What I Wish I Knew About Baby Sleep Before They Were Born (from a mom of 4) | Episode 54

About this episode

Lo Mansfield shares insights on baby sleep from her experience as a mother of four, emphasizing the importance of flexible routines and safe sleep practices.

When it comes to baby sleep, I'm not coming at you as an expert - I'm coming at you as a mom of four who has been in the trenches and figured some things out the hard way. The biggest thing I want you to take away is this idea of anchors - rhythms and routines you can float around and return to, not rigid schedules that are going to stress you out when life doesn't cooperate. For me, those anchors looked like paying attention to sleep cues, thinking about total sleep needs in a 24-hour period, swaddling in those early weeks, and helping babies work through that day-night confusion. Join YBYB: www.thelabormama.com/birth & use the code PODCAST to save 20% I also really want you to hear about Safe Sleep Seven, because whether you plan to bed-share or not, the reality is most of us are going to fall asleep with our babies at some point - and knowing how to do that as safely as possible is something that honestly should be part of every hospital discharge conversation but isn't. Mentioned in this episode: Safe Co Sleeping: The Safe Sleep Seven Helpful Timestamps: 00:00 What You Need to Know About Baby Sleep 01:42 Why Baby Sleep is a Spicy Topic 06:53 Anchors Not Rules 09:15 Follow…

People in this episode

Host: Lo Mansfield

Topics covered

• baby sleep
• parenting
• routines
• safe sleep
• newborn care

Keywords

• baby sleep
• parenting tips
• sleep cues
• safe sleep
• newborn routines

Sponsors

YBYB

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YBYB, Safe Sleep Seven, thelabormama.com

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