🎙️ Episode 36: Why Your Baby Eats, Sleeps & Plays Differently—And What Human Design Can Reveal
In this illuminating episode of Mothering From Within, host Kaili Ets, pediatric occupational therapist and holistic baby guru, welcomes special guest Meg S. from Wholebeing OT—an occupational therapist and Human Design specialist—to explore a powerful new lens for parenting: Human Design.
Together, they dive deep into how Human Design can help you understand your baby’s unique rhythms, needs, and challenges—especially around sleep, feeding, emotions, and play. Meg shares practical, real-life examples and explains how even the smallest shifts in awareness can lead to big wins in connection, regulation, and flow at home.
Whether you're navigating toddler tantrums, picky eating, bedtime struggles, or just trying to trust your instincts more, this episode is full of aha moments and compassionate insight.
✨ In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How Human Design can help you understand your child’s energy, needs & behavior
- Sleep strategies based on your child’s design type
- The 6 Human Design digestion types (and why your baby might eat “differently”)
- How environment and sound influence your child’s play
- The significance of open vs. defined centers—and how they relate to emotional regulation
- Why Human Design is not a parenting “box,” but a tool for intuition & alignment
🕒 Episode Timestamps:
00:00 – Welcome to Mothering From Within
01:15 – Meet Meg: OT & Human Design Specialist
03:22 – Meg’s journey integrating Human Design with OT
07:31 – Why parents should start with understanding themselves
10:49 – Sleep & Human Design: Types, rhythms & routines
19:00 – Feeding based on design: Digestion types explained
25:34 – Ambience, sound & light: The sensory side of Human Design
29:08 – Environments & how they influence your child’s play
35:37 – Understanding defined vs. open centers in the chart
43:41 – Rapid-fire Q&A with Meg
45:59 – Final thoughts: Raising kids by their design
🎁 Want to learn your Human Design?
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📋Want to go deeper? Grab the FREE Human Design 101 Cheat Sheet here.
📘 Want more support for your baby and on your mothering journey? Grab Kaili’s book Mothering From Within
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