Jayne Havens returns to the show- this time to talk about toddler sleep. Jayne is a certified sleep consultant through the institute of pediatric sleep and parenting. She works with families to help get their babies and kids sleeping better through her business Snoozefest by Jayne Havens! Jayne is also the founder of Pediatric Sleep Management where she trains other people to start their own businesses as sleep consultants.

In this episode Jayne and I discuss healthy sleep habits for toddlers, she talks about the amount the average toddler actually needs (which is much less than I realized). We also talk about what to do when the nap goes away, what to do when young kids crawl out of crib, agreements before bedtime and more. Anyone ever heard of a bedtime pass? This is a fun strategy Jayne implements with the bigger kids and I kind of love it!

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What we talked about:

3:45- The sleep challenges at different stages of a child’s life

5:00- Defining toddler years

6:30- When you should transition your child out of a crib into their own bed

8:20- What to do if your child starts crawling out of the crib at a young age

11:40- What to do when your child starts feeling scared sleeping alone

15:35- Cultivating a positive relationship with your kid’s sleep space

17:30- Strategies to help lessen the bedtime struggle with young kids

28:00- Strategy for taking away naps

35:20- Working with kids that have night terrors

37:55- Thoughts on melatonin

40:45- Thoughts on kids sleeping together in the same room

45:40- Creating a consistent bedtime routine and some ideas for bedtime incentives

51:10- The services that Jayne offers

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Kim Perry helps moms stay fit during & after pregnancy. She is Prenatal/Postnatal Certified and has effective workouts for mamas. Kim is the mother of three girls and runs her fitness business at home where she educates, motivates and encourages women walking through pregnancy and post partum.

What we talked about:

3:25- Introduction to Kim and her work

11:45- How she develops her programs and the programs that she offers

15:50- How everyone has different physical fitness goals postpartum

26:45- Having a baby in the middle of quarantine and her birth story

41:05- Tips for postpartum fitness

48:10- General recommendations for when to start her postpartum programs

51:30- Her Amtrak ride with her kids

55:35- End of podcast questions

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3:25- Introduction to Nate Webb, his work as a school counselor, and his business Bullies Be Gone

8:50-  The advice that he got from his dad while he was being bullied

12:15- What it feels like to work with high schoolers that are bullies or are being bullied

13:35- Steps he takes to help a bully realize that it is more fulfilling to be kind

14:30- The effects that social media can have on kids

19:00- How to prepare kids for the bullying that they may experience

28:50- How he is anticipating what to do as a parent if his kid is being bullied

30:50- Teaching our kids how to respond to hateful comments or messages on social media

36:20- The high rate of suicide in relation to social media

40:00- His plan for allowing his kids to have technology and phones

41:35- What he does when a student comes into his office not doing well

43:40- End of podcast questions

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Andrea Davis from Better Screen Time join us today! Andrea is the mother of five and has been researching the effects screen time has on families for years now. Andrea considers her family a low-tech family who had to rethink their approach to screens. I love that Andrea’s message is not one of fear for screens it’s one of confidence and connection.

At Better Screen Time, Andrea shares family-tested strategies with other parents so that: kids can stay kids, teens can learn to use tech as a tool (slowly!), and parents can spend less time worrying and more time connecting with their kids.

You can check out Andrea’s new ebook over on amazon “Creating a Tech Healthy Family” and check out all the resources she has to offer… including 100 screen free ideas over at BetterScreenTime.com.

In this episode we talk about creating a unique tech plan for your family, when and how to introduce phones and so much more!

What we talked about:

2:50- Introduction to Andrea and the backstory of why she started Better Screen Time

7:15- The difference between passive viewing time and interactive screen time

8:50- Setting up your own unique screen time plan for your own individual family and when to start creating a family tech plan

20:35- Creating new habits for kids to find something else to do and redirect them when they want to go on a screen

27:00- The importance of connecting with your kids

30:50-Steps to take to make sure kids aren’t using their screens to numb out feelings

40:10- The best time to offer a phone and social media to kids

46:30- Having a place specifically for phones to be placed overnight and during the day when screens aren’t allowed

52:55- End of podcast questions

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Jayne Havens is a certified sleep consultant through the institute of pediatric sleep and parenting. She works with families to help get their babies and kids sleeping better through her business Snoozefest by Jayne Havens! Jayne is also the founder of Pediatric Sleep Management where she trains other people to start their own businesses as sleep consultants.

In this episode Jayne provides tips and methods for helping you help your baby sleep through the night.  She shares what she believes sleep training really is and we both want you to walk away feeling empowered to help your baby sleep well and trust that you can make the decision that is best for your unique family when it comes to helping kids sleep.

What we talked about:

3:35- Introductions to Jayne and how she got so passionate about the work that she does

9:20- When you should start working with kids on sleeping habits

18:05- What sleep training is

23:10- Sleep training methods

35:15- Thoughts on early bedtimes for babies

36:55- Nap schedules and how that affects bedtime

39:20- How breastfeeding and bottle-feeding can affect sleep training

42:45- How she works with parents with a baby with colic

45:20- Going back to old sleep training methods when there are regressions or changes in the baby’s life

48:50- Top tips for successful sleep habits for babies

57:30- Her Pediatric Sleep Management business where she teaches other people to start their own business as sleep consultants

1:01- End of podcast questions

Here are some quick hit tips she shares in the episode: 

This is not a Fashion Story – Danielle Bernstein

Baby Be Kind – Jane Cowen Fletcher

Don’t Push the Button – Bill Cotter

Who is Books – Kirsten Anderson

Jayne’s Sleep Chart: