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The Holistic Baby and Toddler Sleep Podcast will provide you with tips and tricks to solve your current sleep issues. It will also give you plenty of education and knowledge so you feel equipped, empowered and confident to handle any baby and toddler sleep challenge that comes your way in the future. Naturopathy and Holistic Sleep is the ideal mix to provide your family with a Holistic approach to your child's sleep challenges, insights into your parenting and nutritional obstacles. I am your host Georgina Windebank, a Holistic Sleep Consultant, qualified Naturopath & Nutritionist and Mumma. Join me as we discuss child sleep in a unique way that will make your think about the status quo and provide a new and holistic way of approaching parenting, child sleep and health.
Find out more about my unique Holistic approach at http://www.theholisticsleepproject.com and Follow me on Instagram at http://www.instagram.com/theholisticsleepproject
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Do you feel anxious as bedtime approaches? Does your stomach drop when your child wakes up after 30 minutes from a nap? Do you get overwhelmed as you spend ages getting your child TO sleep and back to sleep? This episode is for you! Mumma, you are not alone. I was you. In this episode I share my personal story of anxiety, PTSD, baby loss, parental loss and how all of these traumas led to excessive anxiety around my child's sleep. No village, unable to sleep myself,...
* Correction the Podcast of the Year award was won in 2024! “What is the 1 thing that will improve my child’s sleep?” I get asked this ALL the time from strangers when they ask me what I do! They say "So what is the secret to getting a child to sleep or improving my child’s sleep?" There are so many elements which need to align perfectly to get great lengthy and quality sleep for your child. And because it is so complex..parents are confused about where to start and how to pivot when th...
I am sure you have heard the term, “never wake a sleeping baby”. However, this my friends is not correct! If we allow a child to sleep as long as they want to for some nap/s it can affect other elements to a successful 24 hour sleep cycle. A child can only sleep a certain amount (depending on their age and their own sleep needs), and just because we may enjoy the 2 hour break in the middle of the day it doesnt mean they are capable of sleeping that duration of nap AND a full 12 hours over nig...
My baby is asleep! Phew! That's enough right? Not really! If you are experiencing: short naps struggling to get your child to sleep (and stay asleep sometimes) not knowing when to feed snack feeding what looks like "fussy eating" or less than optimal amounts of solids night wakes early rising grumpy moodsThe placement of naps is KEY to avoiding all of these less than desirable parts of your baby or toddler's sleep experience. Your child's...
Its great to be back! In this episode Marg speaks candidly about her shock of the conflicting information between social media/sleep school, compared to the information and experience she had at The Holistic Sleep Project as she attempted to solve her little one's sleep challenges. Baby Lainey was awake between 5-18x a night, she was either being fed or rocked but to sleep each time. She was only having short and inconsistent naps. Margaret (despite having support) questioned how ...
In this episode, Trish (mum of James, 16 months old) candidly shares what sleep was like for her and her family up until her child was 16 months old. Her intuition told her this wasn’t the way it was supposed to be, and that she should be getting more sleep now that her child was getting older. Her mental health was suffering, as well as her connection with her beautiful baby boy and her relationship. She explains the final straw that led her to reach out, why she connected with The Holistic ...
Feel like you're being consistent with your child’s bedtime? Feel like you respond the same way every single time your child wakes? Feel like you put them down for naps at the same time every day and they sleep for the same duration each time? In this episode, I pose some key questions to determine if you’re truly being consistent with your child's sleep, or how consistent. If we aren’t consistent with our child’s sleep (and everything related to it!), we can create confusion and often overst...
In this episode, we explore the notion of putting a baby gate on your child’s bedroom door in an attempt to get more sleep as we prevent them from getting out of their bedroom. Parents often make big bold and sometimes drastic changes in an attempt to have their child sleep for longer or in this case not leave their room overnight. However, I see putting a baby gate on as a last result. Why? This is broken down for you in this episode as I explain what else needs to come first t...
As parents we all need self care and we need to practice self preservation sometimes as well. These tips are a reminder WHY you need to implement some small actions of self care each day for the benefit of your family and child. It is particularly difficult if you are a solo parent, have a partner that works a lot or have no family support. This ep, dives into how you can switch your mindset to ensure you feel like you are getting pockets of time to look after your emotional, mental and physi...
This is the most commonly asked question from families when we complete a 2 week Sleep Transformation Package together. This episode highlights the signs that indicate that your child needs more awake time and move onto the next routine so their sleep can stay on track! We also introduce an epic resource for you to help you work out what is the best routine for your baby or toddler to be following when it comes to feeding and sleep. Feeding, solids AND sleep all work together within our uniqu...
Have you been or thinking of going to sleep school? You have probably heard about many experiences of parents who have been. There are many successful stories but on a daily basis we hear traumatic and unsuccessful experiences which leads us to question why this may be the case. On this episode, we dive into 7 key issues around this model and why families end up reaching out for support in a 1:1 capacity despite going to these environments as they chase better sleep for their children.&...
The owner of The Breastfeeding Co joins us today sharing her business centered around her lactation tea products. Jordana Edwards shares how her business was born from a colicky baby that wouldn't sleep while she was selling teas at a local market to building to a 2 seven figure business. But it hasn't been easy! Jordana generously shares her health, business and family story which show resilience, tenacity and how hard work led her to opening a successful tea company, but then needing to reb...
The podcast you are listening is now an award winning podcast! Unbelievable right! I started this podcast because I had a lot to say! A lot about grief, sleep and nutrition. But it has evolved into a lot more! It is also about why The Holistic Sleep Project framework is unique and effective. It is about upholding strong business ethics and ensuring the long-term success of the families we work with. It is about breaking down the stigma attached to sleep work and showing how remark...
Why Cry it out is not the solution! Whether a family has to endure tears while changing their child's sleep is a hot topic among sleep-deprived families. Parents commonly ask: Will there be tears? How much crying? I don't want to do Cry it Out! In this episode, we explore why these cry-based solutions don't work and create unnecessary stress for both parents and children. We discuss common beliefs and why this approach is flawed. We also compare and contrast it to The Holistic Sleep Project ...
This podcast episode is raw and real as Rhiannon (mother of River-Rose) shares the impact of 18 months of sleep deprivation. Her little one was waking 14 x a night and always needing support to get back to sleep. They were co sleeping which wasn’t inducing any more sleep. Her mental health was taking a diabolical turn, her relationship was suffering, her child wasn’t thriving emotionally or developmentally, and it all seemed impossible to resolve. We talk about her prior experience wo...
Megan has struggled with her little one Sasha pretty much since she was born. Only able to achieve 15-20 min naps during the day, feeling like a failure and unable to get her to have long naps, trying all the strategies and products her friends suggested and ultimately ending up co-sleeping which also didn’t help either and just left her partner and her feeling completely exhausted. We worked together when Sasha was 5 months and completely transformed the sleep of Sasha and the whole family ...
Looking after babies and toddlers is EXHAUSTING! And it is definitely the way that we prioritize them (as we should) but we so often let our wellbeing drop to the bottom of the pile of things to do in our busy lives. Supporting our nutrition is one of the biggest areas which we as parents dont support ourselves. Yet, it is crucial that we do prioritize ourselves and eat well so we as mothers 1) have the energy to feed our babies 2) energy to play with our children 3) do all the things in ...
Ellen is a qualified Naturopath, living on the Sunshine Coast in QLD and running an online clinic offering personalised support to women with hormonal issues and couples wanting to fall pregnant through 1 on 1 consultations and comprehensive online courses. Ellen's holistic approach to fertility has facilitated numerous success stories worldwide, helping couples who have faced multiple miscarriages, unexplained infertility diagnoses, age-related fertility concerns, and those seeking alternat...
In this 5 min Express Episode we talk about the number 1 element to introduce into your child's bedtime routine to ensure an awesome night's sleep for them and in turn you! This crucial element is from the 3rd Stage to my Holistic process of the 5 Stages to Successful Sleep which I work through with all my 1:1 and families within my membership-The Sleep Collective, and it is commonly overlooked in many sleep approaches. Sleep is a really vulnerable state so we want to make sure our childr...
Wondering why your friend’s baby is sleeping and yours is not? Wondering why the download, sleep plan or approaches you have tried in the past didn’t give you more sleep? Wondering why it wasn’t successful and you're still struggling with your child’s sleep? This is because generic approaches don’t work! All the individualized variables listed in this podcast episode need to be considered and addressed to create a customized approach to your child’s sleep. You and your chi...
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