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Episode 15: Help! My baby settles easily for my partner - but not for me!
Why does my baby settle easily for my partner but not for me? Will feeding to sleep in the daytime impact the number of times my baby wakes at night? Why does my baby struggle to resettle when waking up from a...
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Episode 14: Managing big emotions in babies, toddlers & pre-schoolers
Should you distract your crying child? Or is it better to support them to feel their emotions? Is a long lunchtime nap compulsory? What should you do if progress with cot settling starts to come undone? What should...
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Episode 13: Your sleep & settling questions
Dr Fallon & Dr Laura (PhD's Sleep Practitioners) answer questions from listeners including:
Why does my baby wake so often?
Should I wake my baby to feed them?
Why does my baby cat nap?
When should I resettle my...
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Episode 12: Toxic positivity
Social media isn't always a friendly or helpful place - especially if you are having a hard time with parenting. This week, Dr Fallon & Dr Laura (PhD's, Sleep Practitioners) talk about a particularly unhelpful...
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Episode 11: When the wheels fall off
Major life events can make parenting a real challenge, especially at bedtime. In this episode, Dr Fallon & Dr Laura (PhD's, Sleep Practitioners), explore the impact of major life events, including injury, illness,...
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Episode 10: Contact naps
Contact naps, where you hold your baby throughout their day naps, can be lovely and are especially nice during the first few weeks when you and your baby are figuring out feeding, and learning more about each...
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Episode 9: Help! My baby springs awake when I try a new settling approach
Have you tried to change how or where you settle your baby, only to find they spring awake and cry the moment they notice? You aren't alone!
In this episode, Dr Fallon and Dr Laura (PhDs, Sleep Practitioners) discuss...
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Episode 8: How our postdoctoral research helps families
The way parents interact with their baby can support strong language development and positive mental health across childhood. And better sleep leads to better quality interactions! In this episode you'll learn how to...
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Episode 7: Managing the last nap of the day, and sleep during illness
What should you do when the last nap of the day is getting very long and runs too close to bedtime?
How do you manage your baby or toddler's sleep during illness?
Dr Fallon & Dr Laura (PhDs, Sleep...
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Episode 6: Does sleep beget sleep?
Does sleep beget sleep?
Will more day sleep result in fewer night wakings, or is the opposite true - does less day sleep result in more night time sleep?
It's a complicated question with a complicated answer but Dr...
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Episode 5: Infant mental health
It's Infant Mental Health Awareness Week! But what is infant mental health and what can you do to support strong infant mental health?
In this episode Dr Fallon (PhD, Sleep Practitioner) dives in to the continuum of...
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Episode 4: Settling difficulties
Spending a long time trying to get your baby to fall asleep? Or having to do increasingly strange or tedious things to settle your baby? (Bouncing on a fit ball? 4am walks around the block? Maybe you've even climbed...
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