Toddler sleep strategies

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Kate Garlinge

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4.7 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Sleep, or the lack of it, is probably the most discussed topic among parents of newborns. And while sleepless nights are widely accepted as just part of the bargain of bringing a new life into the world, we are not always prepared for the sleepless nights to drag into years. Night wakings, bedtime routines that seem to go on and on, skipped naps, sleep regressions, musical beds, and crib to bed transitions — it is truly exhausting!

In today’s episode, host Jessica Rolph is joined by Lauren Lappen, a certified sleep consultant and co-founder of Wee Sleep Solutions, who offers practical advice on toddler sleep.

Key Takeaways:

[1:38] How do you get a toddler to bed and keep them there?

[2:45] The benefits of using routine cards during bedtime.

[4:04] Lauren’s tips on how to avoid a battle of wills with your toddler.

[5:10] How to respond when your toddler wakes in the middle of the night, asking for you.

[6:35] Why “musical beds” aren’t ideal for anyone; toddlers like to wake up in the same bed where they fell asleep.

[9:18] What if the wakings are a function of your child being unwell?

[10:26] Lauren talks about the signs a baby is ready to move to a toddler bed, and gives suggestions for types of beds to use.

[13:55] Considering easy access to the potty.

[17:22] Suggestions for specific situations, like if you’ve got a new baby coming and you need to make room, or if your child is a climber and might exit the crib.

[20:16] How critical are night feedings to toddlers?

[22:38] How to wean a toddler from that night feeding.

[24:23] What to do about pacifiers. Do they stay or do they go?

[27:06] Jessica gives some highlights of her conversation with Lauren.

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0:00.0	Parenthood is a time of so much change for you and your baby.
0:13.8	A little reliable information can go a long way towards making this new life a good life.
0:20.0	I'm Jessica Rolfe, and this is my new life,
0:24.0	a love every podcast. While the science aligns on what's healthy for a baby's brain development,
0:30.1	when it comes to how to care for our babies, there's a seemingly endless supply of competing
0:34.9	perspectives. Parents are swimming in advice on sleep, feeding,
0:39.8	parenting philosophies. In this season of the podcast, we aim to provide a variety of curated
0:46.2	perspectives so you can make informed choices for your family.
1:00.2	Sleep or lack of it is probably the most discussed topic among parents of newborns.
1:05.1	And while sleepless nights are widely accepted as just part of the bargain when bringing a new life into the world, we're not always prepared for the sleepless months that drag into years. Nightwakings,
1:13.9	bedtime routines that seem to go on and on, skipping naps, sleep regressions, musical beds,
1:20.8	and crib to bed transitions. It is truly exhausting. My guest on the show today offers practical advice on toddler sleep. She is a
1:31.3	certified sleep consultant and co-founder of WeSleep Solutions. Welcome, Lauren Lappin.
1:37.6	Thanks so much for having me. Well, there are so many questions that we have for you today, so I hope you're ready.
1:45.7	I'm ready. Sleep is a hot topic for parents, for sure. Yeah, and so babies get a lot of attention
1:51.3	when it comes to advice on sleep, but you've told me that you have just as many parents of
1:55.3	three-year-olds as clients as you do parents of newborns. So how do you get toddler to bed and keep them there?
2:03.4	That's a great question. I do. It's interesting to see when clients come in. It's about 50%
2:08.6	babies and about 50% toddlers. And sometimes babies who had been sleeping well suddenly become
2:14.9	toddlers and realize that they have a voice and they have opinions
2:18.7	and they might not want to go to bed. And then suddenly parents don't know what to do with that.
2:23.6	So it's really common for parents to struggle with toddler sleep. So how do you get them to bed?
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