The Baby Sleep Project Show

Today, I answer a mum who felt bad after successfully sleep training her daughter. Why do people feel guilty? How can you make sure that your sleep coaching goals, reasons, and the sleep training method you choose are aligned with your values and won't make you feel guilty?I explore these questions in my workshops: Sleep Training Decoded and Guilt-Free Goals. You can find out the details here: https://www.thebabysleepproject.net/workshopsIf you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

Dear listeners,I will host a live workshop on Saturday (5th of June 2021), 5 pm - 7 pm, CET: Sleep Training Decoded – how to choose the best sleep training method for your baby.You still have a few days left to sign up, but the number of participants will be capped at 10!Hope to see you there!Bye,AnnaWould you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

One more storieeeeee! Pleeeeease! How can I say no? I could choose a very short one and be done in no time! Am I mean if I deprive my own child of such a small favour? Alright, let’s give in. He will be quiet after the story… What??? Now a lullaby? That’s it you ungrateful little brat, I am leaving the room!Does it sound familiar? Let me tell you what helps me holding my limits during bedtime. Spoiler alert: it is confidence. Because you can be confident that you can hold a limit about not telling one more story. Because NOT telling a story is, well… really easy. And the best things is: peaceful parenting is just a by-product!If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

Sleep training is one of the most demanding parenting situations. But it is especially important to stay positive and calm around bedtime, because being harsh can stress your children and make it more difficult for them to fall asleep. Today I talk about a study that showed that reducing clutter and chaos in our homes increases our ability to stick to positive parenting, thus it can probably make it easier for us to stay peaceful when setting limits around bedtime too! It was especially interesting for me to learn this as I enrolled in the Parenting Junkie’s year-long parenting course, Present Play, where this month we experienced how reducing clutter and chaos improves the behaviour of our children too. I would say, less chaos = win-win :)You can find the dissertation I was talking about here (Suzanne Marijke Andeweg: Unravelling the effect of household chaos on parenting, 2021): https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/3147171If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

Spring means that the days are longer and that influences our sleep and our children’s sleep. So if you have noticed that new sleep problems started to emerge in your household, you might be able to blame the season! In this episode I will give you my best tips to solve the three most common springtime sleep problem.When I suggested to tape cardboard boxes to the window, I meant cardboard, of course. Not the unfolded boxes :DLook at this blog post, or listen to the embedded podcast episode for a safe white noise machine installation guide.If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

Today I try to help a friend of mine who can’t seem to put her baby to bed earlier than 10 pm. It started just a few weeks ago and she is frustrated to lose her free evenings, and also worried that her baby might not get enough sleep, because he wakes up at the same time as always. Is it really a problem? What can she do?If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Average sleep per day study reference: Iglowstein, I., Jenni, O. G., Molinari, L., & Largo, R. H. (2003). Sleep duration from infancy to adolescence: reference values and generational trends. Pediatrics, 111(302), 302–307. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.111.2.302Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

In this episode I list 4 resources where you can get your baby sleep-related questions answered for FREE (at the same time I will also tell you what I have been up to these last few weeks). Links to these resources:1.       Reddit AMA on the last Saturday of every month: https://www.reddit.com/r/sleeptrain/2.       Comments section on my blog (there is a blog post for each podcast episode with the same publish date): https://www.thebabysleepproject.net/blog3.       My free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/7447104328545364.       This very podcast: https://www.thebabysleepproject.net/submitquestion If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

Would it be possible to start the day in a more humane hour? Today I share with you 5 tips that will help your baby sleep longer in the mornings.Tip No 3 (The Early Bedtime Paradox) is my best bet, but it won’t work for everyone. If you would like to find out if it is for you, download my guide and follow the instructions!If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

Today I give three tips for Dania to fix her problem: her toddler wakes her up every night, even though she falls asleep independently."My 3y old wakes in the middle of the night.  She falls asleep herself.  She wakes us up and we keep telling her if she wakes up to stay in bed and close her eyes. "  Well, this did not work. What does then?If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

My baby hates water - Does bathing have to be part of the bedtime routine? My baby falls asleep during breastfeeding and I cannot finish the rest of the bedtime routine – is that a problem? Can watching TV be part of the bedtime routine?Today I give you a short chapter from my audiobook: The Baby Sleep Book – All-in-one sleep coaching solution for tired parents. I hope it answers all your bedtime routine related questions!If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

Today I answer the following question:“Why is night settling different from naps? Got a 5mo who behaves differently settling for day naps and night wakings. He self-settles for nap time and bedtime, doesn’t use a dummy just has a comforter. Night wakings are a different story! Last night he woke every 1.5 hours, usually it’s every 2 hours and won’t be settled by hand on chest, wobbling, dummy or comforter. He only wants to nurse, so I feed him. I’m so aware he doesn’t need that many feeds, but I’m so tired I’ll do anything to go back to sleep!” If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

News from sleep science: Would you benefit from sleep training? What percentage of mothers try it? Does it work? For those who did not try it, what were the main reasons?Today’s episode is based on the following research paper:Sarah Morsbach Honaker , Jodi A. Mindell , James E. Slaven & A. J. Schwichtenberg (2020): Implementation of Infant Behavioral Sleep Intervention in a Diverse Sample of Mothers, Behavioral Sleep Medicine, DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2020.1817745If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

Is there a 6-month sleep regression? What are sleep regressions anyway? What causes them and how to deal with them?If you would like to learn more about the development of sleep, sleep regressions and sleep associations, you can download chapter 4 of The Baby Sleep Book from HERE!If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

Let me tell you how I accidentally sleep trained my son when he was about 10 months old. It seems that CIO (cry-it-out) sometimes just happens...If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

For this mum, "drowsy but awake” stopped working. When she puts her baby to bed drowsy, but awake, it takes forever for the baby to fall asleep (if at all), which makes him overtired. To avoid this, she puts him in the baby carrier, where he falls asleep easily, but then she is afraid that this will become a sleep crutch. How to make sure baby does not become overtired, without creating new sleep crutches?If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog!Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here! If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.   Support the show

Today I answer Jessica's questions and offer my tips for solving her problems, which are: Recently, her daughter started to cry more at bedtime  The bedtime routine is difficult, because the baby is fussy between 6-7 pm The baby poops during the second night feeding and the diaper change wakes her upIf you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog! Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here!If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.  Support the show

Don't rely on random tables and charts about sleep needs! The National Sleep Foundation reviewed the scientific literature and determined the recommended amount of sleep from birth to adulthood and the amount that may be appropriate in some cases*.  I will also teach you how to tell whether your child gets enough zzz's, and if you would like a personalized sleep assessment for free, you can fill out this form !If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog! Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here!If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.  * Hirshkowitz M, Whiton K, Albert SM, Alessi C, Bruni O, DonCarlos L, Hazen N, Herman J, Katz ES, Kheirandish-Gozal L, Neubauer DN, O'Donnell AE, Ohayon M, Peever J, Rawding R, Sachdeva RC, Setters B, Vitiello MV, Ware JC, Adams Hillard PJ. National Sleep Foundation's sleep time duration recommendations: methodology and results summary. Sleep Health. 2015 Mar;1(1):40-43. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2014.12.010. Epub 2015 Jan 8. PMID: 29073412.Sleigh bell sound from Zapsplat.comSupport the show

Today I share my tips about what to do in case your baby started to wake up waaay too  early!If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog! Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here!If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.  Support the show

What are the newborn sleep tips of the baby whisperer?  Today I review Tracy Hogg with Melinda Blau: Top tips from the baby whisperer - Sleep. Secrets to getting your baby to sleep through the night (2009).If you would like to read the blog post or download a handy cheat sheet, click HERE! If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog! Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here!If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.  Support the show

Today I explore the topic of sound machines. Do they boost sleep in babies? What sound levels are considered safe? How should you use them? USE THE DISCOUNT CODE "CYBER" IN MY WEBSHOP, TO GET EVERYTHING FOR 1/3 OF THE ORIGINAL PRICE FOR 3 DAYS (starting on Cyber Monday)! This is my favorite white noise playlist on Spotify. If you would like to comment on this episode or if you would like to discuss it with me or with other listeners, go to my blog! Would you like your own questions to be answered on my show? Submit them here!If you become a patron, I will choose your questions first! You can get my book (The Baby Sleep Book - All-in-one solution for tired parents) with 50% off if you use the discount code PODCAST.  Support the show