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From Head to Toe: Sleep & Development with Deirdre Edwards

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Deirdre Edwards talks to Mark Pougatch about her fifty-year career in paediatrics as a nurse, health visitor and McTimoney chiropractor. With stories from her clinic, she explains the importance of the cranial nerves – particularly for sleep, health and development - and why these should be checked in the first ten days of a baby’s life.


In this series Deirdre seeks to enlighten parents, grandparents and accredited health care professionals to understand the power of the nervous system and why it matters for optimum development. Being Informed empowers rather than the ‘wait and see’ condition led approach.

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  • How Do We Help Children Have a Healthy Relationship with Food?

    How Do We Help Children Have a Healthy Relationship with Food?
    Oct 9 2025

    WHAT IS NORMAL? Deirdre Edwards talks to Mark Pougatch about the normal range of development for babies and young children in this second series of FROM HEAD TO TOE:SLEEP AND DEVELOPMENT. For over 50 years Deirdre Edwards has worked in paediatrics as a nurse, health visitor and McTimoney chiropractor. She founded the Abacus Chiropractic Clinic in Stratford-upon-Avon. Deirdre speaks to Mark using stories from her clinic. Listen out for her Top Tips at the end of each episode.


    Deirdre Edwards talks to Mark Pougatch about how we can avoid mealtimes becoming a battleground. Can children thrive on simple, albeit repetitive, food? When food and swallowing become an issue at what point should we seek medical advice? She discusses the important of the cranial nerves and primary reflexes.

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    25 m
  • Young Children 3 to 4 years – Becoming independent

    Young Children 3 to 4 years – Becoming independent
    Nov 14 2024
    The focus of episode 6 is what should be happening developmentally for children aged 3 to 4. Deirdre Edwards talks to Mark Pougatch about gross motor and fine motor skills, concentration, communication through sign and verbal language, and social skills. She is passionate about the cranial nerves and advocates for regular chiropractic and health care checks – ideally four times a year but at the very least annually – to ensure spinal and skeletal growth is in line with development. She re-emphasises the importance of sleep. Her message to parents, health care and educational providers is to listen to the child. Parents are the voice for their children.

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    30 m
  • 12 months to 3 years – Calm Child means Quietening the amygdala

    12 months to 3 years – Calm Child means Quietening the amygdala
    Nov 7 2024

    The focus of this episode is big changes daily from 1 to 3 years. Deirdre Edwards talks to Mark Pougatch about what developmental progress

    toddlers should be making during this time. She delves into the importance of sleep for cellular health and development and talks about the importance of a calm bedtime routine. Children can wake if they are frightened or in pain and Deirdre advocates having a child assessed if parents notice any changes in their sleep patterns. Parents also need to sleep to find the patience to cope with the developing toddler. Deirdre Edwards is all about the cranial nerves and her focus here is quietening the amygdala.

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    37 m
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