The Truth About Sleep Training - What Actually Works
LadyGang
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4.6 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Sleep training doesn't have to mean "cry it out." Pediatric sleep guru Xan Coffman is busting the biggest myths about baby sleep, the truth about the dreaded 4-month sleep regression, why overtired babies actually sleep worse, and the science-backed methods that help babies (and parents) finally get a full night's rest. Plus, Xan shares her best travel sleep hacks, how to fix those brutal 5:30am wakeups, and why it's never too late to teach your child healthy sleep habits.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, hello, welcome to the baby gang. I'm your host, Becca Tobin, and thank you so much to our presenting sponsor, BetterHelp. |
| 0:11.6 | I am very excited for today's episode. Sleep and sleep training and all that stuff is a real hot button issue. I have an expert on who I have been following on Instagram for a while |
| 0:23.3 | just because I know I'm about to be in the trenches again with a new baby. And for me, the most |
| 0:27.9 | anxiety-inducing part of anticipating this baby is the sleep because I need my sleep. That sounds |
| 0:34.8 | selfish. I eventually need my sleep because I know I'm not going to get it. It's not |
| 0:39.2 | realistic to think that and I'm just getting my mind right. You know what I'm saying? I don't have |
| 0:44.5 | much to say except we're all in the swing of summer. I hope everyone's having a lovely time. I know that |
| 0:50.1 | between camps and travel and just all the things, it kind of doesn't slow down in summer. I thought |
| 0:57.4 | I was so ready for us to stop having to wake up, you know, at a certain time and get this kid to |
| 1:03.9 | school. And it's the same. It's the same. It's just that your kids are around more and life doesn't |
| 1:10.3 | slow down. So it's almost |
| 1:11.9 | juggling more things when my naive self thought it was going to be slightly chiller. Is parenting ever |
| 1:19.0 | chiller? Let's be honest. But here to make things chiller is an incredible sleep expert. She has her own |
| 1:26.0 | company. But I say this in the interview, but I also |
| 1:30.6 | just want to say there is no right way. There's no wrong way. There's just different ways. |
| 1:38.1 | And we're not trying to shame anybody. We're not trying to make anybody feel bad. We're not trying |
| 1:42.6 | to pressure anybody. Do you? You know your kid. You know your baby. And this is just somebody who is coming in and |
| 1:48.8 | helping us with some support if you're looking for it. And some information, stuff that I didn't know |
| 1:54.3 | and stuff that's actually making this whole thing much easier to envision the sleep training of it all. |
| 2:00.2 | Okay. Here she is. |
| 2:07.9 | Our guest today is Zan Kaufman. She is a pediatric sleep expert, founder of my baby sleepology |
| 2:13.6 | and mom of three girls. For over 10 years, she's helped families navigate everything from |
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