Explore every episode of the podcast The Baby Sleep Connection: Holistic help for tired, responsive parents who don't want to sleep train
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| Ep 59: Managing a Sleep Emergency Part 2 | 14 oct. 2025 | 00:21:20 | |
In Part 2 of Sleep Emergencies, Heather Boyd, occupational therapist and sleep coach, explores a shift she has seen in her private practice away from “preventing” sleep challenges towards more sleep emergencies, and increased parent stress. The impact on mental health is significant, and getting the appropriate supports is crucial. At a time when stress and information overwhelm are high, parents who are struggling with their child’s sleep are also experiencing feelings of guilt and shame. This only adds to the burden parents are carrying. Listen in to explore:
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Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 58: Managing a Sleep Emergency | 01 oct. 2025 | 00:26:58 | |
What is a sleep emergency? How is it different than difficult sleep that needs coaching. And when is it a mental health emergency requiring medical attention? Heather Boyd, occupational therapist and certified infant and family sleep specialist, explores these questions and offers strategies for getting support and managing a sleep emergency including:
Additional Resources: If you are struggling, call for support without delay: your doctor, your midwife, your therapist or when it is a crisis, 911 or your local crisis line. Call your local crisis line -in Niagara Ontario it's COAST (Crisis Outreach And Support Team, available 24/7). In the U.S. call the Maternal Mental Health Line (https://mchb.hrsa.gov/programs-impact/national-maternal-mental-health-hotline). Internationally, reach out through Postpartum Support International at https://postpartum.net/ . Go to the Emergency Department or call 911 if you worry that you or your partner or spouse is at risk of harming themselves or their baby. Getting the support you need matters. Mentioned in this episode: The concept of sleep emergencies is from Lyndsey Hookway in a talk a number of years ago. Lyndsey Hookway is an IBCLC and founder of the Holistic Sleep Coach training in the United Kingdom at https://lyndseyhookway.com/hscp/ If you found value in this podcast:
Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 57: Sleep Associations: The Good, the Helpful, and the Misunderstood | 25 sept. 2025 | 00:23:43 | |
Sleep associations often get a “bad wrap”, being labelled crutches or bad habits. In this episode, Heather breaks down what a sleep association is, what it isn’t, and how to appreciate the role sleep associations have in making bedtimes more pleasant. Sharing parallels with routines and habits we have during the day, as well as sleep associations that we as adults use, Heather makes a case for judgement-free sleep associations and why doing what works, and changing what doesn’t, is a helpful approach at any age. What you can do next:
Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 56: Laila on Her Personal Journey with Antenatal Depression | 18 sept. 2025 | 00:48:41 | |
Laila, mom of two and host of the popular Learning To Mom Podcast, shares her personal story about discovering what prenatal depression is and why she has come to understand that prenatal depression may have been part of what made her unexpected pregnancy at age 24 so challenging. This is a heartfelt conversation that runs the gamut from laughter to vulnerability. Although the circumstances of Laila’s journey are unique to her, and where she found support may be different than for you, her message is important: when you understand your experience, and you know what may be happening to you, it becomes easier to get the support you need to survive and thrive at a very challenging time. It can also reduce the guilt and shame you may be feeling around how you are navigating pregnancy and motherhood. In this episode:
If you are struggling with depression (prenatally, postnatally, or outside of pregnancy altogether), talk with your doctor or mental health professional today, be honest with what you are feeling, and get the support you deserve. If you are the spouse, partner, or loving family member or friend who sees your loved one struggling, do not hesitate to help them get help. Mentioned in this episode:
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Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 55: The Language of Sleep –What is Your Baby Saying With Their Sleep? | 26 août 2025 | 00:16:29 | |
What if your baby’s sleep was a language you just haven’t become fluent in yet? It can be frustrating to try to figure out what interrupted sleep, resistant naps, or frequent waking are telling us. But if we start looking at this as a language we can learn, the cues become like words, and patterns begin to form sentences that help us understand what our baby needs. Mentioned in this episode:
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Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 54: What If The Problem Isn’t Your Baby’s Sleep Schedule? | 19 août 2025 | 00:22:12 | |
Have you been doing “everything right” with your baby’s schedule, following a rigid instructions of a nap and bedtime schedule you found in a book or online and still feel like sleep isn’t working? Listen to 3 key perspectives that will have you rethinking your relationship to your baby’s sleep schedule. Ultimately:
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Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 53: Three Things I Wish Every Parent Knew About Baby Sleep | 12 août 2025 | 00:26:13 | |
Whether you are a first-time mom or have multiple kids, there are a few things Heather would want to share with you over a cup of tea (or decaf Americano) to make sleep development easier to navigate. Listen in as she reassures listeners that: Your baby is not broken (and you did NOT break their sleep) Your approach is going to be unique and doesn’t have to follow the rules of any one approach. There’s no “good enough parent club” you have to tick boxes in to be a member in good standing. You deserve support and you aren’t supposed to do this all on your own. Worth exploring after this episode:
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Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 52: Birthing Through a Yoga Lens with Angela Sacco | 25 juil. 2025 | 00:37:47 | |
Angela Sacco talks with Heather about how to give birth through the perspective of yoga. In the interview we talk about: How sounds during labour support opening of your cervix (and what sounds to make) Breath, and its role in birthing your baby How the vagus nerve supports you in staying in a regulated parasympathetic state and staying out of sympathetic fight or flight The connection between fear and pain Visualizing (and how it’s ok if it’s not a strategy that you lean on) How much a sense of community is underestimated in supporting pregnancy and motherhood The number one question parents ask Angela Trusting your instincts What you really need when you have your baby (spoiler: it’s not as much as you think) Angela’s roles, past and present, as doula, yoga instructor, and owner of Between Mothers in St. Catharines Ontario And much more We also get interrupted by a phone ringing and a cat meowing (#reallife) To learn more about Angela, go to betweenmothers.ca, facebook.com/betweenmothers What you can do next: Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! Don’t miss the next episode of The Baby Sleep Connection: Sign up for weekly baby sleep emails (which includes a heads up when a new podcast episode is released Work with Heather inside the Confident & Connected Baby Sleep group program or one-on-one. Find previous episodes of the podcast at infantsleep.ca/podcast Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 51: You Ask, I Answer: How to Bridge to the Next Connection and How to Reduce 2 Hour Bedtimes | 17 juil. 2025 | 00:27:10 | |
You Ask, I Answer! Join Heather as she answers questions about how to bridge to the next connection without interrupting the bedtime routine, and how to problem solve 2 hour bedtimes. She covers:
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Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 50: Using Light to Support Sleep: A Conversation About Quantum Biology with Carrie Bennett | 26 juin 2025 | 00:48:42 | |
Join Heather Boyd as she talks to Carrie Bennett, a health educator in the emerging field of quantum biology, about using light to optimize health and sleep. Carrie has a background in biology, nutrition and body work. Her work is focused on supporting clients by translating and applying research and knowledge about using light and water for promoting optimal health. In this episode, Heather and Carrie talk about:
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Credits:🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 49: Independent Bedtimes for 15 month old and a 3 year old -You Ask, I Answer | 19 juin 2025 | 00:26:06 | |
In this episode, Heather answers real questions from tired parents looking for solutions. We cover two questions about independent sleep:
To answer these questions, Heather describes sleep support strategies that respect your baby’s need for safety and security, stage of development, and temperament. Listen in to hear how the Loved to Sleep method can help you change how a 15 month old falls asleep, and what the Boomerang Method and Bridging to the Next Connection can do to support your preschooler’s sleep. Mentioned in this episode:
Do you have a question you want answered on the podcast?
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Credits: Credits:🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 48: How to Handle the 4 Month Sleep Regression | 12 juin 2025 | 00:28:49 | |
Let’s talk about the 4-month sleep regression: what it is, what it’s not, and how to manage it. In this episode, Heather Boyd, occupational therapist and sleep coach, explores what’s happening at the 4-month mark and how to move past the worry and fear about this stage of your baby’s development. You’ll learn:
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Credits:🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 47: Nightweaning with Kim Hawley, IBCIC and Holistic Sleep Coach | 06 juin 2025 | 00:47:04 | |
If there was one theme in my practice in the past year, it was night weaning and how to do it with respect, reason, and responsiveness. So today’s episode is right on the mark. My colleague and friend, Kim Hawley, IBCLC and Holistic Sleep Coach, shares perspectives and guidance on night feeding and weaning, and its relationship to sleep. Kim Hawley, MA, MPH, IBCLC is a Holistic Sleep Coach, Lactation Consultant, Peaceful Parenting Educator, mom, and the host of The Responsive Family Sleep Podcast. She helps tired parents bring together developmental knowledge, sleep science, and their intuition to improve family sleep. Her specialty is holistic, responsive sleep support for babies, toddlers, and nursing families. Kim lives in Capitol Hill, Washington DC with her husband, 2 kids, guide dog, and cat. She loves running, listening to audio books, coffee, chocolate, and wine. Listen for:
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What you can do next: Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! Download the Baby Sleep Connection Podcast Listener Guide at www.familysleep.ca/podcast Work with Heather inside the Confident & Connected Baby Sleep group program or one-on-one. Find previous episodes of the podcast at familysleep.ca/podcast Stay tuned for a collaborative project Kim and I are working on! Credits:🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 46: From Reflexes to REM -Understanding Newborn Sleep Development | 30 mai 2025 | 00:24:54 | |
Wondering if your newborn’s sleep is normal? In this episode, Heather Boyd, occupational therapist and sleep coach, breaks down what to expect in the first few months of sleep development. Listen in to hear:
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Credits:🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 45: How to (Attachment) Parent YOUR Way | 22 mai 2025 | 00:35:04 | |
Heather explores the pressure she felt as a new mom to “measure up” and be “attachment-based enough”. This pressure to be good enough is a theme that comes up often in her one-on-one and sleep group work. In this episode, Heather explores:
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Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 44: Babywearing with Jordan Morillo, O.T. | 15 mai 2025 | 00:55:13 | |
Baby wearing (carrying a baby on your body using a sling, wrap, or fabric carrier) is a popular and useful way of keeping baby close, and keeping a caregiver’s hands free. In this episode, Heather talks with Jordan Morillo, maternal health occupational therapist, mom of one, and babywearing educator about the benefits and barriers to baby wearing. Jordan became inspired to start The Babywearing OT when she saw gaps in the perinatal care continuum after giving birth to her son. Her evidence-based wisdom and passion for sharing information on the safety, merits, options and strategies for baby wearing leaves little doubt: babywearing is not a fad, but is a long-term helpful strategy that, with the right knowledge, can be done safely and easily. When Jordan’s not working, you can find her caring for her plants, exploring local restaurants and boba tea shops, and spending afternoons on the couch, nap trapped. Where to find Jordan: Website: motherhoodtherapyservices.com IG: motherhoodtherapyservices.com What you can do next:
Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 43: Flora’s Walk: Compassion, Connection, and Community Awareness of Maternal Mental Health | 08 mai 2025 | 00:21:37 | |
In May, communities across Canada come together for Flora’s Walk to increase awareness of maternal mental health and raise funds for community agencies who support mothers in the perinatal period. In this episode, Heather explores:
Don’t miss this important episode. Mentioned in this episode:
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Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 42: 3 Tips that Change the Way You Look At Sleep Challenges | 24 avr. 2025 | 00:16:02 | |
If you’re feeling frustrated or discouraged by your baby’s sleep, you’re not alone. There’s really no way to fully appreciate how exhausted you’ll be as a parent, even if you’ve been told you’re going to be tired and your baby will wake up often. In this episode, Heather breaks down 3 shifts you can make so that your baby’s sleep is easier and less draining starting right now. So often in our search for solutions to sleep problems, we focus on fixing what isn’t broken, and we struggle to shift our expectations around what we think our baby's sleep looks like. We also tend to latch onto what has worked for other families, instead of looking at what our unique babies need from us (and what we’re capable and willing to do). The 3 tips in this episode won’t address underlying sleep disorders (that’s an episode of its own!). What it will do is give you a foundation for what you can shift TODAY so that you are losing less energy trying to make sleep look a certain way. Mentioned in this episode:
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Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 41: Kinder Musik with Miss Corrie Rose | 17 avr. 2025 | 00:41:06 | |
Corrie Rose is a Kinder Musik educator in Niagara Ontario and studio owner of Kinder Musik with Miss Corrie. Music is a powerful and deeply engrained medium for learning, connection, and regulation. Kinder Musik is a specific program that uses instruments, stories, and movement activities to support early development. In this episode we explore
Where to find Miss Corrie: Website: www.kindermusikwithmisscorrie.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/KindermusikWithMissCorrie IG: kindermusikwithmisscorrie What you can do next:
Credits: 🎵 Music Credit: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 40: How to Fit Naps in Without Destroying Bedtime | 03 avr. 2025 | 00:24:22 | |
Naps can be a huge stress for parents. You might be asking yourself: What time should naps be? How long should they be? How do you drop a nap? And what on earth do you do if your baby falls asleep at 5pm? What will happen to bedtime?! In this episode, Heather shares strategies on managing the messy middle of changing naps to support night time sleep. Have a listen to explore:
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🎵 Music Credit: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 39: Strength-Based Sleep: Finding Your Baby's Superpowers | 20 mars 2025 | 00:08:26 | |
In February, I had the pleasure of speaking at Sleeposium 2025, an annual international conference for sleep professionals. I spoke about the importance of taking a STRENGTH-based approach when working with families. When families are seeking help around sleep, it’s not because things are going well –there are often some pretty big challenges and some significant hurdles. Parents feel exhausted and defeated. And it can feel like NOTHING is going well. Buried under all the challenges, however, are strengths that can help us support your baby’s sleep and help them reach their potential. It’s so important to look for the strengths! Listen in as I share why a strength-based approach is key to getting the support you need. What you can do next:
Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 38: Baby Massage with Helen Thompson | 13 mars 2025 | 00:26:58 | |
Heather is joined today by Helen Thompson, Tasmania-based infant massage instructor with over 3 decades of experience working with babies, toddlers, and their families. In this episode, Helen helps break down:
And more Helen is host of the First Time Mum’s Chat podcast (on which Heather was a guest for episode 160) and is a huge advocate and source of support for mums navigating their parenting journey. You can find Helen at www.mybabymassage.net, on instagram at @babymassagehelen and @firstimemumschat What you can do next: Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! Don’t miss the next episode of The Baby Sleep Connection: Sign up for weekly baby sleep emails (which includes a heads up when a new podcast episode is released Work with Heather inside the Confident & Connected Baby Sleep group program or one-on-one. Find previous episodes of the podcast at infantsleep.ca/podcast Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 37: How to Spring Forward with the Time Change | 06 mars 2025 | 00:16:18 | |
It’s time for the Spring Forward time change! And that means losing a precious hour of sleep at a time in your parenting where every minute of sleep feels crucial. As much as I’d love us to be able to ditch the entire time change ritual every year, there are ways you can make this shift easier. In this episode, I share:
Looking for more? What you can do next:
Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 36: How to Vacation With Your Baby and Still Get Them To Sleep | 27 févr. 2025 | 00:18:25 | |
March Break is coming up. For many families, that means travelling. But how do you go away and not see your baby's sleep fall apart? Listen to this episode for:
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🎵 Music Credit:Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 35: Redefining Motherhood for High Achievers and Multi-Taskers, with Lisa Carpenter | 17 févr. 2025 | 00:53:01 | |
If you’ve ever listened to a podcast while checking email while waiting for the washer to stop so you can turn laundry over, oh, AND you’re also feeding your baby, have a listen to my interview with Lisa Carpenter. Lisa is an anti-performance performance coach –and if you’re an overthinking multi-tasker who hasn’t considered your own needs and is attempting to be a perfect parent, you need her perspectives on dismantling the ideas we have about motherhood, busyness, and parenting. In this interview, Lisa unpacks:
You can find Lisa Carpenter at lisacarpenter.ca, on her Full Frontal Living Podcast, and on Instagram at @lisacarpenterinc Looking to connect with Heather Boyd? What you can do next:
🎵 Music Credit: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 34: When You're Baby's Having a Hard Time (Throwback to Ep 4) | 09 févr. 2025 | 00:21:20 | |
In this episode, Heather Boyd, mom of 3, sleep coach, and occupational therapist dives into how to reframe your baby's difficult sleep. This is a throwback to episode 4 nearly 1 year ago! As an exhausted and overwhelmed parent, you are likely all too aware of how hard this is. Heather guides you to reflect on: 🦋 Appreciating that your baby is doing the best they can at this particular time. 🦋 An evolutionary perspective on what babies have needed (and what your baby needs) to sleep. 🦋 Why curiosity trumps cookie-cutter approaches to sleep coaching. 🦋 How holistic approaches look at your baby's needs but not at the expense of YOUR needs. 🦋 How you can shift from searching for a problem to solve, to trusting the process. 🦋 Difficult does not mean broken. Looking for more? What you can do next:
Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 33: Parenting 101 --Adapting, Winging It, and Planning Ahead | 17 janv. 2025 | 00:21:42 | |
There's not one "right way" to parent. Some of us are flexible, and adaptable; others of us tend to be more tied to predictability and routine. Some of us wing it, and others plan ahead. Join me in this episode to challenge your usual approach and give some thoughts to how to make things easier --regardless of your usual approach to parenting! In this episode, I compare baking cookies with parenting and baby sleep. Here's the short version:
Mentioned: Ep 27: Sleep, Rest, & Support: Are You Cheating Yourself Out of Wellness? https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CUOTn9u1FPygMP2nxogDE?si=hQC0hPgQQ9SEkJKuWChzXw Looking for more? What you can do next:
Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 32: Positive Discipline Through "Storyteaching" with Sarah R. Moore | 01 déc. 2024 | 00:54:28 | |
Parent coach, author, public speaker, and mom, Sarah R. Moore talks with Heather Boyd, Occupational Therapist and sleep coach about positive discipline, story teaching, and brain-based parenting. Sit in on this interview to learn:
Sarah R. Moore is the author of "Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science & Better Behavior" and founder of Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting. As a certified Master Trainer in conscious parenting and Chairperson of the Board for the American Society for the Positive Care of Children, she’s also a public speaker, accredited parent coach, armchair neuroscientist, and most importantly, a Mama. Her work has been featured on NBC, CBS, and SiriusXM, and in countless international parenting magazines. With training in child development, trauma recovery, interpersonal neurobiology, improv comedy and play, her work supports parents and caregivers around the globe. Follow her on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest & Threads. Mentioned in this Episode:
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| Ep 31: Parenting When Sick | 22 nov. 2024 | 00:24:45 | |
Heather has been under the weather this past week, which has her reflecting on how she managed parenting responsibilities when she was sick when her kids were very young. Listen in as we move into cold and flu season for ways to manage acute illness when sick. Have you been sick and navigating parenting? What helped you through? In this episode Heather talks about:
Looking for more? What you can do next:
Credit: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 30: Six Questions to Ask Yourself When Your Baby's Sleep Is Tricky | 16 nov. 2024 | 00:16:44 | |
Heather Boyd, occupational therapist and mom of three, runs through 6 questions she recommends you ask yourself when your baby's sleep is going through a sticky stage. So often, there's an easier way within reach, and these 6 questions can help you find it. If sleep is tricky, ask yourself the following 4 questions:
Listen in on how to use these six questions to move things forward WITHOUT compromising your wellness and your connection with your baby. Looking for more? What you can do next:
Credit: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 29: Mindful Approaches to Lactation with Victoria Beninger, IBCLC | 07 nov. 2024 | 00:41:47 | |
Heather Boyd, occupational therapist and sleep coach, talks to Niagara IBCLC, Victoria Beninger, about the ways she supports new parents with feeding plans, goals, and the doubt and stress that new moms often carry. We also talk about stress as a hidden impact on milk supply. When there are so many products and lactation cookie recipes on line to increase milk supply, it’s a refreshing idea that we’ve got tools already inside us to support breastfeeding. Listen in as we talk about:
To find out more: You can find Victoria at tenderlovinglatch.com Sign up for her emails at http://eepurl.com/iK9zlA for news and opportunities (including when she releases her online courses, Holistic Approaches to Maximizing Your Milk Supply Victoria is also doing a period product drive right now until December 22nd with Birchway Niagara Women’s shelter. Donations can be brought to Our Village Parent Group in Port Colborne, Niagara, Ontario on Wednesdays or reach out to Victoria for other arrangements to donate. Looking for more? What you can do next:
Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood 🎙️Podcast coach: Min Sukree | |||
| Ep 28: Busting 5 Baby Sleep Myths | 31 oct. 2024 | 00:16:04 | |
Heather Boyd, mom of 3, Occupational Therapist, and certified Infant & Family Sleep Specialist shares 5 common sleep myths (and why they aren’t true). Listen in to hear about:
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Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood
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| Ep 27: Sleep, Rest, & Support: Are You Cheating Yourself Out of Wellness? | 21 oct. 2024 | 00:21:23 | |
Heather Boyd, mom of 3, Occupational Therapist, and certified Infant & Family Sleep Specialist shares 3 ways parents tend to cheat themselves out of wellness when their baby isn't sleeping long stretches and needs lots of support to sleep. Listen in to hear:
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| Ep 26: The 2 Keys to Supporting Your Baby's Sleep | 10 oct. 2024 | 00:18:54 | |
Heather Boyd, Occupational Therapist and sleep coach shares two key perspectives in making your baby’s sleep make sense. Listen in to learn:
Today’s episode is a recap of a recent talk Heather gave to Life With A Baby Niagara. It is short, sweet, and to the point. Mentioned in this episode:
What to do next: ✔️ Sign up for the free guide, How Not to Sleep Train Your Baby (and Other Free Resources) (vipmembervault.com) https://heatherboyd.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1080398/?action=signup | |||
| Ep 25: The Feeding Journey with Karla Masse, IBCLC | 03 oct. 2024 | 01:01:23 | |
Heather Boyd, Occupational Therapist and sleep coach, talks with Karla Masse, IBCLC and mom of 6 about her role as a home visiting lactation consultant in Niagara, Ontario In this episode you’ll hear about:
Where you can find Karla: Instagram: @bewithbaby.ca Website: www.bewithbaby.ca Facebook: Be with baby Email: karla_masse@hotmail.com Mentioned in this episode:
What to do next: ✔️ Sign up for the free guide, How Not to Sleep Train Your Baby (and Other Free Resources) (vipmembervault.com) https://heatherboyd.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1080398/?action=signup ✔️ Book a call or email Heather at www.familysleep.ca/contact to talk with Heather about working together Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood 🎙️Podcast coach: Min Sukree
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| Ep 24: You Don't Need to Leave Your Baby to Cry | 26 sept. 2024 | 00:26:49 | |
If you’ve felt the pressure to leave your baby in their bedroom, alone, to fall asleep (despite it going against your instincts), or you’re just discovering that maybe there’s an alternative to leaving your baby to cry, listen in on this episode as Heather Boyd, occupational therapist, sleep coach, and mom of 3, explores why not crying-it-out is so important. In this episode you’ll hear Heather talk about:
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Next Steps: ✔️ Sign up for Heather’s weekly baby sleep newsletter. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1 ✔️ Explore the Baby Sleep Mini Course and Baby Sleep Roadmap, both 50% off till September 30th at www.familysleep.ca/links ✔️ Book a call or email Heather at www.familysleep.ca/contact to talk with Heather about the Confident & Connected Baby Sleep Program. Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood 🎙️Podcast coach: Min Sukree
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| Ep 23: Resistance is Futile: Why Meeting Your Baby's Need is the Best Place to Start Supporting Sleep | 19 sept. 2024 | 00:14:31 | |
If you’ve been trying to fit a square peg baby into a round hole based on what you’ve been told about sleep, listen to this week’s episode as Heather Boyd, O.T. and Certified Infant & Family Sleep Specialist delves into ways to reduce some of the friction between what you’re trying to shape and how you can lean into the need instead, to get easier sleep. In this episode, Heather covers:
Wondering what you can do next? ✔️ Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! ✔️ Sign up for Heather’s weekly baby sleep newsletter. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1
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| Ep 22: Mindfulness, The Nervous System, & Sleep with Dr. Nerina Ramlakhan | 12 sept. 2024 | 01:10:40 | |
Heather Boyd speaks with Dr. Nerina Ramlakhan, a physiologist and sleep therapist with a passion for supporting people and organizations using Western medicine, Eastern philosophy, consciousness, evolution, and feelings of safety for our nervous systems. In this episode, Dr. Nerina and Heather explore:
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Wondering what you can do next? ✔️ Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! ✔️ Sign up for Heather’s weekly baby sleep newsletter. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1 ✔️ Get access to the Baby Sleep Roadmap, your guide to your baby’s sleep from morning to night and back again. Available at www.familysleep.ca/links for 50% off until September 30 with the code 5050 ✔️Get self-paced sleep support with the comprehensive and holistic Baby Sleep Mini Course at 50% off until September 30th at www.familysleep.ca/links with the code 5050 🎵 Music Credit: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 21: How to Hire a Sleep Coach | 05 sept. 2024 | 00:34:09 | |
It's hard enough managing the sleep deprivation and deluge of information about what you SHOULD be doing to support your baby's sleep. But now you’ve got to google “sleep coach” and figure out what coach you should pay money to to support you? In this episode, Heather Boyd explains how to find a coach who’s right for you (even if you’re looking for something different than what she offers as a coach), and how to move from frozen and overwhelmed to seeking support that can help you move forward. What’s covered in this episode:
Wondering what you can do next? ✔️ Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! ✔️ Sign up for Heather’s weekly baby sleep newsletter. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1 ✔️ Get access to the Baby Sleep Roadmap, your guide to your baby’s sleep from morning to night and back again. Available at Baby Sleep Roadmap (vipmembervault.com) for 50% off until September 30 with the code 5050 🎵 Music Credit: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 20: Long Bedtimes: Why they happen and what to do about it | 28 août 2024 | 00:32:06 | |
Long bedtimes are a frequent challenge for families looking for baby sleep support. Spending one or two hours in a dark room trying to cajole your baby to sleep is a stark contrast to the peaceful, connected bedtimes you may have imagined. In this episode, Heather Boyd, O.T., mom of three, and certified Infant and Family Sleep Specialist, explores 6 reasons long bedtimes might be happening, and what to do about it! Have a listen to learn:
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| Ep 19: Are Bad Habits Really That Bad? | 23 août 2024 | 00:15:35 | |
Heather helps unravel the myth that helping your baby to sleep is a “bad habit”. If you nurse to sleep, bed share, or rock, pat, or walk your baby to sleep, listen in to explore:
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Wondering what you can do next? ✔️ Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! ✔️ Sign up for Heather’s weekly baby sleep newsletter. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1 ✔️ Sign up for the free workshop on August 26th 2024 www.familysleep.ca/free-workshop 🎵 Music Credit: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 18: The 5 Steps of Conscious Discipline (for Parents Who Want to Respond Instead of React) | 08 août 2024 | 00:40:00 | |
Heather Boyd is joined by Mr. Chazz, educator, mentor, and motivational speaker, who is making positive waves in the parenting community through his work teaching Conscious Discipline. In this episode, Mr. Chazz covers:
You can find Mr. Chazz at www.mrchazz.com, on social media at instagram.com/mrchazz and on tiktok, and on his podcast, The Learning Curve https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/learning-curve-with-mr-chazz/id1525418064Mentioned in this Episode:
Wondering what you can do next? ✔️ Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! ✔️ Sign up for Heather’s weekly baby sleep newsletter. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1 ✔️ Sign up for the free workshop on August 26th 2024 at www.familysleep.ca/free-workshop 🎵 Music Credit: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 17: 3 Ways to Connect With Your Baby for Better Sleep and Easier Parenting | 01 août 2024 | 00:27:01 | |
Heather Boyd, Occupational Therapist, mom of 3, and certified Infant and Family Sleep Specialist, talks about the value of connection and self-regulation in helping make transitions (including bedtime) easier. Parenting is hard. Let’s find ways to use connection to ease the load. Have a listen to hear about:
And if you’re curious about how Gordon Neufeld’s Roots of Attachment can support your baby’s sleep, follow the link in the bio. Mentioned in this episode:
🎵 Music Credit: Jordan Wood
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| Ep 16: Little Changes Add up: Strategies for Making Parenting Easier | 25 juil. 2024 | 00:23:16 | |
Heather Boyd, Occupational Therapist and sleep coach, explores the strategies she guides parents to use to tackle the mountain of challenges in the first few years of parenting (and beyond!). In addition to sharing how she tackled a particularly chaotic period of parenting, Heather breaks down the three steps she uses when there seems to be more problems to solve than there is time to solve them. If you’ve found yourself asking “Where do I start?”, have a listen. Wondering what you can do next? ✔️ Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! ✔️ Sign up for Heather’s weekly baby sleep newsletter. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1 ✔️ Reach out to Heather https://familysleep.ca/contact 🎵 Music Credit: Jordan Wood | |||
| Ep 15: Holistic Approaches to Raising Healthy Kids with integrative pediatrician, Dr. Joel Warsh | 18 juil. 2024 | 00:40:33 | |
Heather Boyd interviews integrative pediatrician, Dr. Joel “Gator” Warsh about what it takes to raise healthy children. Dr. Warsh, M.D., has a Master’s degree in epidemiology, and founded his private pediatric clinic in California in 2018. He is a speaker, published researcher, dad, and author (his book, Parenting At Your Child’s Pace: The integrative pediatrician’s guide to the first three years comes out August 6th). In this episode we cover:
You can pre-order Dr. Warsh’s new book (out August 6th) at www.parentingatyourchildspace.com. Contact Dr. Warsh at drgator@integrativepediatrics.com with your receipt for an advanced peak at one chapter and 1 month free in his online VIP parenting community, Natural Parenting. Dr. Warsh also runs a speaker series masterclass, RaisingAmazingPlus.com You can find him on Instagram at @DrJoelGator Wondering what you can do next? ✔️ Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! Provide a review on Apple Podcasts. It truly makes a difference to reaching families who would benefit from better understanding their baby’s sleep. ✔️ Sign up for Heather’s weekly baby sleep newsletter. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1 ✔️ Reach out to Heather https://familysleep.ca/contact | |||
| Ep 14: Dropping Naps: How Should I Handle This? | 08 juil. 2024 | 00:35:52 | |
In this episode, Heather Boyd, O.T., mom, and sleep coach, explores why babies drop naps, why it can feel so difficult, and what to do to make it easier. Even though dropping naps is a normal part of development, it can be a bumpy ride! Whether dropping naps is parent-led, circumstance-led, or baby-led, Heather explores ways to make the transition easier. She also explores:
Wondering what you can do next? ✔️ Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! Provide a review on Apple Podcasts. It truly makes a difference to reaching families who would benefit from better understanding their baby’s sleep. ✔️ Sign up for weekly baby sleep emails. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1 ✔️ Work with Heather https://familysleep.ca/contact
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| Ep #13: How Much Sleep Does Your Baby Need? (And are they getting enough?) | 20 juin 2024 | 00:15:58 | |
Heather Boyd, OT, Sleep Coach, and mom of 3 answers the common question that tired and worried parents ask: How much sleep does my baby need? We explore how many hours of sleep are recommended at various ages, and what factors can impact how much sleep your baby needs (and how much they're getting!). The Resources I Mention in this Episode: Sign up for the Podcast Resource Hub to access National Sleep Foundation recommendations, nap expectations, https://heatherboyd.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1170166 Listen to Episode #12: My Baby is Overtired! On Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ep-12-my-baby-is-overtired-what-do-i-do/id1735142551?i=1000658895939 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/34HoonI0T8P3Ky6MkIbTQ2 Read 2 Family Sleep Blogs on this topic: Family Sleep Blog: How Much Sleep Does My Baby Need? https://familysleep.ca/blog/how-much-sleep-does-my-baby-need Family Sleep Blog: How Many Hours of Sleep Does My Baby Need https://familysleep.ca/blog/how-much-sleep-does-my-baby-need-are-they-getting-enough Sleep Foundation blog https://www.sleepfoundation.org/children-and-sleep/how-much-sleep-do-kids-need What I cover in this episode:
Wondering what you can do next? ✔️ Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! Provide a review on Apple Podcasts. It truly makes a difference to reaching families who would benefit from better understanding their baby’s sleep. ✔️ Sign up for weekly baby sleep emails. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1 ✔️ Work with Heather https://familysleep.ca/contact Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood | |||
| EP 12: My Baby Is Overtired! (What do I do?!) | 13 juin 2024 | 00:23:12 | |
Heather Boyd, sleep coach, occupational therapist, and mom of 3 addresses the big concern that many parents have around their baby being overtired. She provides reassurance and strategies for managing overtiredness in babies and explains what else might be going on, and why it can be SO hard to get your baby to fall asleep if they’ve missed their bedtime. 2:18 Fear of baby being overtired 3:26 How sleep is built 4:48 Signs that your baby is overtired 5:34 What overtiredness, overstimulation, and boredom have in common 6:00 Signs of overstimulation 6:27 Signs of boredom 7:15 What if it’s not overtired, it’s dysregulation? 7:50 Sleep pressure and overtiredness 8:20 When we miss tired cues (or the cues are unclear) 9:05 The Wake Maintenance Zone 10:13 When we’re over-invested in getting our babies to sleep (and why it gets so frustrating when they don’t!) 11:05 How to get unstuck when your baby won’t sleep 13:40 3 Strategies if your baby skips a nap 15:05 3 Strategies if you feel your baby is chronically overtired Resources mentioned in this episode:
Wondering what you can do next? ✔️ Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! Provide a review on Apple Podcasts. It truly makes a difference to reaching families who would benefit from better understanding their baby’s sleep. ✔️ Attend the Ask & Answer on June 18th 2024. Enroll here. https://heatherboyd.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1169576 ✔️ Sign up for weekly baby sleep emails. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1 ✔️ Work with Heather https://familysleep.ca/contact Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood 🎙️Podcast coach: Min Sukree
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| EP 11: The Emotional Edge: Parenting Tools for Emotional Vocabulary, Emotional Intelligence, and Resilience with Tara Gratto | 30 mai 2024 | 00:54:51 | |
In this episode Heather Boyd, sleep coach and therapist, chats with Tara Gratto, mom of 2 and parenting coach who supports parents and caring adults of children from toddler through early teen with behaviour, emotional regulation and social-emotional wellbeing. *Heather's audio in this interview is, unfortunately, quite low. We didn't edit it out to provide context for the questions Heather asks Tara. Thankfully, Tara's audio is fine. We'll correct this problem in future episodes!) A long-time educator and former preschool owner, Tara has two decades of experience working with children and families. She is the host of Tara’s Take: Parenting, Education & Life With Kids Podcast and author of comic picture book The Adventures of Team Brain. Tara works one-on-one, facilitates workshops and group programs as well as does children's book talks at schools, libraries and special interest programs. We cover:
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Where to find Tara: https://www.instagram.com/taragratto/ https://www.facebook.com/raisingresilientchildren | |||
| EP 10: 4 Reasons Your Baby Isn't Sleeping Like You Expected | 23 mai 2024 | 00:13:04 | |
Heather Boyd, occupational therapist, mom of 3, and Infant & Family Sleep Specialist, outlines the four most common reasons she sees parents struggle with a baby who is not sleeping as well as expected. This episode is a sneak peak at Heather's upcoming free Masterclass, "Why Isn't My Baby Sleeping?". Save your seat for May 30th at www.familysleep.ca/free-workshops to attend live, get the replay, and get a written summary of the call. Wondering what you can do next? ✔️ Subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! Provide a review on Apple Podcasts. It truly makes a difference to reaching families who would benefit from better understanding their baby’s sleep. ✔️ Attend the next free online masterclass, Why Isn’t My Baby Sleeping?, https://www.familysleep.ca/free-workshops May 30th 2024 ✔️ Sign up for weekly baby sleep emails. https://heatherboyd.activehosted.com/f/1 ✔️ Work with Heather https://familysleep.ca/contact Credits: 🎵 Music: Jordan Wood 🎙️Podcast coach: Min Sukree
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