On the eve of summer solstice, Bridget and Nicole chat about early morning wakings. Find out the most common causes, and how to manage. Happy Solstice!

Bridget and Nicole dive into the concept of distress tolerance, and discuss how to support our kids to develop skills for coping with and sitting in distress. They also discuss how parents can increase their own capacity for sitting with their own discomfort when their kids are in distress.

Why have most of us experienced shame in our parenting journey? Learn how carrying judgement about sleep choices impacts our mental health.

Where should your baby sleep?

When should you transition to a toddler bed?

https://betterbedtime.ca/transition-from-crib-to-bed/

Bridget and Nicole talk about managing toddler sleep, including safe sleep environments, toddler bedtime battles and our favourite toddler sleep strategies.

Bridget and Nicole discuss the 9 month sleep regression, the transition from 2 naps to 1, and the transition to daycare.

What you can expect when adjusting to a two nap schedule.

Learn why sleep regressions happen and what you can do to get through it.

Bridget and Nicole discuss the highs and lows of parenting a newborn. They touch on what is "normal" for newborn sleep, the transition to new parenthood and perinatal mental health.

Resources:

-Alexnadra Sacks on Matresence: https://medium.com/@alexandrasacks/matrescence-what-is-it-bea6aa0450d0

Connecting our worth to our child's sleep.