83 - Toddler Tantrums, Bedtime Antics & How To Teach Effective Sleep Behaviours In Our Babies & Toddlers

To say Episode 83 is an absolute lifesaver for parents everywhere would be a drastic understatement! 

In this episode, Rachel welcomes Tara Mitchell of The Gentle Sleep Specialist for an earth shattering conversation where the two blow the lid off of Pandora’s box on all things from being a mummy to running a business to baby sleep to toddler sleep to child sleep…

They discuss:

-Tara and her story… how she got into paediatric sleep and sleep consulting

-How nothing prepared Tara for motherhood, especially the first few months 

-Tara’s process with working with parents who are desperate and tearing their hair out who believe they’ve tried everything 

-Common myths around sleep and why so many of us are terrified about making changes

-Why temperaments are different and why some kids need more guidance than others

-How sleep issues can become psychological issues and why a holistic approach is needed

-Breakdown of sleep patterns from age 4 months to toddler and what this means for you as the parent

-Why kids who are rocked or held to fall asleep are more prone to sleeping with one eye open and why they have trouble falling back to sleep

-How to be present with babies while still supporting the sleep process and why it’s not an attachment or a developmental issue

-The importance of having strong boundaries as parents and how this directly affects the sleeping patterns of our toddlers 

-The rise of ADHD in young kids and the dangers in being too quick to diagnose certain issues without looking at the other, larger factors at play

-How to balance screen time and successfully nurture our kids away from excessive iPad time

-What our kids really crave at bedtime and how we can give it to them

So many of us go into motherhood thinking that we need to go it alone, that our kids will just grow out of their poor sleeping habits and that it’s part and parcel of this parenthood thing…yet nothing could be further from the truth! 

While it can be a challenging time, the good news is, help is out there. Start here, with Episode 83 of the Chase Life podcast.

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Connect with Tara @thegentlesleepspecialist / https://gentlesleep.com.au/

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