152: Everything you need to know about sleep training

We’ve already covered a couple of episodes on sleep, including the cultural issues associated with sleep, then more recently we talked with Dr. Chris Winter about his book The Rested Child where we looked at sleep issues in older children.

 

But if you have a young child who isn’t sleeping well, from the baby stage all the way up to about preschool, this episode is for you!  My guest is Macall Gordon, senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Antioch University Seattle, and who has studied young children’s sleep for 20 years.  She’s particularly interested in the intersection between children’s temperament and their sleep, and how parents of the children she calls ‘little livewires’ can support these children so everyone gets more sleep.

 

If you have questions about sleep training – particularly when and how to do it – this episode is for you!

 

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References:

Macall Gordon’s website, Little Livewires


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About the author, Jen

Jen Lumanlan (M.S., M.Ed.) hosts the Your Parenting Mojo podcast (www.YourParentingMojo.com), which examines scientific research related to child development through the lens of respectful parenting.

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