How to Successfully Sleep-Train Your Children (& Stay Sane During the Process!)

In this episode Sarah sits down solo and shares all the details of how she sleep trained all of her children. It's an informative and honest look into her journey thus far and how the method she used has resulted in 3 fabulous sleepers (ages 3, 5 and 7 at recording time). All of her children go to bed at 7pm and sleep throughout the night on their own. They stay in their beds once it's time to go bed and have never "tested" them as many little ones do. Sarah opens the show with words of encouragement and sharing her opinion that it's never too late to sleep train and correct bad habits. She shares her belief that sleep is a critical component to the peacefulness in her home and the priority it is to her and her husband. She discusses how many things in parenting are trial and error and that sleep training is no different. She hopes her story encourages the listener and motivates them to discover what will work for their family! The 3 books referenced throughout the show are: On Becoming Babywise (aka Babywise) by Gary Ezzo, Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth and The Wonder Weeks Frans X. Plooij and Hetty van de Rijt. The website that Sarah references as a great sleep resource is www.babywisemom.com. At the beginning of the show, Sarah starts off by giving a background on herself, her personality and painting the picture of where she was in her life when she embarked on sleep training for the first time. She discuses how she chose Babywise over Attachment Parenting and then how she set out implanting it with her first child. In the second half of the show, Sarah walks through her very top tips on how to be successful in sleep training... Or in other words, what you need to do as the parent before you embark on the journey. These tips will help you to "get your mind right" to better prepare you for the rough days (because there will be rough days!). Thanks so much for tuning in! Sarah will be back with Lauren on Monday! Follow the girls on Instagram @themomvoicepodcast or find them at www.mom-voice.com for all details, saving codes and items mentioned throughout the show. New episodes released every Monday – so make sure to SUBSCRIBE! xo