email momscircle@floyd.org and ask your question or offer a comment there and we encourage you to do that as well. And now is the perfect time for me to bring in our expert here at Floyd, Jen Carroll, who is a childbirth and lactation educator with us at Floyd. And Jen, I'm just glad to be with you again for another episode, we're looking forward to this.
Jen Carroll (01:16):
Thank you, Dan. It's great to be back with you today and I'm so excited about our topic and feel that moms are going to be really happy to get this information today, and it will help them as they navigate through these months of parenting a new baby.
Dan Bevels (01:36):
Absolutely. But before we get to that topic, we talked about questions that we get and I would love to ask you one, if we could, to kind of get us started. And this is an interesting one for me, because I think this is, again, my daughters are a little older and I don't know that this was something we thought about too much back in my days of raising a small child. But it's an interesting question and it is, is babywearing safe? So maybe Jen, if you could, for those that don't know, maybe just take a brief moment to explain what babywearing is and then talk about the safety related to it.
Jen Carroll (02:12):
Well, babywearing is something that's been practiced all over the world forever and is still done. In our culture it's a bit newer, but it's been around for a while. And this is where you use either some kind of baby carrier or cloth [crosstalk 00:02:30] keep the baby close to you, the mom or the partner for a time during the day. And they're finding many benefits to this. Of course, babies love to be held close, but when you wear the baby, you also have arms free so that's a good thing and it allows the person wearing the baby to be able to move around and freely and not be confined to one spot. But I just want to mention the guidelines babywearing is TICKS.
Jen Carroll (03:02):
And T stands for tight. Make sure that whatever device you're using to hold your baby is snug against your body, the baby is hugged against you, that it's not loose in the carrier. So T stands for tight. I stands for in view, that you can see your baby's face, whatever carrier you're using maybe if you've got that baby against you that you can just look down and see the baby's face, it should not be hidden. C sands for close enough for a kiss, okay? So that the baby is so close to you, you can just reach down and kiss that baby's head when you're wearing your baby. K stands for keep the chin, the baby's chin off of his chest for her chest. So you don't want the baby's head to be down with the chin tuck to the chest, we want the baby's head to be up because restricting breathing would be a concern if that baby's chin is down towards the chest. And then the S stands for support the back, make sure the back of your baby is well supported and whatever you're using to carry your baby around.
Jen Carroll (04:22):
There's a lot of information and we can look at this topic some more, but that gives you safe guidelines for carrying your baby.
Dan Bevels (04:32):
It's interesting because I thought as you were talking that it is a practice that's been around forever and it's just fascinating to me how these things come back around with the generations. It seems.
Jen Carroll (04:43):
Right, right.
Dan Bevels (04:45):
Jen, that's great information for moms who maybe aren't familiar with what babywearing is and would like to learn more or those that are just a questioning about how safe it is so thanks for that. Well, we've got a great episode today. We're going to be joined by Dr. Tyler Barnes, who is a Floyd pediatrician and would love to talk to you if you are expecting a baby or if you have a child and don't yet have a pediatrician, Dr. Barnes would love to take care of you and he's going to join us today. And Jen, I'll let you take it away from here and lead us into a great conversation.
Jen Carroll (05:17):
Dr. Barnes, we are so happy to have you with us.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (05:21):
Yes, ma'am. I am glad to be with you guys as well.
Jen Carroll (05:24):
So Dr. Barnes, tell us a little bit about you, where you're located and about your practice.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (05:30):
Yes, ma'am. I grew up in Rockmart right down the road from Rome and went to Georgia for undergrad, I went to a Mercer University School of Medicine for med school, I was in Savannah for four years doing that. And then I was in Greenville, South Carolina, doing my pediatric training. And so since then I wanted to come back home and so I now work here at Floyd and back in August of 2019 is when I started and kind of go on from the ground up so that's a little bit about me.
Jen Carroll (05:55):
Well, we are delighted to have with us today and I know that you're passionate about taking care of babies and not only are you a qualified pediatrician who's taking care of a lot of our babies here in Rome, but you're also a new dad. So what we're going to talk about today is all fresh and relevant in your life. So that's always a plus to have a pediatrician who really does understand the challenges of a new baby so that's really wonderful. Today we are going to be talking with Dr. Barnes about developmental milestones.
Jen Carroll (06:35):
And this is so important because there's so much information on social media about, can your baby do this? There's a million articles out there about developmental milestones, but there's also a wide range of normal. And so you can read one article and your baby seems totally fine and you read another article and you're panicking thinking, oh, I don't know if my baby does that yet, but let's start with at birth and talk about some of the things birth to let's say two months. What are some of the things that you as a pediatrician are looking for developmentally in that baby?
Dr. Tyler Barnes (07:17):
You alluded to it already, there is a wide range of developmentally normal so it's sometimes hard to kind of tell people exactly what to look for. That's why I kind of like to split it up because as long as the stuff that's happening there and that timeframe, the more good. And some of the big stuff that babies do when they're first born and kind of, as they get older, they're through those first couple of months is they'll start, they really see light very well, like contracting colors, white and black, very colorful objects versus non colorful objects. They can see that kind of stuff a lot better than they do really anything else. And so they'll be able to kind of follow lights on it, I get that a lot, they're like they look at the light a lot. Well, that's why, because they see that best. They don't really see you and me very good.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (07:58):
Some of the other stuff that they start alerting sounds. This is kind of a big one, I would say, really making sure that they turn their head or at least turn their eyes to try to be, they hear a loud noise or a TV comes on or somebody's talking, again, I don't really expect them to be looking across the room or do anything like that, but they should at least make some kind of indication that they hear sounds. And that's a big one to kind of watch for. Smiling at you when you start smiling back at them, that's something you don't see there really right at birth but as they get a little bit older, closer to two months, you'll see them do that. Around six weeks old they'll actually should be smiling on their own, even if you don't smile at them.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (08:34):
And then another big one is by two months old, a lot of times we were talking to moms and dads, new parents about tummy time. At two months when you put your baby on their belly, they should be able to kind of hold their chest up a little bit and able to kind of at least look around to some extent. And then they also start cooing and making noises so those are some of your ones to kind of look for in the first couple of months. But I would say the first couple of months, there's a lot of non-specific kind of stuff so it's probably the hardest to say from a developmental standpoint if you're baby's normal or are they not. But alerting to sounds is probably my biggest one to kind of watch for. So the mom came in at two months, hey, my baby's, they don't really pay attention to any kind of noise, loud noises they don't do anything. That would probably be the biggest thing that would be concerning to me, do we need to get their hearing rechecked or do we need to do something further?
Jen Carroll (09:22):
Okay. That's really helpful. Okay. So what about, let's say we're going good and we get everything's clicking along, what about from the two months point on to the four month point? Let's do it in two month increments.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (09:36):
Yeah, I like that. And that's actually good too, because you're coming to see me right after birth, you see me around two weeks to four weeks and you'll see me again at two months so we're falling babies really close during this timeframe too. [crosstalk 00:09:48] You're going to four months then you have a six month checkup, nine months checkup, and then a 12 month check up. So that's a good way to do it. And so between two and four months, and again, all babies are a little bit different so babies do these things sooner than other babies, some babies do it later than other babies. And so as long as it's happening in this timeframe we feel pretty good about things are going. So babies will start kind of using their hands a lot more, start putting their hands in their mouth, you'll see them start reaching for parents' faces. They start basically regarding faces a lot more. They can see things a lot better than what they could there when they were first born.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (10:17):
They regard toys or new objects, you put them in front of them like, hey, that's something new. They'll start visually following people so if something's right in front of them, you'll see their eyes kind of moved back and forth like they can see it and they should be following it. Babies will start laughing at this time, some giggles. And that's another big question a lot of parents have is when do they start laughing? When do they do that? And so usually in this timeframe happen. Sitting up with truncal support, that's a little bit of an advanced one, I would not really expect to see that as much until closer to four months, but again, it's kind of a range of sometimes around three months, but they should be able to kind of sit up and you can hold their belly and hold their back and they can sit there pretty well.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (10:58):
And then kind of the same thing, by about four months, usually you're getting really good head control. So that's something else to watch for because they're around four months, as long as they have good head control and they can sit with a little bit of support, we can start talking about starting pureed foods. Another big one is rolling from their belly to their back. Again, at this point baby should be getting good tummy time every day and so you should see them roll over from their belly back over to their back. I don't expect them to roll from their back to their belly at this point. I will tell you that every once in a while I do get a four month old who's done that once or twice and so that's not uncommon either, but belly to back is a big one.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (11:30):
And then you'll see them start to recognize new faces, which is kind of a, it's a little bit of a subtle one to pick up. But especially in COVID time where you're not seeing too many people, but you'll kind of notice like, hey, I haven't seen this person before. You'll kind of see your baby's eyes do that, who is this? So they started to kind of recognize that these people aren't the people I see on a regular basis. I would say in the two to month thing, things to kind of look for, and again, it kind of varies, but babies don't reach in for stuff, they're not reaching for their mom's faces, they're not tracking visually, not tracking objects very well, they're not able to sit up very well even with truncal support. They're really kind of wobbly and toppling over and then rolling from belly to back, those are some of your big kind of milestones, I would say that if we're not doing some of that stuff, then we should be at least a little bit concerned.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (12:19):
Again between two and four months it's hard to say, but I was always trained that if you have any concerns, whether the parents have concerns or if I have concerns that it's never wrong to refer them to get checked out and evaluation.
Jen Carroll (12:31):
Are you comfortable going on from four to six? I know this is, I'm asking you to move kind of rapidly here, but I really think that it helps parents to get it in categories.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (12:41):
Yeah, definitely. And again, they're coming in for these visits and that's usually what I try to talk to them about is some of these big ones like, is your baby doing this? Are they not? How are they doing? And again, kind of taking the lead from parents too. So again, if you have concerns about your baby, always bring them up with your pediatrician because sometimes I might not explicitly ask you a question about something, but if you bring it up, hey, you know what? Your baby probably should be doing that, that's good that you noticed that. And so I think that it's good, especially for anybody that's taking care of your baby, whether that family member, dad, mom, anybody should really be engaged in watching the baby. And anything that you think is not normal or if you read something on social media that you think is not normal, bring that to your doctor's attention because if we have concerns again, hey, we can get you evaluated.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (13:29):
We can do something we're [crosstalk 00:13:31] say, no, you're baby's doing fine, they look good but best case, hey, we picked something up and we're going to fix it as opposed to waiting. So yeah, between four and six months at this point, now you're going to see the baby rolling from their back, back to their belly and then they'll start transferring objects between their hands. You'll hear them, again, I kind of talked about it in the birth to two months about them making some noises, that should continue through two to four months. And then around four to six months, they should start vocalizing when they're by themselves. So if you just leave them over with employees or something, you'll hear them kind of making some noises, they should start responding to their name. So if you say their name, your baby should kind of at least look towards you and say, hey, that's me.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (14:10):
Again, reaching for objects, voice, starting eating puree food and that can start as soon as four months baby's head control's good and we always talk about that when babies come in around that time. Banging toys together, and then they'll start to have a little bit to kind of play off what I said in the two to four months, they recognize new faces. Well, between four and six months, you'll see them start having a little bit more stranger anxiety, especially when they get closer to six months and your baby shouldn't be super afraid, but they'll definitely look at familiar faces and unfamiliar faces a lot differently and be more, at least on edge if they're around somebody they don't know, you'll see that.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (14:49):
And then in terms of conversation, they'll kind of start well we say holding conversations, meaning when you're talking to your baby, they'll stop what they're doing and then when you get done talking, they'll kind of make some noises back at you and- [crosstalk 00:15:04] Oh, it's awesome. But want to say this is not an all encompassing list. These are just some of the big things that I think about when you're coming in for these. So babies do a lot of different stuff at these ages and these are just some of the big ones. The list is gigantic so it's always hard to try to remember all of these things, but these are just kind of the main ones that people think about.
Jen Carroll (15:22):
Right. I mean, there's that gradual and normal progression as the days go by and I think that that's one of the reasons we're covering this topic is because the days seem to just bump into each other and before you know it, you're looking at a six month old baby and you're like, oh, especially if you have other children in the home and you're like, okay, wait, what is this baby supposed to be doing by now? I mean, you just lost track of the time so one of the reasons we want to bring this to the forefront today. [crosstalk 00:15:53] so, can you talk about six to nine months for us? But go ahead, go ahead, I'm sorry.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (15:57):
Oh yeah, no, I will go into six to nine months. I will say too is if your baby's not doing it, let's just say they come in for the four months, they haven't done it, but they're trying to, I tell a lot of my parents too I'm like a lot of times for babies, it's just kind of a light switch. As soon as they figure out they can do something, they start doing it. And I know that from just having my own and how she did things we were like, man, she's really not doing this, she really needs to do this. And Kennedy's, she's 13 months old now and she's not developmentally delayed or anything, but there were times where I was like, why are you not doing this yet? And again, I'm a doctor and I know this is normal, but it still kind of makes you nervous when you're watching your own baby so that's totally understand.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (16:35):
But there were times where we were like, man, she's not really doing this. And then we talk about it almost in front of her and the next day she would do it. We had a family friend and the baby's born on the same day as my baby and they were saying, oh, he's already doing this, he's already doing this and this and this, why isn't Kennedy doing it? And she was around when we were talking about it, the next day she started doing it. And so almost like, hey, I can do this. I tell people too, don't worry too much, a lot of times it's one of those things where they kind of pick it up really quick.
Jen Carroll (17:04):
Yeah. And I appreciate you mentioning that because again, moms feel peer pressure if their baby hasn't done something yet, they start feeling this peer pressure that why isn't your baby doing that? And that causes anxiety for the mom. And actually there's a wide range of normal.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (17:20):
Yeah. I just came out of a room right before I got on here with you guys and a six month old and that was what mom said she's like, oh yeah, all of my friends are saying my baby's doing this and this, why isn't your baby doing that? And I'm like, your baby's totally normal, everything's fine so don't worry too much about it. And again, I mean, if there's a spectrum of normal and not, and a lot of times if we have concerns and we go from there, but sometimes we just kind of talk about, hey, let's watch this for another couple of weeks. If your baby's not doing this in another two or three weeks, you call me and tell me. So we can of make decisions about stuff. Anybody I'll keep going.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (17:52):
Six to nine months. At this point, baby should be able to sit up really without support. Around six months, they put their hands on the ground and they can hold themselves up with their hands. And then there by seven to eight months, they'll start sitting up without any kind of support where they can just sit straight up and kind of be able to do their own kind of thing. They'll start to bounce up and down when you hold them. If you're feeding your baby, they'll start to refuse excess food so when they have too much at that point, your baby won't eat and as long as you keep putting it towards their mouth they might throw up if you give them too much, but that's not an intentional thing that they do, but they will start to kind of push back that they don't want any more food.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (18:29):
If they have a toy, they can't seem to figure out on their own they'll start to look at their toy and they'll look back at their mom or dad or their caregiver, and kind of tell them, hey, can you help me with this? You'll notice they'll start listening to music, they might start moving a little bit on a dance and the music. Scooting where they kind of move across the ground on their butt or crawling, they should start doing that really by nine months, they should be crawling. A little caveat here and you don't see this very often, but every once in a while you do get babies who kind of skip the whole crawling phase and you kind of hear about that sometimes. And babies will just, for whatever reason, they learn that they can pull up and they learn they can move their feet and you'll sometimes see them start to kind of walk and take steps a little bit before they really crawl very good.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (19:10):
Again, that's rare but sometimes does happen. So if your friend is like, well, I'm baby has already took a step, don't worry about that, okay? But they should start scooting around, crawling around, holding their own bottle, responding to simple commands. So again, if your baby's able to crawl a little bit or scoot you say, hey, come here, come over here, your baby should start to kind of try to come over to you. They understand a whole lot more than what they can say, always keep that in mind when you are having conversations or reading a book or anything like that, they really kind of are picking up on more than you give them credit for. They'll start kind of looking at family members. So again, if you're saying, hey, where's your mémé, where's your grandmother? They'll look over towards them. Hey, where's mama? They should be starting to look towards them.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (19:54):
They should start saying mama and dada making those kind of noises. A lot of times it's nonspecific so you'll say, well, they say dada but they're not really talking to dada they just kind of, they say that. Start using their fingers to feed themselves and then at this point too they should really orient to their name very well. Meaning if you call their name, they should look right at you pretty much every time or kind of understand, hey, that's me. So those are kind of your big ones.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (20:18):
And I think between this phase things to kind of watch for the big ones would be, again, sitting up without support, starting to try to move, scoot and crawl. Again, if you come in and you say, they do it a little bit, but they're already standing up on their own and they're kind of trying to take a step, I don't worry as much about it. But if they're not doing any of that, that's a little bit concerning. And then same thing with, if they're not really saying mama or dada, that's a language kind of thing that you always have to watch for. And so we just make sure that everything's going on. Those are the big ones that I think of between timeframe.
Jen Carroll (20:48):
Okay. Now let me just ask you because many people say, well, if they don't crawl then there's something wrong with them developmentally, can you speak to that?
Dr. Tyler Barnes (20:57):
That can be normal. Again, I don't see it too often but every once in a while I do have babies who come in and they're not really doing a lot crawling, but they can stand up. And I won't say a lot of times with these babies, they have an older sibling at home who walks around and they see them do that and skip the whole crawling. And that can be normal, doesn't mean your baby's delayed. Again, you have to crawl before you walk is kind of the old thing, but that's not really a 100% true. But the other part of that too is once you can walk, you're not going to crawl again so it doesn't really matter too much from that standpoint. So if you're maybe kind of skipped the whole crawling phase, I wouldn't be too concerned about it. As long as they're pulling up and they're starting to kind of walk a lot of times I'm okay, just kind of keeping a close on that, but it doesn't mean that your baby is developmentally abnormal or anything.
Jen Carroll (21:40):
Okay. Thanks for clarifying that for us. Let's talk about those last months of that first year so much is happening.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (21:47):
Yeah. I tell people around this time to really starting about six, seven, eight months. And again, having just been through this recently, it's an exponential kind of growth. Your baby will start doing a lot of stuff really rapidly so it's really hard to kind of keep up with all the new stuff that they're doing. I tell people I'm like, just write it down in a little journal or a book so you kind of keep up with it. But by this point, if they haven't started walking on their own yet, which is most babies are not doing that yet, they should be crawling well so able to get around pretty good. By nine, 12 months, they should be pulling up into a standing position. They should start what we say, cruising, where they hold on to furniture and they can kind of walk holding onto the furniture.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (22:26):
If you've put a toy underneath a blanket or something, your baby knows that that object is still there and they'll go and uncover it. That's something called object permanence, that's a normal developmental thing that they know you didn't just, the toy didn't disappear, they know it's still there. They will start to experience fear. So if something scares them, you'll see that face of, oh no, and then they'll bust out crying because they got scared, you'll start seeing them do that. Or if they see somebody abnormal for them so kind of with that stranger anxiety usually around nine months, you really get more extreme. And so when they get around somebody they don't know sometimes that scares them as well. They'll kind of at least start to cooperate with getting dressed. You'll see this usually closer to 12 months.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (23:08):
And again, when I say cooperate, it's more like, hey, put your leg in your pants, they'll kind of hold their leg up or hey, we've got to put your socks on your foot, they might start putting their foot out to you to put their socks on. They can wave bye, bye bye. And up around nine months they'll start waving. They are saying mama or dada typically. And I usually say at this point, by 12 months, they should know mama and dada and one other word. And I will tell you just from personal experience, as well as most patients, I know most babies will say that and they might say, some babies say, hey, some babies say bye, some babies know the name of their sibling, at least try to say it. Some babies know a dog's name so it kind of varies what babies will say, but mama and dada and one other word.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (23:50):
Pointing to objects, feeding themselves pretty well and then starting to be able to stand up without support by the time they're 12 months. I'll tell you a big thing that people think of is they should be walking by the time they're a year old. That's not entirely true. By the time they're a year old, they should be able to stand up, without support they should be taking one to two steps independently, but I don't expect them to be just all the time being able to walk across the floor no problem. So if your baby's not running across the room at 12 months old, don't be too concerned about that. As long as they are able to pull to standing and they're able to cruise with the hold on to things or if they can hold your hand and walk and take steps, they're kind of going on the right path. And then by the time they're 15 months, and I know this is a little out of scope, but by the time they're 15 months, if they're not walking independently, then usually by the end we would refer them for further evaluation.
Jen Carroll (24:41):
Okay. Isn't that amazing, all that happens in the first year of a baby's life? That's a long way from being that newborn infant to walking, standing, cruising by 12 months. That's just amazing, that is really amazing.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (24:55):
Yeah. And when you have your own baby and you see them doing these kinds of things, it's amazing how their brains work. I mean, things that you don't explicitly show them how to do, they just have saw you do it and they go and do it. I mean, my baby had the remote one time, I had never showed her how to turn on the TV or what to do with the remote. But one day she just walked over to it and found it and picked it up and pointed it right to the TV and was pushing the button. She knew that's what to do. And she just picked it up by observing me do things. And so it's amazing what they pick up on so I'm always like show your baby everything, even if you think your baby isn't picking up on stuff, show them stuff, talk to them about what you're doing, give them a chance to explore their environment because they know a lot more and understand a lot more than we give them credit for.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (25:37):
Those little brains are working overtime to try to take in every single thing that they can from their environment. So it's a lot of fun.
Jen Carroll (25:46):
That's great. Yeah, it is a lot of fun. Well, Dr. Barnes, thank you so much for giving us your time today. I know this will be helpful to so many moms. And again, I liked that you've repeatedly said if something doesn't seem right, bring it to the attention of your pediatrician, because the sooner that you do that, the better, instead of just struggling for yourself and that anxiety, but also to be able to get an evaluation and if needed an intervention so that your baby can continue to develop normally.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (26:20):
Exactly. Yeah. That's exactly right. If you ever have concerns, bring it up because again, I see your baby for a 10 to 15 minute period. I'll do some stuff with them, I'll ask you some questions, but I might not see everything in that time period. And so if there's something like, hey, should my baby be doing this or should they not? Is this normal? We can talk about it. And if we feel like, no, it's not normal or you know what? If you're just super concerned about it, hey, we can get them reevaluated by an expert who does that, usually physical therapy or occupational therapy or somebody like that if we need to or I'm just going to no, that's totally fine, just keep watching them, your baby's okay. But never be afraid to bring it up.
Jen Carroll (26:56):
Well, I can tell you, Dr. Barnes, the pediatrician is the best friend of moms. To be able to go and just bring that to them and say, hey, this is what I'm worried about. And so I just want you to know how much we appreciate all you're doing to support moms and families here in Rome. And just thanks.
Dan Bevels (27:15):
Dr. Barnes really quick before we wrap up, if folks want to make an appointment with you, if they don't have a pediatrician, how can they get in touch with you?
Dr. Tyler Barnes (27:21):
If you don't have a pediatrician, if you need to see a doctor, we're taking new patients of all ages. So whether you've got a 10 year old or you got a baby on the way, you can always give our office a call 706-292-3045. And then if you just go to the Floyd website and you just type in Dr. Richard Tyler Barnes, you should pull me up too so if you need to get through that way.
Dan Bevels (27:41):
Yeah, absolutely. It's floyd.org and you can find Dr. Barnes there and more information about his practice. And I know he would love to meet you and take care of your family. Dr. Barnes, thanks for joining us this morning.
Dr. Tyler Barnes (27:51):
Yes, sir. Thank you.
Dan Bevels (27:52):
And Jen, a lot of great information there, a lot to take in, and it really is, I think Dr. Barnes used the term exponential. It really is, the growth and the things that a baby can do during that very short span of time is just incredible.
Jen Carroll (28:08):
Yeah. And I really liked the fact that Dr. Barnes highlighted how babies are always observing. They may seem quiet, but they are learning from their environment and interactions all the time. So they're like little sponges, they're learning all the time. So it's really fun and what they couldn't do yesterday, they'll probably do tomorrow.
Dan Bevels (28:32):
That's exactly right. And I think as a parent, you just need to be patient and let them grow and don't make it a competition, right Jen? It doesn't need to be that, don't look at what's happening with your friends and their children and then compare that because it's not a competition, let them grow at their own pace. Well just another great episode and we thank Dr. Barnes for joining us. And we want to remind you that you can get more information about his practice and make an appointment at floyd.org. You can go to the physician directory there and again, his name is Dr. Tyler Barnes, and you can get that info and give him a call. Again, we want to encourage you to check out the My Floyd Baby app. You can go to floyd.org/baby and find the links there to take you to the app store and download it.
Dan Bevels (29:17):
Or you can just search in the app store again, it's My Floyd Baby app and it's just a lot of great information and a resource there for you. I think you will find it very, very helpful as you walk through this time of your life. And so we encourage you to do that. If you have questions for us or comments, it's momscircle@floyd.org, and then also check out Moms Circle at Floyd, our group on Facebook. It's such a great place for support and encouragement and information so do that as well. Jen, great talking to you again. I look forward to next time.
Jen Carroll (29:48):
Thanks, Dan.
Dan Bevels (29:49):
And thank you all for joining us as well. We'll be back soon with another episode of Moms Circle. Have a great week and be safe. Talk to you soon.
Announcer (29:57):
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