Will Sleep Training Make Our Life Rigid?

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential impacts of sleep training on family life and flexibility.

We are continuing our mini-series on sleep training hesitations. And today the big question we're asking is, Will sleep training make our life rigid? And we're answering that big question by answering these smaller questions: What if I want to enjoy a contact nap? Will sleep training make my baby a sleep snob? Does sleep training mean we’ll be stuck at home all day every day? We travel a lot. We’re not schedule-people. We have big kids and are busy with their activities. Can we still sleep train? Learn how we balance sleep and real life, and how we, as sleep coaches, make sure we include these conversations while walking families through their personalized sleep training plans. And snag our free baby schedule guide here !

People in this episode

Host: Lauren Engler

Topics covered

• sleep training
• parenting
• family life
• baby sleep
• flexibility

Keywords

• sleep training
• contact nap
• baby sleep schedule
• parenting tips
• family activities

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