Rattled: When New Parenthood Shakes You

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• In Good Hands: Going Back to Work

  August 27, 2026 · 41 min

  Twelve weeks of parental leave. Then you're back at your desk, wondering why it feels so hard. Today we’re posting an episode from Rattled, our podcast for parents of newborns and babies, because it’s about something everybody…

• Emily Oster Talks Science, Vibes, and the Nights Where Nothing Works

  August 20, 2026 · 38 min

  "You don't have what it takes." That's the sentence that ran through Dr. Becky's head the night her baby threw up an entire bottle on her, minutes before she was due out the door. It's not a sentence parenting experts are “supposed to”…

• In Good Hands: The First Goodbye

  August 13, 2026 · 25 min

  Ten days. Three weeks. Two and a half years. Ask a room full of parents when they first left their baby with someone else, and you'll get every answer there is. Dr. Becky says the number matters less than what's happening underneath…

• Parenting on Empty - Revisit

  August 6, 2026 · 29 min

  Parenting is exhausting. The number of things you have to do to manage it all can feel relentless and nonstop. And no, you’re not doing anything wrong. Many parents feel this way. Today on the show, we're cross-posting a crowd favorite…

• Cameron Oaks Rogers Trades Questions with Dr. Becky

  July 30, 2026 · 38 min

  Cameron Oaks Rogers is pregnant with her third baby, and her 2.5-year-old will not let her out of his sight. Not "clingy" in the normal toddler way — he wants back in, physically, as close to her body as he can get. This week, Cameron and…

• In Good Hands: Finding Your Caregiver

  July 23, 2026 · 36 min

  Searching for childcare feels different from every other kind of parenting research. You can vet the daycare, read the reviews, love the nanny on paper, and still get to the door and feel your whole body say absolutely not. This episode is…

• Chemistry, Not Character: Why You Don't Feel Like Yourself After Baby

  July 16, 2026 · 32 min

  A few weeks after having a baby, a lot of new parents land on the same quiet, scary thought: something feels off, and I don't really recognize myself. Is it postpartum depression? Anxiety? Or something no one warned you about? Dr. Becky…

• Postpartum Anxiety: The 3 Cycles Running the Show

  July 9, 2026 · 37 min

  Your baby is finally asleep. So why are you standing over the crib for the fifth time in a minute, checking that they're still breathing? If new parenthood cranked your anxiety to a setting you don't recognize, this one's for you. Dr…