The Sleep Mums

Jun 07 2023 84 ep. 30 mins 47
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The Sleep Mums is a baby sleep podcast for parents by parents; (mostly) functioning humans who want sensible, nonjudgmental, occasionally funny, easy to follow advice. Each episode will look at a baby sleep topic with FIVE take-aways that WILL help your baby sleep better. Each week, we’ll also answer a listener’s sleep question, putting our advice to practise in the real world. Hosted by parenting journalist Cat Cubie and baby sleep expert Sarah Carpenter, mums who know sleep but also know how you feel… knackered. This is the parenting podcast you’ve dreamt of; come on in and join the 3am club.

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Listener Questions: Comforters

Jun 07 2023 22 mins  
Comforters are an essential part of a sleep routine. We all have things we do before sleep that set us on the path to the land of nod, we know some of them are useful and some of them are not so much. In this episode we'll explore what a comforter is and answer some of your most common questions including: 1 - Is a swaddle is comforter?2 - How do I transition my baby out of a swadd

False Starts

May 24 2023 27 mins  
It’s bedtime, everyone’s calm and settled and suddenly 40 minutes later your baby is fast, fast AWAKE! In this podcast we’ll help you get to the bottom of this ready steady wake routine. We’ll cover: 1 - What is a False Start?2 - Why do they happen?3 - What can I do about them?4 - Why are they more common at night?5 - Do False Starts just happen to babies? Plus, we answer

Hourly Waking

May 17 2023 28 mins  
It’s the middle of the night, you’ve just got back to sleep and suddenly you hear a whimper, then it turns into a cry. You have just got your baby to sleep, they can’t possibly be up… The loop of exhaustion, frustration and disappointment that can come with regular night wakings is very real. We’re here to help you out of it. 1. Why does my baby wake every hour at night?

Morning Routines

May 10 2023 26 mins  
People talk about baby and children’s bedtime routines but what about a morning routine? At it’s simplest, a morning routine is a few steps that you take you from nighttime to daytime. But it’s not just a process, having a positive morning routine can have a biological effect and help to reset you and your child’s circadian rhythm. 1. What is a morning routine? 2. Is it so

Contact Naps

May 03 2023 26 mins  
Contact napping is where a baby, toddler or child spends their nap with all or part of their body in contact with their parent or caregiver. It’s lovely, its necessary, it’s part of parenthood but it can also be intense and tiring too. In this podcast we discuss: 1 - What is contact napping?2 - When it works3 - Is there a point it’s not so good?4 - How can you move away from

Growth Spurts

Apr 26 2023 30 mins  
Growth Spurts are an essentially exhausting part of childhood. There’s no set in stone way how to predict how and when your baby will grow. Sometimes a growth spurt hits overnight and a sleepsuit that fitted the day before suddenly wont snap (sometimes they last much longer). We’re here to help you through answering all this 1 - When and What are Growth Spurts? 2 - How Do I Kno

Toddler Sleep Tool Kit

Apr 19 2023 27 mins  
Sleep is a big topic in the baby days and then you hit the toddler years and it feels like it all goes quiet. However, as your baby has grown into a wild and wonderfully wilful toddler they have become more keyed into the world, so things like changes to their routine, separation anxiety, illness and teething can all add up to make sleep more challenging. That’s why you need our

Bedtime Boundaries [for Parents]

Apr 12 2023 44 mins  
Boundaries are such an important tool to help our children feel secure in their surroundings and with other people, but they’re also really important for us as parents. If we want to show our children the importance of them, we need to model them ourselves and one place they can really come in handy is sleep. We'll also answer our listener Laurie's question about putting boundar

Baby Sleep Tool Kit

Apr 05 2023 42 mins  
‘They don’t come with a manual’. If you're a parent it’s likely you’ve heard this more than once. The reason they don't is because there is no one right way. So, in place of a manual we have created a Baby Sleep Tool Kit. We are your biggest sleep supporters, however, as they say ‘it takes a village’ so as well as us, here are some of the most useful things to help yo

New Year, New Routine

Dec 29 2022 27 mins  
Sleep is generally not something associated with New Year - it’s all about counting down the minutes to staying up late. But once the holiday hangover, be that from too much mulled wine, mother in laws or mince pies, subsides everyone is all about making a fresh start. A change in routine isn’t a resolution, though, a good routine grounds you, giving you stability to deal with