Sleep Cues: The Everything Baby Sleep Podcast Erin Junker - The Happy Sleep Company
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- Kids & Family
Tired mama? I’m here to help - I’m Erin Junker, pediatric sleep consultant and owner of The Happy Sleep Company. With a Masters Degree in Health Communications, experience helping more than 1000 families gain healthy rest for their children and eight years raising my own happy little sleeper I’m in this with you!I am passionate about children's sleep, I firmly believe that a well rested family is a happier healthier family. In each episode of this podcast, we'll guide you through some of the biggest challenges we see parents facing when it comes to their babies and older children's sleep. And share effective tools, tips, advice and strategies for getting sleep on track. Let’s get your family some great sleep!
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Comfort Objects: If, When, and How to Introduce a Lovey
Comfort objects or a "Lovey" as some may call it, are very common among families! Some people might actually call them a comfort object, stuffey, blankey or transitional object. I've really heard them all, but essentially it is an object that makes your little one feel a sense of snuggley comfort. So in this episode we dive right into the questions parents often ask us about comfort objects, when to introduce a lovey, how to go about bringing one into the mix etc. and why you might introduce one!
Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com -
Q&A: Transitioning To 2 Naps Per Day, Self Settling Skills, Earliest First Nap and Latest Last Nap Schedule and more!
Answering this weeks Top 5 Questions! This week's questions highlight the following:
- Bedtime range for a 3 month old
- How do you teach self settling skills to a 8 month old for naps when mastered throughout the night?
- When to transition to 2 naps per day and tips on how to do it!
- My 5 month old currently sleeps through the night most nights. We rock him to sleep. Is a regression likely to change this?
- Earliest first nap and latest last nap for a 7.5 month old.
Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com -
How to Stop Over-Functioning And Re-Prioritize Your Own Needs With Dr. Whitney of Modern Mommy Doc
Today we have Dr. Whitney of Modern Mommy Doc on the podcast to talk about over-functioning and re-prioritizing your own needs as a parent. Her mission is to help working moms break the cycle of burnout in parenting and shift their focus to their own health and well-being so they can create work-life integration in a way that fosters greater joy and purpose in every area of their lives.
FOLLOW @modernmommydoc
VISIT modernmommydoc.com
FIND Her Resources HERE
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Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com -
Safe Sleep For Baby: The ABC's Of Infant Sleep and more!
This week's episode is all about Safe Sleep. At The Happy Sleep Company, we get a lot of questions about safe sleep, and often these questions go beyond the ABC's of sleep for baby!
So this week's episode is giving an overview of those ABC's - the basics of Safe Sleep for baby plus some added nuances from a Sleep Consultant.
MORE resources on Safe Sleep via Health Canada
Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com -
Q&A: Is There a Sleep Regression At 7 Months?
Answering this weeks Top 5 Questions! This week's questions highlight the following:
- Suggestions for wake windows before bed for a 16 month old on one nap
-My 10 month old often wakes up about an hour after bedtime. Is he overtired? He is awake for 3 hours before bed.
-My 2.5 month old won’t nap longer than 30-40 minutes in the crib. What do I do?
-My 4 month old takes 30 minutes to fall asleep at bedtime. But she sleeps through the night. Should I change her wake window or leave well enough alone?
- Is there a sleep regression at 7 months? Baby used to sleep 7-7 but now wakes every night at 1:30am. Help!
In this episode we've partnered with Obasan
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Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com -
Parent-Child Attachment and Sleep with Dr. Tanya Cotler Clinical Psychologist
Today we have Dr. Tanya Cotler, child and adult psychologist - who specializes in reproductive and maternal mental health as well as parent-child attachment. With her unique training, she brings a mindfulness to her integrative approach and helps identify your origin story so that you can be present in your relationship today without the pain of the past clouding the present.
CONNECT with Dr. Tanya Cotler
VISIT drtanyacotler.com
In this episode we've partnered with Obasan
Click HERE to save - We want your kids sleeping great! Use code HAPPYSLEEP at checkout and receive 10% off when you purchase a crib mattress–head to obasan.com / obasan.ca and get great sleep started!
**NOTE: be sure to shop obasan.com or obasan.ca pending your country location
Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com