The Baby Sleep Connection: Holistic help for tired, responsive parents who don't want to sleep train

If you ate your share of cookies over the holiday AND were struggling with getting your baby to sleep, you'll love hearing how I compare baking cookies with baby sleep. Here's the short version: 1. "Gather all the ingredients" is great advice, whether you're baking or trying to get your baby to sleep. 2. When you have some experience you can go with the flow a bit more ("wing it" in the kitchen and the nursery!) 3. One dish casseroles -there are ways to keep this simple. Parenting is hard enough without complicating things. 4. Savour the batch you just baked.  When you get to a milestone for sleep, celebrate! 5. Worrying about making a change? Sometimes you just have to try it. 6. The perfect cookie --and perfect sleep-- doesn't exist. Mentioned: Ep 27: Sleep, Rest, & Support: Are You Cheating Yourself Out of Wellness? [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CUOTn9u1FPygMP2nxogDE] https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CUOTn9u1FPygMP2nxogDE?si=hQC0hPgQQ9SEkJKuWChzXw Looking for more?  What you can do next: * Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! * ⁠Sign up for weekly baby sleep emails.⁠ [https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1] * ⁠Work with me⁠ [https://familysleep.ca/contact] in the Confident & Connected Baby Sleep group program or one-on-one. Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood

Parent coach, author, public speaker, and mom, Sarah R. Moore talks with Heather Boyd, Occupational Therapist and sleep coach about positive discipline, story teaching, and brain-based parenting. Sit in on this interview to learn: * What is discipline?!  And how has it been misrepresented? * What is story teaching, and how does it support human development? * Brain-based approaches to parenting and discipline * How to use story teaching to help our children manage challenges * Is there such a thing as “too late” for story teaching to help our children through challenges? * How rewriting the script during tricky times can rewire the brain * Are there ways to connect with our kids without slipping into reward/punishment-based parenting? * Parenting from a place of fear and what actually motivates children and helps them thrive * The ways taking time to connect makes parenting EASIER * Where does the tendency to be a “controlling” parent come from?  And how do we move away from control as a “default setting”? * Giving yourself grace and compassion as a parent * Boundaries * Why is this kind of parenting so hard?! * Your history does not need to be your destiny Sarah R. Moore is the author of "Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science & Better Behavior" and founder of Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting. As a certified Master Trainer in conscious parenting and Chairperson of the Board for the American Society for the Positive Care of Children, she’s also a public speaker, accredited parent coach, armchair neuroscientist, and most importantly, a Mama. Her work has been featured on NBC, CBS, and SiriusXM, and in countless international parenting magazines. With training in child development, trauma recovery, interpersonal neurobiology, improv comedy and play, her work supports parents and caregivers around the globe. Follow her on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest & Threads. Mentioned in this Episode: * The American Society for the Positive Care of Children [https://americanspcc.org/] americanspcc.org * Sarah R Moore’s book, Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science, and Better Behavior [https://dandelion-seeds.com/book/], https://dandelion-seeds.com/book/ * Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life [https://www.cnvc.org/store/nonviolent-communication-a-language-of-life]https://www.cnvc.org/store/nonviolent-communication-a-language-of-life Where to find Sarah R. Moore: * Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting https://dandelion-seeds.com/ [https://dandelion-seeds.com/] * Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/DandelionSeedsPositiveParenting/ https://www.instagram.com/dandelionseedspositiveliving/ https://www.threads.net/@dandelionseedspositiveliving https://www.youtube.com/c/DandelionSeedsPositiveParenting/featured https://www.tiktok.com/@sarah_r_moore

Heather has been under the weather this past week, which has her reflecting on how she managed parenting responsibilities when she was sick when her kids were very young. Listen in as we move into cold and flu season for ways to manage acute illness when sick.  Have you been sick and navigating parenting?  What helped you through?   In this episode Heather talks about: 1. Getting comfortable with not controlling “all the things”. 2. How perfection and planning can get in the way. 3. Being sick forces us (helps us?) get priorities sorted pretty fast 4. What worrying about how we’ll manage is really about 5. Outsourcing support 6. Conserving your energy 7. What happened when Heather had the stomach flu while pregnant and caring for her toddler 8. Prioritizing Safety, Sustenance, and Self-care Looking for more?  What you can do next: * Explore my Black Friday sale at www.familysleep.ca/black-friday [http://www.familysleep.ca/black-friday] * ⁠Work with me⁠ [https://familysleep.ca/contact] in the Confident & Connected Baby Sleep group program or one-on-one. * Explore past episodes at www.infantsleep.ca/podcast [http://www.infantsleep.ca/podcast] Credit: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood

Heather Boyd, occupational therapist and mom of three, runs through 6 questions she recommends you ask yourself when your baby's sleep is going through a sticky stage. So often, there's an easier way within reach, and these 6 questions can help you find it. If sleep is tricky, ask yourself the following 4 questions: 1. What works best for helping my baby fall asleep?   2. Am I resisting what works best because I’m trying to follow someone else’s “rules” about how to help my baby sleep? 3. What cues are my baby giving that let me know they are tired? 4. What happens if I start helping them to sleep a little bit earlier?  A little bit later? 5. What is my state of mind as I am helping my baby to sleep? 6. How hard am I working to get sleep for my baby? Listen in on how to use these six questions to move things forward WITHOUT compromising your wellness and your connection with your baby. Looking for more?  What you can do next: 1. Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! 2. Sign up for weekly baby sleep emails⁠ [https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1]. (https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1) 3. ⁠Book a call to talk about working together. [familysleep.ca/contact] (familysleep.ca/contact) Credit: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood

Heather Boyd, occupational therapist and sleep coach, talks to Niagara IBCLC, Victoria Beninger, about the ways she supports new parents with feeding plans, goals, and the doubt and stress that new moms often carry.  We also talk about stress as a hidden impact on milk supply.  When there are so many products and lactation cookie recipes on line to increase milk supply, it’s a refreshing idea that we’ve got tools already inside us to support breastfeeding. Listen in as we talk about: * A trend Victoria sees in who reaches out to her overnight for support * The barriers parents have in reaching out even when they are experiencing high stress and struggles with breastfeeding * The role your nervous system plays in what Victoria calls the “relaxation and lactation” state * How stress impacts breastfeeding * Using your breath and mindfulness as key tools for increasing milk supply * Cortisol, oxytocin, and the parasympathetic nervous system –what’s the connection when it comes to breastfeeding? * Victoria’s perspectives on doom scrolling while breastfeeding * Where does mindfulness come from?  (And why it’s not simply a trend) * Strategies for moving away from being hyperfocused on how much milk you can pump and towards an approach that supports your efforts and goals * A story that highlights just how valuable support, encouragement, and a regulated nervous system is to successful breastfeeding experiences To find out more: You can find Victoria at tenderlovinglatch.com [tenderlovinglatch.com] Sign up for her emails [http://eepurl.com/iK9zlA⁠] at http://eepurl.com/iK9zlA [http://eepurl.com/iK9zlA] for news and opportunities (including when she releases her online courses, Holistic Approaches to Maximizing Your Milk Supply Victoria is also doing a period product drive right now until December 22nd with Birchway Niagara Women’s shelter. Donations can be brought to Our Village Parent Group in Port Colborne, Niagara, Ontario on Wednesdays or reach out to Victoria for other arrangements to donate.  Looking for more?  What you can do next: 1. Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! 2. ⁠Sign up for weekly baby sleep emails.⁠ [https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1] (https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1) 3. ⁠Work with me⁠ [https://familysleep.ca/contact] in the Confident & Connected Baby Sleep group program or one-on-one. (https://familysleep.ca/contact) Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood 🎙️Podcast coach: Min Sukree