Q&A: When Can Kids Use Adult Pillows?

About this episode

This episode answers common sleep-related questions for parents, including when kids can use adult pillows and how to handle sleep training with night feeds.

Answering this week's Top 5 Sleep Questions. This week’s questions highlight the following topics: - When can kids use adult pillows? - Can you sleep train if your baby still needs night feeds? - My child is 23 months old. Do we still focus on wake windows, or do we do a by the clock schedule at this point? - My 18 month old no longer falls asleep independently. He needs to be held to sleep and wakes at least twice every night. What do I do? - What are the wake windows for a 6.5 month old? ...

People in this episode

Host: Erin Junker

Topics covered

• sleep training
• night feeds
• wake windows
• independent sleep
• pillow use

Keywords

• adult pillows
• sleep training
• night feeds
• wake windows
• independent sleep

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