Do you have an orchid or a dandelion? How do you know if your baby is highly sensitive? And how can you parent with your own specific sensory needs?

As mentioned in the episode, you can do a HSP test here: https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/

The advice about over-tiredness is always changing when it comes to babies... is it a thing? is it the end of the world? is there any science involved in this whole concept that a person can be TOO tired?

Nobody talks about how lonely it can be if you're the only one with a child who continues to be wakeful when everyone else around you seems to be getting more sleep.

And then you might feel the pressure to sleep train if you ever talk about how tired you are.

Perhaps your partner or someone else close to you is trying to get you to make changes in a way that doesn't feel right for you right now.

This is an episode for anyone stuck in a comparison trap or a cycle of disagreement over whether to sleep train or not.

For more information on my guides and webinars, see https://littlenest.podia.com/

Do you have to sleep train in order for this regression to end?

Why is your baby suddenly more wakeful?

Why is there so much fearmongering out there about this stage?

In this episode I talk about the sleep science at this age as well as all the other reasons why it can be a tough patch.

If you want to know what you can do to improve the situation (without sleep training) and what red flags to look out for, I've got you.

• What if you can't imagine loving. your new baby as much as your first? How does the bond work?
• How do you do bedtime with two children (and one parent?)
• Are nap times always a disaster if your older child doesn't understand the concept of 'quiet! the baby is sleeping...'?

Are you ever ready?

What might sleep look like the second time around?

Is there such a thing as a 'perfect age gap'?

How do you keep your sh*t together when sleep deprived AND looking after another small human?

I talk to my very good friend (and fellow sleep consultant) Lucy Bagwell about what she's learnt since having her second baby and try to take in as much advice as possible now that I'm verrrry pregnant again...

For more about Lucy, see https://www.secondstarsleep.com/ or follow her @secondstartotheright_sleep

• Are you holding yourself to the highest standards as a mum?
• Have you noticed a cycle of self-criticism creeping in?
• What happens when perfectionists and people pleasers have babies?