210. Independent sleeping: Practical solutions for getting your child to stay in their own bed with Eileen Henry

In this episode, sleep specialist Eileen Henry and I discuss a common challenge: how to get your child to make it all the way through the night in their own bed.

Eileen helps us unravel this complex issue by addressing:

1. Assessing the Situation: When to let it be and when to make a change.

2. Understanding Motivations: Identifying whether the desire to reclaim your bed is for personal space, relationship reasons, or concerns about your child's development.

3. Balancing Needs: The importance of ensuring everyone gets quality sleep and how this impacts overall family wellbeing.

4. Setting and Holding Boundaries: Strategies to help your child transition to their own bed while maintaining emotional security.

5. Attunement and Emotional Health: Teaching kids to recognize and respond to negative emotions in a healthy way.

6. Practical Tips and Tools: Using physical boundaries like gates, incorporating dress rehearsals for bedtime, and the power of storytelling and play in easing transitions.

Whether you're struggling with co-sleeping, managing separation anxiety, or just seeking better sleep for your family, this episode is packed with practical advice and compassionate support!

LEARN MORE ABOUT EILEEN HENRY:

https://compassionatesleepsolutions.com/

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DOWNLOAD MY FREE TODDLER SLEEP GUIDE:

7 ways to help create a more peaceful and effective nighttime routine

LISTEN TO MORE EPISODES WITH EILEEN HENRY:

Navigating sleep with a baby

The basics of toddler sleep

CHECK OUT ADDITIONAL EPISODES WE REFERENCED:

RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) from birth with Deborah Carlisle Solomon

Evolving the principles of RIE to grow into respectful parenting with Janet Lansbury

Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) with Eli Lebowitz