Your Sleep Guide

Welcome to Season 3 of the Your Sleep Guide Podcast with your host, Mylee Zschech, certified family sleep consultant and toddler sleep expert!

In this season, we're diving into the world of toddler sleep—covering important things you need to know to navigate this challenging but rewarding stage.

Here's a sneak peek of what you'll learn:

✨ Crafting a consistent and calming bedtime routine

✨ Understanding nap strikes and napt transitions

✨ Techniques to encourage independent sleep

✨ Troubleshooting common toddler sleep challenges

✨ And so much more…

In Season 3 of Your Sleep Guide, you'll gain:

❤️ Confidence to handle those bedtime battles like a pro

❤️ Practical strategies to help your toddler embrace sleep

❤️ Guidance and reassurance from a fellow parent and experienced sleep consultant

As both a mom and a sleep expert, I'm passionate about empowering families with the tools and knowledge they need to create peaceful, restorative sleep routines for their little ones. Let's walk through this toddler sleep season together, making sleep something the whole family can feel good about!

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In this episode, the host Mylee Zschech discusses separation anxiety, a common sleep struggle that happes between 6 to 8 months of age. While it may be challenging to witness your baby's tears when you step away, it's a positive sign of their development. Along with exploring why seperation anxiety happens, Mylee also discusses strategues that can help your child through this parent and remain a healthy, independent sleeper.

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In today's episode we tackle the familiar struggle of early wake-ups, a challenge that resonates with many parents.

We explore factors such as bedtime, nap quality, sleep environment, unintentional reinforcement of wake-ups, and sleep associations. As each factor is explored you will gain practical tips to encourage longer sleep stretches.

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In today's episode we delve into the world of short naps, a common reasons parents reach out to sleep consultants during their baby's first year of life.

First we explore the most common reasons short naps happen to help parents identify why their baby may be taking short naps to begin with. After this we explore how best to extend those short naps into long restorative naps.

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In this episode, we explore the common mistakes parents might make that could sidetrack their efforts in sleep training. Equipping yourself with an understanding of these common errors can truly empower your sleep training journey, as it enables you to navigate with greater awareness and consistency, increasing your ability to achieve sleep training success.

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Sleep Training E-Book: https://littlebigdreamers.net/ultimate-sleep-training-guide-for-4-12-month-olds/

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In this episode we explore how parents can teach their babies self soothing skills and to become independent sleepers. We discuss various sleep coaching methods—both gradual and direct—so that parents can make an informed decision on which method suits their child and parenting styles.

As parents navigate the journey of teaching independent sleep, it's crucial to understand that change might evoke protest. Babies might express their frustration through crying when adapting to new routines. In this podcast episode, the goal is to support parents on this journey toward fostering independent sleep for their babies, guiding them through challenges and empowering them with effective strategies for a restful night's sleep.

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Working with Mylee Zschech: https://littlebigdreamers.net/1833-2/

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During this episode your host Mylee Zschech delves into sleep associations and how they impact a baby's sleep. We explore both positive and negative sleep associations and when to look at making some sleep changes.

The episode then briefly develes into different steps that can be taken, outside of sleep training, to work on sleep associations and help a baby discover their own unique self soothing skills.

Please note, to learn more about different sleep training methods, tune into Episode 6 next week.

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Website: https://littlebigdreamers.net/

Sleep Training E-Book: https://littlebigdreamers.net/ultimate-sleep-training-guide-for-4-12-month-olds/

Instagram: @littlebigdreamerssleep

This episode tackles the widely anticipated question: "When do babies sleep through the night?". We explore what sleeping through the night means and what it can take for a baby to be able to sleep through the night.

Following from this, night weaning strategies are discussed and common myths for how to help a baby sleep through the night are dispelled.

This episode aims to provide parents with useful information on babies sleeping through the night while also reassuring parents that each baby's sleep journey is unique.

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Website: https://littlebigdreamers.net/

Sleep Training E-Book: https://littlebigdreamers.net/ultimate-sleep-training-guide-for-4-12-month-olds/

Instagram: @littlebigdreamerssleep

In this episode, Mylee Zschech, explores sleep for babies from 4 months to 1 year of age, giving a good overview of how sleep works for babies as they grow and mature. Not just overnight sleep, naps are discussed at length as well. With information provded on nap transitions, nap timing and benefits of different naps in the day. Naps out and about, in motion are also explored.

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Website: https://littlebigdreamers.net/

Working with Mylee Zschech: https://littlebigdreamers.net/1833-2/

Instagram: @littlebigdreamerssleep

In this episode we delve into pacifiers, discussing their advantages, drawbacks, and the process of weaning babies off them when the time comes.

We discuss ways to start pacifier weaning early, when the best time to wean is and what you can do later on down the track if they have become a strong sleep association.

Lastly, cautionary advice is given against modifying pacifiers to make them less appealing due to choking hazards.

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Baby Sleep Guide: https://littlebigdreamers.net/baby-sleep-guide/

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