This episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast is a conversation with Kim Hawley, a holistic sleep coach. We cover what developmentally appropriate sleep is and Kim shares some great tips and tricks to work with our little ones so everyone stays safe and gets more sleep. Be sure to listen to the end when we discuss my own experiences and sleep regrets from 20 years ago, when I was a young mother with children who didn’t sleep well. 

We talk about:

• 4:18 Developmentally appropriate sleep expectations kids 0-1 years-old

• 8:27 Problematic sleep practices that started in the 1950s

• 9:30 Developmentally appropriate sleep for toddlers

• 11:40 Why do toddlers wake at night?

• 17:00 How to get everyone more sleep safely

• 18:50 How to make babies/toddlers more comfortable with a separate room

• 22:00 Is there a place for tears?

• 27:55 The problems with rigid sleep schedules

• 32:00 Good sleep hygiene practices

• 38:18 How to use noise machines

• 39:00 Sarah’s story with night weaning as a case study

Download the episode transcript HERE 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Developmentally Appropriate Sleep Expectations: Birth to Age 5 (2024 Update) https://intuitiveparentingdc.com/blog/2018/7/6/developmentally-appropriate-sleep-expectations-birth-to-age-5 

• The Responsive Family Sleep Podcast https://intuitiveparentingdc.com/podcast 

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