Episode Details

Babies are…weird. They make funny noises and do things so strange that it can be alarming. So, how do you figure out if it's just a ‘baby glitch’ or a real medical emergency that requires an ER visit?

In this episode of Momcozy Village: Together We Grow, host Lalaina Rabary sits down with Dr. Kailey Buller, a double board-certified emergency and family medicine specialist who has delivered hundreds of babies. 

Together, Lalaina and Dr. Buller discuss how to decide whether you should go to the hospital. For example, if a baby turns purple, is that an emergency? What if their breathing is labored, or if they’re making strange sounds? 

Dr. Buller believes that one key way to make a decision is to look for patterns. If your baby turns purple every time they feed, it's probably time to go to the ER. But if it's a one-off, it might not signal an emergency.

The conversation also delves into the opposite scenario - the common situations that appear like emergencies, but are actually just part of life with an infant. Funny noises fall into this category, along with many other things that parents may mistake for emergency symptoms

However, Dr. Buller’s main piece of advice is to trust your intuition. No one knows a baby better than their primary caregiver, and if you are worried, then it's worth going to the ER. If your doctor judges you, it's because they’ve forgotten that you don’t have all the information that they do.

Episode Highlights

01:21 – What is emergency medicine?

02:03 –What counts as an emergency, and what is just a ‘baby glitch’?

04:27 –The importance of a parent’s intuition when making medical decisions.

05:35 – Dr. Buller’s advice to hesitant parents thinking about going to the ER.

07:22 – What are some common ‘red-flag’ symptoms that parents should watch out for?

10:37 – If a baby cries a lot, does that mean they might be unwell?

14:02 –Cutting through the noise of society and the influence of in-laws on our decision-making.

16:13 – What should parents consider when making decisions about medical care for their child?

17:25 – The taboo of co-sleeping.

19:38 – Should parents track things like feeds and wet diapers?

22:28 –The more detailed you can be about your baby's condition, the better.

25:55 – Dr. Buller’s final piece of advice for parents considering going to the ER.

About the Guest: Dr. Kailey Buller

Dr. Kailey Buller is a double board–certified emergency and family medicine physician who has delivered hundreds of babies and raised two of her own. She combines medical expertise with lived experience to provide practical, evidence-based postpartum and newborn care for new parents.

Through her book Surviving Tiny Humans and her teaching, Dr. Buller helps parents cut through the noise, ditch the guilt, and navigate the first year with honest, compassionate guidance—and a sense of humor rooted in real life.

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