Real talk. erin brings on her friend, Claire, to talk all about the seven scariest things as a new mom:

-first day alone with baby

-going to the grocery store for the first time

-first time baby is sick

-first family holidays

-first date night

-first overnight

-feeding/pumping in public

Listen in to their real and relatable conversation now!

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Erin goes over a few related FAQs:

-Isn't sleep training too rigid? I don't want to be tied down to a schedule.

-Won't I have to adhere to my baby's schedule 24/7?

-What if I want to rock my baby?

Listen to this episode to hear the answers AND learn Erin's sleep maintenance rule!

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In this episode, Alyssa Bietz, from Your Sleep Story, joins Erin to share their best tips for car travel with babies and young children.

Connect with Alyssa at yoursleepstory.ca, where you can learn more about her services and her monthly membership. She's also on Facebook and Instagram.

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Maggie, postpartum doula and owner of Lake Country Newborns, joins Erin for an episode where they chat about their journeys after becoming moms, the differences between a postpartum doula, night nanny, and newborn care specialist, and some rapid-fire tips and tricks for the newborn period.

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In this episode, Erin brings on her friend and colleague, Paulina Temple, of Paulina Temple Sleep Solutions, to discuss the different sleep training methods a family might choose to use to help their little one learn the skill of sleep.

They go over:

-Extinction/Cry-It-Out/CIO

-Timed Intervals/Leave & Check/Ferber (& Pick-Up-Put-Down and hybrids of these)

-Chair Method/Stay-In-the-Room/Sleep Lady Shuffle

-Gentle/"No Cry" Methods

They also discuss who these methods may benefit most.

Connect with Paulina on Instagram.

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Every NICU stay is different, yet, there's a very similar experience we all have...we've all had a tough start.

In this episode, Erin brings on Makenzie Miller and Abbey Murray, founders of the Tough Start Society to talk about their program and community, and this is a MUST-HAVE resource for any family currently in or recently in the NICU.

At @lakecountrysleep we've talked about what you can do to support a NICU family...now that it's available, THIS course and community would be a great place to start. Abbey and Mak have made this passion project just for NICU families. Connect with the Tough Start Society on Facebook and Instagram.

Connect with Mak on Facebook, Instagram, and her website.

Connect with Abbey on Facebook, Instagram, and her website.

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Erin goes over what sleep regressions are, what causes them, and how to handle them!

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Yasmin joins Erin to chat about how sleep deprivation can affect parents' mental health.

They share their stories about their newborn days with their own children.

Yasmin also shares some statistics relating to sleep deprivation and mental health.

Connect with Yasmin at mindfulsleepconsulting.com, Facebook, and Instagram.

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NICU nurse and pediatric sleep consultant Andrea Merino comes on the show to share about premie babies, how caring for a premie is different than caring for a full-term newborn, and Erin and her chat about how they work with premies as sleep consultants.

Connect with Andrea at sleepingbeautiezzz.ca and on Facebook and Instagram.

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Get a behind-the-scenes listen to one of Erin's 30-Minute Independent Sleeper Tune-Up Calls.

If your baby is not yet 12-months or quickly approaching it, this episode is a must-listen! Take away some strategies for your current or future situation.

Baby A profile:

This family worked with Erin when Baby A was 6 weeks old using newborn foundations strategies and a PUPD method beyond 12 weeks of age. Baby A has been a champion sleeper until a few weeks ago, hitting the 12-month sleep regression HARD. Early mornings and crazy naps became a thing for a while. The family reached out to Erin to see what they could do to help their baby get back on track.

Erin makes a few tweaks to the routines and recommends using the Hatch clock - and gives her best tips on how to use it - for the family to try moving forward to help their little one start to identify some new sleep cues. Removing bottles/feeding from the sleep routines has been recommended too. They go over the steps for the 2-1 nap transition but are hoping the initial tweaks to the routine fix things before considering this as an option.

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