Jenna is the owner of Wink & Bundle, a pediatric sleep consulting company based in DC Metro Area. She is a certified infant and toddler sleep consultant, pediatric nurse, and mother of four who loves to help tired parents teach their children how to get great restorative sleep!

She LOVES sleep, and her goal is create a non judgemental, nurturing environment for families where they can gain encouragement and knowledge though her experience and nursing background.

What we talked about: 

• Working at Children’s National Medical Center as a nurse and helping families in their worst days
• The grueling and lonely times of being a stay-at-home mom
• Feeling like she was missing something and wanting to help families in their time of need 
• Expecting to be able to handle the exhaustion of a newborn easily because she did the crazy shift work of nursing, but it hit her hard
• Getting certified to be a sleep consultant and talking to parents when they are at their breaking points
• The plans she has for her business and expanding 
• How people often ask her if she’s done having kids because she has four and two of each gender
• The anxiety of adding more kids to her family and the fear of not being able to love another kid as much
• The physical exhaustion of parenting and how she aches at the end of the day
• Coaching parents through sleep training and how rewarding it is
• Looking at the whole picture with her clients to narrow down what the issue is and helping them identify ways to change their routine to improve sleep 
• What the process of working with a sleep consultant is like
• The motivation and accountability that comes with having a sleep coach
• The most classic sign that your child is overtired 
• The importance of darkness in a room - between 4-6am is your lightest time of sleep for a child and if anything wakes them during that time - including light - it will shut off their melatonin 
• What age should children be dropping their nap
• How kids need quiet time even if they aren’t napping anymore 
• Things to look for in kids to see whether or not they are ready to drop a nap 
• Her favorite piece of sleep advice 
• How she makes everything work in her family with four kids 
• The importance of alone time 
• Wanting to be more spontaneous and present for her kids
• Setting lower expectations to achieve a happier life
• How the minivan has been the best thing that ever happened to her 

Connect with Jenna on Instagram @winkandbundle or visit her site. 

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