Episodes

  • Shorts: the highly sensitive baby

    Shorts: the highly sensitive baby
    Sep 29 2024

    Do you have an orchid or a dandelion? How do you know if your baby is highly sensitive? And how can you parent with your own specific sensory needs?

    As mentioned in the episode, you can do a HSP test here: https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/
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    20 mins
  • Shorts: Over-tiredness!

    Shorts: Over-tiredness!
    Sep 24 2024

    The advice about over-tiredness is always changing when it comes to babies... is it a thing? is it the end of the world? is there any science involved in this whole concept that a person can be TOO tired?
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    29 mins
  • Shorts: the loneliness of having a wakeful baby + the pressure to sleep train

    Shorts: the loneliness of having a wakeful baby + the pressure to sleep train
    Sep 16 2024

    Nobody talks about how lonely it can be if you're the only one with a child who continues to be wakeful when everyone else around you seems to be getting more sleep.

    And then you might feel the pressure to sleep train if you ever talk about how tired you are.

    Perhaps your partner or someone else close to you is trying to get you to make changes in a way that doesn't feel right for you right now.

    This is an episode for anyone stuck in a comparison trap or a cycle of disagreement over whether to sleep train or not.

    For more information on my guides and webinars, see https://littlenest.podia.com/
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    24 mins
  • Shorts: the 4 month sleep regression unpicked

    Shorts: the 4 month sleep regression unpicked
    Sep 9 2024

    Do you have to sleep train in order for this regression to end?

    Why is your baby suddenly more wakeful?

    Why is there so much fearmongering out there about this stage?

    In this episode I talk about the sleep science at this age as well as all the other reasons why it can be a tough patch.

    If you want to know what you can do to improve the situation (without sleep training) and what red flags to look out for, I've got you.
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    41 mins
  • Second Babies! Part 2 with Lucy Bagwell from Second Star To The Right Sleep

    Second Babies! Part 2 with Lucy Bagwell from Second Star To The Right Sleep
    Aug 15 2023
    Yes that's right, more Lucy! We had so much to say about second babies that we had to make it into a 2-parter.
    • What if you can't imagine loving. your new baby as much as your first? How does the bond work?
    • How do you do bedtime with two children (and one parent?)
    • Are nap times always a disaster if your older child doesn't understand the concept of 'quiet! the baby is sleeping...'?
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    41 mins
  • Second Babies! Part 1 with Lucy Bagwell from Second Star To The Right Sleep

    Second Babies! Part 1 with Lucy Bagwell from Second Star To The Right Sleep
    Aug 8 2023

    Are you ever ready?

    What might sleep look like the second time around?

    Is there such a thing as a 'perfect age gap'?

    How do you keep your sh*t together when sleep deprived AND looking after another small human?

    I talk to my very good friend (and fellow sleep consultant) Lucy Bagwell about what she's learnt since having her second baby and try to take in as much advice as possible now that I'm verrrry pregnant again...

    For more about Lucy, see https://www.secondstarsleep.com/ or follow her @secondstartotheright_sleep
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Uspávání: what if supporting infants with sleep was just considered 'normal'? With anthropologist Lenka Medvecová Tinková

    Uspávání: what if supporting infants with sleep was just considered 'normal'? With anthropologist Lenka Medvecová Tinková
    Aug 1 2023
    What if there was no word for self-settling? How different would your parenting experience be if nobody expected your baby to sleep in a cot in their own room? This week I'm joined by Lenka Medvecová Tinková from the Durham University Infancy and Sleep Centre to talk about how our cultural expectations shape parenting decisions and ultimately how we feel about ourselves as mothers.For more information about Lenka you can follow her on Instagram: the English speaking account is @sleepanthropologist or she has her Czech account @prosimspinkejhttps://prosimspinkej.cz/And for more info about Durham University and BASIS (Baby Sleep Info Service) see: www.basisonline.org.uk===============================For more information about the Little Nest Sleep guides and webinars, go to https://littlenest.podia.com/
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Is sleep training "always wrong"? Kaitlin Klimmer on grey areas and maternal mental health

    Is sleep training "always wrong"? Kaitlin Klimmer on grey areas and maternal mental health
    Jul 25 2023
    A controversial question this week! There will be people who say that cry-it-out is always wrong/cruel/avoidable. And others that believe it is the best thing ever. But what about the space in between these two polarised stances? Kaitlin Klimmer and I are both sleep specialists who offer alternatives to sleep training, but where do we stand on the moral debate around infant sleep and controlled crying? We go deep into temperament, cultural expectations/norms, maternal mental health and setting boundaries whilst protecting attunement.Austria-based, Canadian sleep specialist and mother of two, Kaitlin Klimmer, has a degree in developmental psychology and more than a decade of experience working with children under five. She's completed several holistic infant sleep and breastfeeding qualifications, and is a qualified Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator. For more information see www.kaitlinklimmer.com or follow her on Instagram @KaitlinKlimmer.
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    1 hr and 11 mins