Episode 26: "I Thought I'd Be Sleeping by Now" with Lauren Paley

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Episode 26: "I Thought I'd Be Sleeping By Now" with Lauren Paley @lauren_paley This week Rachael speaks with toddler mom, musician and content creator Lauren Paley. Rachael and Lauren dive into all things motherhood in this candid conversation, specifically sleep challenges. Lauren shares special glimpses into her experience as a first time mom including sleep (or lack thereof) and cosleeping, her best tips for exclusively pumping, and how she and her husband divide and share the load of parenthood. Lauren discusses having a "high needs" baby, her journey with postpartum anxiety and how it still shows up for her over a year postpartum. Hear how Lauren is navigating sharing her personal life on social media as a content creator with over 12 million followers across platforms. Lauren Paley, otherwise known as “The Stairwell Siren”, is a music and lifestyle content creator best known for her beautiful and haunting covers recorded in her garage stairwell. This Titanic Hymn to the Sea cover was the video that went viral and “started it all” for her! Lauren lives in Nashville, TN, with her daughter Piper, 18 months, and husband Dan. When she isn’t posting music, she’s sharing glimpses of her personal life as a new mom to adorable 18-month-old Piper. Lauren's newest goal is to work on a Lullaby album for little ones- so stay tuned! Lauren’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lauren_paley/ Lauren’s TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@laurenpaley?lang=en Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Instagram (Show page) Tiktok (Rachael's tiktok account) Show Website (includes transcripts!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the No One Told Us podcast. I am Rachel, your host, and today I'm so excited to have Lauren Paley, otherwise known as the stairwell siren.
0:14.0	Lauren is a music and lifestyle content creator and a mom, best known for her haunting covers that she records in her garage stairwell.
0:22.0	When her husband's job went remote during the pandemic, recording music in a one-bedroom
0:26.0	apartment became a challenge, and it was during this time that Lauren stumbled upon
0:29.5	the incredible acoustics of the stairwell. And since dedicating her time to growing her
0:34.4	social media presence, she's amassed a total of over 12 million followers across her platforms.
0:40.7	When she isn't posting covers, she's sharing glimpses of her personal life as a new mom
0:45.4	to her adorable 18-month-old Piper.
0:48.2	And I'm loving the Disney content as well because my kids are super into all the Disney songs. So they love watching
0:56.8	those videos of you guys. Lauren, thank you so much for being here. That makes me so happy.
1:02.5	Hi, thank you for having me. I have been a fan of your content and you since having Piper.
1:09.9	I immediately you popped up on my feed and I was like,
1:13.3	yes, this woman gets it. Like I don't feel like I'm crazy right now. So that's honestly my goal is
1:21.2	helping one mom at a time feel less crazy and more normal. I appreciate you so much.
1:26.1	Yeah. Oh yeah. It makes sense. It makes sense that the
1:29.1	algorithm served you my content because our kids are my youngest and your daughter are super
1:34.1	close to age. I think they're only like three or four months apart. So we have a lot in
1:38.8	there and a lot of grounds to cover today. I would love, since you brought it up first,
1:45.3	I would love to first kind of talk about your journey with sleep with Piper because I know you've been like really kind
1:51.8	of open and honest with your struggles with sleep since birth. And I would love for you to just
1:57.1	kind of share about some of the specific challenges that you guys have had and how
2:02.5	is it different to maybe how you thought it would look when you were pregnant? I thought that I would
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