Answering this weeks Top 5 Questions! This week's questions had many families asking, is this normal?! We answer your questions but also remind our families that every child and situation is different and the terms what is normal vs. standard from a sleep consultant

– Do moving bassinets like the SNOO help newborns fall asleep by themselves?

– How long should it take baby to fall asleep once they are in the crib?

– Is it normal for a 10 minute car nap to reset my baby’s wake window?

– My 5 month old goes to bed well but has short cry outs a couple of times per night. Why is this?

– My 10 month old is randomly waking up twice per night again when he used to STTN, but he falls asleep independently. Why?

The Happy Sleep Company’s Infant / Toddler Sleep Program is suited best for children who are 14 weeks to 3 years of age and still sleeping in a crib. Children at this age need healthy sleep for proper development, to boost their immune systems, and to help them take in the big, bright, ever-changing world around them. At this age and in this environment, amazing sleep habits can be established very quickly with loads of consistency and tons of love involved! We will work closely with your family to develop a sleep plan that is right for your child, and help you help your little one to be sleeping through the night and taking proper naps within our two weeks together! LEARN MORE HERE

Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com

On today's episode we have Nutritionist Rachel Caven on and we are talking about sleep and nutrition! Especially for our toddler families, and learning to really understand the role nutrition plays with our kids, how it affects them and their energy levels (and explaining this to them!) 

Rachel's work focuses on how she can break down the science and technical side of nutrition and just make nutrition simple for families!

FOLLOW Rachel HERE

Website HERE

Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com

Answering this weeks Top 5 Questions! This week's questions highlight the following: 

- My 10 month old is refusing his second nap for the past few days since he learned to stand in the crib. Any tips?

- My 8 week old can put himself to sleep on his own, but isn’t connecting sleep cycles to have longer naps. Is this normal?

- My 6 month old started rolling and is now only having short naps. How long will this last?

- My 9 month old is struggling with making it to even a 6pm bedtime on a 2 nap schedule. Any advice? (How a 9am/2pm schedule may work for your baby!)

- Can I rock to sleep and get longer stretches of naps for a 5 month old baby?

Don’t need step-by-step sleep coaching, but need advice on age-specific awake times, milestones, regressions, scheduling tweaks, and more? Our Sleep Guides have you covered! 

Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com

[REPLAY] And we are talking travel... and of course travel and SLEEP! Life with kiddos change, especially when it comes to travel plans! The more to pack and more to plan while travelling with your kids, and we want to make sure you can still get a vacation on your trips! 

From time zone changes to sleeps in new environments,  listen in for my top tips for Travel and Sleep. 

Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com

Dr. Tracy D is back — talking to us about what we do when we, as parents with little ones, start to feel like roommates. She shares things we can work on to not feel like roommates, why we might be starting to feel this way, and how we can work together to get to the other side of this feeling!

In this episode we've partnered with Obasan
Click HERE to save - We want your kids sleeping great! Use code HAPPYSLEEP at checkout and receive 10% off when you purchase a crib mattress–head to obasan.com / obasan.ca and get great sleep started!
**NOTE: be sure to shop obasan.com or obasan.ca pending your country location

Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com

A tough topic but an important one today — Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID), which includes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), is the leading cause of mortality in infancy. We always want to help families understand the ways they can reduce the risks of SIDS, we also work with families who are using products that are often marketed towards the idea of reducing SIDS but are actually causing a lot of anxiety for parents. Sleep is a really big challenge for a lot of families with young babies but following safe sleep recommendations can prevent many SIDS fatalities. 

Read More on SIDS HERE

Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com

 Answering this weeks Top 5 Questions! This week's questions highlight the following: 

— My 9 month old wakes up at 5:30am each day going in and out of sleep and making noises here and there until 6 or 6:30am - should I change something about his schedule?

 — I’m working on sleep coaching, and I’m trying to put my baby in the crib awake. My question is, does her “wake window” end when I put her in the crib, or when she actually falls asleep?

 — We’re going on a vacation with a 1 hour time difference. Would you adjust with the time zone or not?

 — How to transition from bed sharing to crib sleeping for my 7 month old.

 — My 8.5 month old still wakes 2-3 times per night to eat. How do I change this? Please help!

Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com

When we start working with families, it is very typical that there is one parent excited and on board for sleep coaching — and one who is a little more skeptical. And in my experience... it is usually Dad's that have been the more apprehensive of it all. So today's episode, we have one of our Happy Sleep Dads, Chris Golle on to talk through it all, share his experience and how he is now a believer! 

Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com

Today we are talking about the term, "Drowsy but Awake" — and more specifically what this even means when we say this. We also discuss why you would do this, when we would recommend doing it, when we do not recommend it, why it often doesn't work and what does work instead!

In this episode we've partnered with Obasan
Click HERE to save - We want your kids sleeping great! Use code HAPPYSLEEP at checkout and receive 10% off when you purchase a crib mattress–head to obasan.com / obasan.ca and get great sleep started!
**NOTE: be sure to shop obasan.com or obasan.ca pending your country location

Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com

Answering this weeks Top 5 Questions! This week's questions highlight the following:     

— Tips to get newborn to go from contact napping to sleeping in their bassinet
— 5 month old struggles to make it to a 2 hour wake window, showing signs of tiredness at 1.5 hours. Thoughts?
— When sleep training, if baby wakes up from a nap crying, should we go get her up right away or wait?
— My almost 9 month old is having early wakes. Her wake windows right now are 2.5 to the first nap, then three hours to nap 2 and bedtime. It’s often a stretch to get even to 6pm for bedtime though because her day starts so early! Help!
— 6 month old always wakes after half an hour then needs multiple soothings from me before finally settling. How can I get her napping longer?

Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com