The Kids Sleep Show

In this episode, we discuss what might cause a 5-month sleep regression and how to ensure you don't get stuck in it. This is also a common time for a nap transition, so we share the sample schedule of that transition and what the timing should look like.

In this episode, we cover all about how to help a baby take the full feedings they need to grow, but without creating the habit of eating "to sleep" that many new parents struggle with.

There are many swaddle transition products on the market, but in honor of safe sleep month, I am discussing today the Baby Merlin Magic Sleep Suit and the main reasons we love it for infants from 3 - 9 months old to support healthy and safe sleep. 

In this episode, we steer away from sleep and focus more on resetting yourself as a busy mom, to ensure you are caring for yourself, because let's face it, you are no good to your family when you have nothing left to give. This exercise, which takes just a handful of minutes to complete, can help you bring attention to and reboot the balance you feel in your daily life. Identify gaps and understan...

How do you balance naps that are not in a crib or bed, but can still be restorative in nature? In this episode, we cover the right way to manage the realities and demands of being parents but still having a life out and about and a child who sleeps well. As a sleep consultants, we coach parents on achieving their sleep goals, based on their normal.  Free Sleep Community: Slumber Made Simple Free D...

In this episode, we review the main times that parents are ready to hire a sleep consultant for their baby or toddler? Are you a new mom with a newborn who doesn't sleep? Are you transitioning back to work and need a baby on a schedule? Do you have a new arrival coming? Is baby not yet sleeping through the night? Are naps short and do you lack a schedule? Is your toddler's behavior getting worse a...

Courtney discusses ways to help baby transition from breast to bottle. Start before baby is ravenous  Have a relative give the bottle Quiet / Calm place.  Change the Position/ Forward Facing  Different Bottles  Different Nipple Flow / Design Medicine Pacifier Top off with the bottle after 1 breast offered 

In this episode, Courtney talks all about when supported sleep in your newborn infant and toddler becomes a problem and the key ways to balance supported and independent sleep.

In this episode, Courtney speaks about pacifiers and their use in newborns, infants, toddlers, and school-aged children. She addresses first, how to identify if you even have an issue with it, then what are the ways to get rid of it for good if necessary and how long does that transformation take?    

In this episode, we have the pleasure of interviewing a prior sleep client of Tiny Transitions, who went on to have twins and develop her own amazing sleep swaddle that is unique and oh-so-amazing. Double the swaddle does = double the sleep and in this episode, we get right down to how this product can work for your newborn too!     

With supported sleep, i.e. anything you do to 'help' baby settle, there is a balance to ensure they are learning the skill of sleep and to self-settle, with the reality that cuddle naps, car-rides and a walk in the stroller is a nice way to break up the day. I explain how to live that 80/20 balance the right way, and still good longer naps and keep the baby sleeping through the night.  Resources: ...

In this episode, I discuss how to know the pacifier is the trouble behind your child's sleep struggles and sleeping through the night. Many sleep consultants will tell you straight away to get rid of it, but I don't look at it so black and white and explain when it can stay and when it needs to go.  Resources:  Slumber Made Simple Facebook Sleep Community

Join me as I interview the founder of Dreamland Baby Co, Tara Williams as we explore her journey to launching a weighted swaddle and blanket for children.    Resources:  Dreamland Baby Co   Facebook Group Slumber Made Simple   *Disclaimer: This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links and I only recommend products I personally us...

When should you supplement melatonin for children and what advice I would give parents thinking of doing so to try first, before getting to this point.  Resources: Facebook Group Slumber Made Simple     

In this podcast, Courtney dives deep in detail as to what is causing your baby a little to struggle with early morning wakings, no longer sleeping through the night, short naps, and how to fix the root cause of the early wakings before having to result in hiring a sleep consultant or sleep training.  Links:  Black Out Blinds Black Out Liner from Hobby Lobby  Sleep Resources Baby Dressing Guide   F...

In this podcast, I discuss when the right age is to drop a nap, how to tell it's time, and when you might need to keep or re-add that nap in, to maintain balance in your toddlers day. 

Join Courtney as she interview Dr. Katie Sherer as we discuss the importance of nutrition postpartum, the microbiome and the impact a diet can have on your hormones, mental clarity, sleep and digestive balance as adults and in our children. 

As adults, we sleep with pillows and blankets, but for children, the guidelines are different, as are their sleep preferences. In today's episode, we discuss when it makes sense to introduce them and also, hacks for babies under 12 months, who can't use them from a safe sleep standpoint, but still may love the comfort of soft sheets or a wearable blanket. 

Sleep regressions alone can be a challenge, then add teething into the mix and many parents can feel unsure as to the real reason their kid is not sleeping through the night. Today, we review how to assess if the wakings are teething related or perhaps, your little one has built up a small habit that you need to address. 

Can you Co-Sleep and Sleep Train? On this episode, Courtney talks all about that for infants and toddlers, what that means for your family sleep dynamic and the steps to take if you are ready to reclaim your bed sans kid.     Link to this free guide  Title:  The 5 Tips for More Sleep Tonight for your Kid https://tinytransitionsdownloadables.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Get+Your+Sleep+Back.pdf

Newborns at 3 months shift and leap dramatically at 3 months, and their sleep can sometimes derail, causing that dreaded 4 month sleep regression. In this episode, I discuss why it's happening, now to balance their day to set them up for overnight success and a sample schedule for a 3 or 4 month old baby to follow!! 

Balance life as a busy mother, balancing the mountain of responsibilities and still finding time to be preset for your family are what we are digging into today with Dana Stone, founder of LiveandRest.com { https://liveandrest.com/ }    IG https://www.instagram.com/thedanastone/

As a parent, sleep is the holy grail. When you go into each bedtime wondering just how it's going to go, that can be very stressful. Today, Courtney Zentz, Pediatric Sleep Coach & Founder of Tiny Transitions, breaks down what the main causes of overnight sleep struggles are and how to identify and change what you are doing, to give your child the gift of sleep. 

As we prepare to spring forward this episode will teach you how to keep your kids sleep well!