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Having a baby who was born premature is hard in even the best of circumstances. There are so many unanticipated things that parents are trying to manage in those very stressful early months of a premie's life. It can sometimes take a few months to even get to a place where the dust has settled and now you are home and thinking about how to navigate sleep struggles. Listen in to today's episode about how to think about your premie's sleep and what sorts of things to take into account when considering sleep training.
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Just when we think we have a handle on some predictability for our children, they go and change! Nap transitions can be hard for both parents and children. Listen in to today's episode where we will help you navigate the transition from 3 naps to 2 and hopefully help to smooth out this process for you and your baby.
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Don't miss this amazing interview with Jill Rabin about all things related to introducing your baby to solid foods!
Jill Rabin is a pediatric speech pathologist and international board-certified lactation consultant who specializes in feeding. She frequently follows babies prenatally (If there is a prenatal diagnosis such as Down syndrome or cleft lip/palate) through age 3 years through early intervention. She has worked at three local hospitals in Chicago as both a speech pathologist and international board-certified lactation consultant.
Jill uses her feeding expertise to assist with complicated breastfeeding dyads. This may include extremely preterm infants, babies with Down syndrome, babies with oral structural issues like tethered oral tissues and/or cleft palate. She also guides families when their breastfeeding baby refuses to accept the bottle and teaches responsive feeding techniques to manage babies with feeding aversion. She educates families on safely transitioning to solids using a baby-led weaning and/or adapted baby-led weaning approach. She co-authored the book Your Baby Can-Self-Feed, Too! with baby-led weaning pioneer Gill Rapley.
Some of Jill's recommendations in today's episode: check out the Baby Led Wean Team podcast, Solid Starts and Jill's monthly Transition to Solids course.
Be sure to check out all of the incredible information on her website and her Instagram account for great videos on how to feed your baby various foods.
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In preparation for this weekend's upcoming time change here in North America, we wanted to reshare our episode about how to handle your child's sleep when the clocks move forward an hour. Listen in so you'll know what to do!
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The transition from 4 naps to 3 is the first of many nap transitions although many babies don't really have a discernible schedule when they are taking 3 naps. Listen in to today's episode to learn more about what this transition looks like and how to think of the timing for naps at this stage.
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Having a baby, whether it is your first or your fifth can really take a toll on your mental health and ability feel like you have any sort of emotional stability. It shouldn't surprise us given what a tremendous physical and emotional endeavor having a baby can be, but many moms are caught off guard by the experience. Listen in to our interview with Naomi Rosenkranz as we talk about all things related to postpartum mental health. Naomi is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in grief and reproductive health, inclusive of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, infertility, perinatal and infant loss, and pregnancy post loss. She earned her B.A. from Yeshiva University in Biology, an M.S. in Neuroscience and M.S.Ed. in Marriage and Family Therapy, both from the University of Miami. Naomi currently has a private practice in Florida, facilitates Perinatal and Infant Loss support groups for Postpartum Support International, and provides bereavement training and support at ICU Babies. Find out more information about how to work with Naomi on her website: https://www.naomi-care.com
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Few experiences in life change a person more then becoming a parent. It is an understatement to say that the experience of becoming parents has the capacity to shake even the most rock solid of relationships. In today's episode, Linda and Jess interview Beth Goss, a parent education instructor and Certified Gottman Educator all about the ways in which having a baby impacts your relationship with your partner. Listen in to gain greater understanding into the ways in which having a baby can change your relationship and hear her guidance for new parents on how to weather some of these challenges based on years of experience guiding families through this very intense transition to parenthood.
Beth Goss is a full-time faculty member at North Seattle College where she teaches child development and parent education classes to families raising children birth-five years. She did her graduate work in Education and is a Certified Gottman Educator, Training Specialist, and Public Speaker for the Bringing Baby Home program. She is also a Certified Childbirth Educator and taught childbirth, breastfeeding, newborn care, and sibling preparation at Swedish Medical Center for 17 years. For more information on Beth and to learn about parent coaching with her, check out her website: www.bethgoss.com.
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Short naps are often the bane of a new parent's existence. You have just put your baby down for a nap and were on the verge of accomplishing something (like eating a meal or showering) when that 30 minute mark hits and your baby is UP! Listen in to today's episode all about those short naps and what to do to improve them.
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As children move into toddlerhood, nightmares and general bedtime fears start to come up more and more. Listen in to today's episode to hear how to address these sorts of sleep challenges that may be starting to happen as your child gets older.
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Toddlers are great, right? They are learning SO much every single day, and they can really keep us on our toes. They are also learning how the world around them works and how to have control over every.little.thing. This can lead to a lot of power struggles and behavioral challenges. Tune into our interview with Evelyn Mendal to learn how to manage some of those more difficult toddler behaviors.
Evelyn is a licensed mental health therapist who has worked in private practice providing individual therapy and parent coaching for ten years. She founded Hatch + Bloom, an extensive parenting resource service, with the mission of empowering parents in raising confident children through a science-backed approach promoting the parent-child relationship. Through Hatch + Bloom, Evelyn provides 1:1 parent coaching sessions and parent workshops. Evelyn works through the lens of attachment theory and interpersonal neurobiology.
You can find more information about the work Evelyn does with families at her website: https://www.hatchandbloom.co/ on IG at @hatchandbloomco.
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One of the biggest struggles that we encounter with the families of toddlers who we work with is the challenges that start to arise at bedtime as your child gets older. In particular, we often hear from parents, "I can't get my 3 year old to bed before 9pm!" Listen in to today's episode to learn more about why bedtime has become so late for your 3 year old and what to do about it.
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Welcome back for Season 4 of the Sleepy Qs podcast! As we often do to kick off the start of a new season, we wanted to reshare our episode all about how to manage the upcoming time change. Yes, you may have been trying to forget that it was coming. We understand. This is the one that used to be great before you had children because it meant you got an extra hour of sleep on Saturday night. Now it means that you have an extra hour in the day to contend with and sometimes even 24 hours is too long for small children to manage in a day. Have no fear! Today's episode will help you make it through the time change and hopefully not be awake too early on the other side.
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While it may not seem like helping your child learn how to sit is related to their sleep, it most definitely is! Just because your baby has learned how to stand themself up, doesn't mean they know how to get themself back into the seated position and then laying down for sleep. Listen in to today's episode to learn how to help your child learn this important skill and not get stick in a regression as a result.
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Parenting is HARD. This should not come as a newsflash to any listeners of our podcast. It is a journey that is often marked by many ups and downs along the way. For any parent who has struggled, even just a little bit, with this intensely hard job of being a parent, you will benefit from listening in to today's interview with parenting expert Lina Acosta Sandaal as she talks us through the ways in which we can start to gain more confidence in our parenting and learn how become the parent we want to be for our children.
Lina Acosta Sandaal, MA, LMFT is a psychotherapist, development expert and founder of Stop Parenting Alone, a parenting education and consulting program in Miami, FL. She is a human development expert for Telemundo’s national broadcasts and consultant for MomsRising an advocacy group for family rights in the United States capital. Her mission is for all parents to fall in love with their parenting journey.
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Website: https://stopparentingalone.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/stopparentingalone/
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The arrival of a sibling in the house is a BIG change for everyone. This sort of an adjustment can most definitely trigger a regression in your child's sleep. Tune in to learn more about how to manage this and hopefully prevent this big change from causing too many disruptions in your now bigger household.
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Helping your baby learn how to roll themselves from their back to their belly and belly to back can be incredibly important in improving your child's overall sleep. Listen in to today episode to learn why this is important. Also pick up tips and tricks to help your baby learn to be happier while practicing tummy time so that it can feel easier and therefore build core strength and lead to improved rolling.
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In preparation for this weekend's upcoming time change here in North America, we wanted to reshare our episode about how to handle your child's sleep when the clocks move forward an hour. Listen in so you'll know what to do!
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Anyone who has been pregnant or given birth knows what a toll growing a human can take on your physical health and well being. More and more, birthing people are learning that there is help for all of the physical manifestations that follow pregnancy and childbirth. Listen to today's episode as we talk all about pelvic floor PT with Dr. Laura Gleason, who works with moms to help their bodies recover from pregnancy and childbirth. Laura works with both postpartum and regular orthopedic patients at Chicago Physical Therapists. She also provides educational guidance around postpartum physical recover through Beyond The Bump Wellness. If you remember nothing else from our conversation, know that it is NEVER TOO LATE for PT!
Contact Laura for further support :
www.beyondthebumpwellness.com
IG: @beyondthebumpwellness
FB: BeyondtheBumpWellness
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Naps in the first 6 months of your child's life can really be a struggle. You are not alone if you are feeling this way. In this episode, you will learn about what is normal for naps and overall sleep in the first 6 months of your child's life. Learn how to manage naps in the early months until it starts to become easier for your baby to nap longer, more predictably and more independently.
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