Heather Boyd, sleep coach, occupational therapist, and mom of 3 addresses the big concern that many parents have around their baby being overtired.  She provides reassurance and strategies for managing overtiredness in babies and explains what else might be going on, and why it can be SO hard to get your baby to fall asleep if they’ve missed their bedtime.

 2:18 Fear of baby being overtired

3:26 How sleep is built

4:48 Signs that your baby is overtired

5:34 What overtiredness, overstimulation, and boredom have in common

6:00 Signs of overstimulation

6:27 Signs of boredom

7:15 What if it’s not overtired, it’s dysregulation?

7:50 Sleep pressure and overtiredness

8:20 When we miss tired cues (or the cues are unclear)

9:05 The Wake Maintenance Zone

10:13 When we’re over-invested in getting our babies to sleep (and why it gets so frustrating when they don’t!)

11:05 How to get unstuck when your baby won’t sleep

13:40 3 Strategies if your baby skips a nap

15:05 3 Strategies if you feel your baby is chronically overtired

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