The way I always think about independent sleep and how people and families choose to sleep is really like I'm not one

Like people ask me all the time. I think like friends and they want me to give advice

I don't give advice unless it's not working for you and your family

So you find something that works for you your family your kid as long as it is safe

That's the cake, right? So we always want to do that

But the issue becomes if you are co-sleeping for example or

Conversely, you know, you always have to be at your child's bedside for them to fall asleep or in wakingings in the middle of the night

Usually what we see in research is after a while of people walk and say well my kid will not grow it

It'll be fine

But we usually see as they don't have growing these sleep onset and sleep associations that happen are very very strong

Welcome back to the Piedstock talk podcast a top 50

Parenting podcast in the United States thanks to you and your reviews that helps you guide you on your parenting journey

I get to chat with the most incredible people in the field of child health development and parenting and the guest

I have today is a favorite on social media not only for my child

But also for myself her name is Dr. Shelby Harris

She is a licensed clinical psychologist for certified and specializing in behavioral sleep medicine and who doesn't love sleep

Thank you so much for joining me today, Dr. Shelby

Thank you for having me. I am so excited to be here. Thanks again

Yeah, I'm just excited to connect with you mainly because like I just mentioned

Thanks to the social media especially Instagram

I am able to get connected with some amazing people and you know a lot of the times a lot of the information out there

I'm like oh, I do this already like this is something I do already

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