Ahh the dreaded bedtime battle! Getting your child to go to bed - and stay there - can be a nightly battle that leaves you feeling completely exhausted when you have no energy left.
This week on Parents You’ve Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast we welcome back our Sleep Expert Dr Laura Conway from Infant Sleep Australia to help with those dreaded bedtime battles.
In this episode we discuss:
- How common bedtime battles are
- Why children resist sleep when they need it so much
- What some of the most common causes of bedtime struggles are
- If there is a particular age where bedtime battles are worse than others
- As a sleep expert, the funniest bed time battles Laura has heard about
- How to get your child to stay in bed when they just keep coming out again and again
- How over tiredness and under tiredness affect the bedtime
- How important a bedtime routine is when it comes to bedtime battles
- The important elements of a bedtime routine
- How to help a child who worries at bedtime
- Advice for parents whose child needs you to lie there in order for them to fall asleep
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