Sleep Cues: The Everything Parenting Podcast

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Getting Great Sleep for the Holidays Dec 05, 2023

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Replay of our top 5 tips for keeping sleep on track this holiday season. Additionally I share advice on those tough conversations you can be faced with this time of year with friends and family about how important your child's sleep is!
Of course it can be hard to say no, but you need to do what is best for you, your baby and your family - this episode is your support to help keep your child's sleep schedule on track during ht busy holiday time

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

Managing Sleep Schedules with Multiple Kids: an interview with Katie Sproul Nov 28, 2023

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Today's episode we have Katie Sproul — Doctor, Wife and Pediatric Occupational Therapist by trade, now a full-time Stay At Home Mom of three small babes. She has a passion for sharing the ups and downs of motherhood while keeping a sense of humor alive and well. Katie's motto: "Motherhood is messy, frustrating, and chaotic, and it’ll drive you crazy if you let it."
In this episode, Katie shares her struggles and strategies to balancing bedtime routines and different sleep schedules with multiple kids!
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Erin Junker | Paediatric Sleep Consultant
Instagram @thehappysleepcompany
Website www.thehappysleepcompany.com

Q&A: Night Wakes, Dropping a Nap Before or After Travel Plans and more! Nov 21, 2023

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Answering this weeks Top 5 Questions! This week's questions highlight the following:
- Sleep schedule for 1 nap at 18 months
- Back rubs to sleep and night wakes
- No naps and waking at 6am
- Average time for baby to fall asleep while on a good schedule
- Showing signs to drop a nap before we go away, do it now or wait?

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.caand 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

How to Dress Baby for Sleep Nov 14, 2023

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It's getting colder, and there many of us are heading into the season of the year where we are trying to keep warm, and of course — wanting to keep our babies warm! Especially as they sleep, because the last thing we want is our baby waking in the night because they are cold! We talk about how to dress baby for sleep and what to wear under a sleep bag!

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

Q&A: All About Sleep Scheduling Nov 07, 2023

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Answering this weeks Top 5 Questions! This week's questions highlight the following:
- Advice on dropping to 1 nap at 10 months, when fighting the second nap
- Early wakes, should baby be going to bed later at night?
- Fighting the afternoon nap, push the nap time back?
- Waking from 4th nap, early bedtime or try for a 5th nap and later bedtime
- Bouncing to sleep at 6 weeks, is it worth trying to practice putting down awake for bed/nap at this stage? Or is it unlikely to "catch" this early on?

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

Potty Training and Sleep: an interview with Shelly from Happy Potty Time Oct 31, 2023

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Today's episode we have Shelly — licensed Physical Therapist, and founder of Happy Potty Time. For Shelly, motherhood has inevitably shed a light into the importance of pelvic floor function for good health. Shelly founded Happy Potty Time in 2020 in the midst of a pandemic as she realized the science of pelvic floor physical therapy has a clear place in pediatrics.
Shelly teaches strategies to use with your child to develop healthy potty habits to protect the pelvic floor muscles and successfully transition out of diapers!
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VISIT happypottytime.com
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.caand 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

Q&A: Crib Transition, Waking From Naps After 30 Minutes, 5am Wakes and more! Oct 24, 2023

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Answering this weeks Top 5 Questions! This week's questions highlight the preschool and toddler stage:
— Moved from a crib to a bed, now getting out of bed
— Waking from naps after 30 minutes
— Adjusting schedule for 5 and a half month old overtired at bedtime
— Dropping a nap around Daylight Saving Time, do it before or after
— 5am wakes

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

Prepping for Daylight Saving Time Oct 17, 2023

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Replay of our Daylight Saving Time info... Oh, the dreaded Fall Back – the change in Daylight Saving Time that occurs each autumn that has parents of already-early wakers wanting to run for the hills. Good news! There ARE ways to manage Daylight Saving Time that will result in much less stress for your family.
In this episode we discuss:
- Are there things you can do to prep for this time?
- The different options to tackling daylight saving time with your babe
- And strategies for each whichever way works best for you and your family
- What to remember about this speed "bump" in your child's sleep schedule
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.caand 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

Q&A: Swaddle to Sleep Sack, Sickness and Sleep for Baby, and more! Oct 10, 2023

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Answering this weeks Top 5 Questions! This week's questions highlight the preschool and toddler stage:
— Swaddle to sleep sack
— 6 month development and sleep
— Early morning wakes
— Sickness and sleep for baby
— 10 months and naps

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

Top Tips for New Parents on How to Manage Household Mess (and maintain your sanity) Once Baby Arrives with Declutter Expert Katy Joy Wells Oct 03, 2023

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Today's episode is with Kat Joy Wells — Declutter Expert and Simplifier helping families create supportive homes they actually love to spend time in.

Katy inspires a grace-filled, practical and self-affirming sense of “Wow! I really can do this!” for over 250,000 families across the world. She proves that by moving away from surface-level strategies and into deeper conversations to solve clutter problems at their root, even beginners can bypass overwhelm and self-doubt and instead generate exciting momentum as they move closer to creating a home they love that allows them to focus on what truly matters!

FOLLOW @katjoywells
VISIT www.katyjoywells.com
In this episode we've partnered with Obasan
Click HERE to save - We want your family sleeping great! Use code HAPPYSLEEPADULT at checkout to get $80 off a queen sized shredded rubber pillow for Mom or Dad! Head to obasan.com / obasan.ca and get great sleep started!

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

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