#364 | When Co-Sleeping Gets Complicated: Weaning, Toddlers, and Sleep Transitions with Tiffany Belanger

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges co-sleeping families face during sleep transitions and weaning.

Today, we talk with Tiffany Belanger of @cosleepy about some of the challenges that may arise for co-sleeping families, whether you're trying to reduce night feeds, prepare for another baby, or simply want your bed back. We discuss how these transitions often unfold, including moving a child into a crib or floor bed, and why the experience can look completely different from one family to the next, depending on lifestyle, a child’s temperament, and the parents' mental and emotional states, lik...

People in this episode

Guest: Tiffany Belanger

Topics covered

• co-sleeping
• sleep transitions
• toddler sleep
• night feeds

Keywords

• family dynamics
• child temperament
• parenting challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Products: crib, floor bed

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