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“But our baby’s need for us and our need for o

“But our baby’s need for us and our need for our baby are so powerful and interwoven that we can overcome almost any rough start. In fact, the oxytocin we release when she starts to nurse is ‘the triggering hormone for maternal behaviour’. So your baby’s nursing behaviour helps you fall in love with her. Because you come hardwired to respond to her, the sound of her crying cuts to your core. When you respond by nursing, the hormones in your milk help her digest her food... and they make her sleepy. The hormones you release she. You nurse help you relax... and they make you sleepy. It’s another hormonal synchrony between the two of you that encourages rest and relaxation. Those who advise ‘Don’t let the baby fall asleep at your breast’ are fighting nature on both ends - your baby’s and yours - with no research at all to support them.” Sweet Sleep

I love that last line! When I first decided that I wanted to support families with sleep and breastfeeding I had no idea how I was going to be able to do both. This whole idea that you need to cut breastfeeding to sleep in order to get a baby to sleep well was one of the things that I was told over and over again in my sleep course. I still hear it all the time... “How babies fall asleep at bedtime is how they expect to return to sleep in the middle of the night.” The idea of cutting the feed made no sense to me, especially when you have a really good understanding of the breastfeeding relationship. This comment/piece of advice is actually quite ridiculous if you ask me. I have supported over 2,000 families now and I rarely remove nursing to sleep (if the parent enjoys it) and babies still sleep through the night when it is developmentally appropriate. If you love nursing your baby to sleep, nurse them to sleep! For those of you with really distracted babies, you know how important the feeds before bedtime and naptime can be. If it is not working for you, or you have to make a change, then go for it.

Drop a heart below if you love feeding to sleep ❤️

Photography by @thebumblediaries

Posted @withregram • @mrsmombastic Not being use

Posted @withregram • @mrsmombastic Not being used.
Not spoiling.
Not a bad habit.
Providing a safe place in a big wide world that they are only just starting to navigate.
Eventually, they will learn to navigate on their own without our guidance.
But in the meantime, saying that once a baby is fed and changed they want for NOTHING does motherhood a HUGE disservice..... because to babies, their mothers are EVERYTHING. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #attachmentseeking #attachmentparenting #attachmentparent #holdbaby #newmum #newmom #newmumlife #mumssupportingmums #mumsupportingmums #supportingmums #mumsmums #mumblogger #mumbloggersuk

“Parenting isn’t about raising a child, it is

“Parenting isn’t about raising a child, it is about raising a parent.” Dr.Shefali Tsabury⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Important reminder for a Monday! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #sleepandwellbeingspecialist #babyledsleep #islagracesleep

Posted @withregram • @taylorkulik Unpopular opin

Posted @withregram • @taylorkulik Unpopular opinion: sleep deprivation isn’t the only cause of postnatal mood & anxiety disorders, and sleep training isn’t the only solution. ⠀
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I’ve shared in this space often about my own experience with postnatal anxiety, and how it was mostly caused by the intense pressure of getting babies to sleep through the night and independently. I’ve been overwhelmed by the amount of mothers that have reached out to me and shared their own experiences, which were very similar to mine. So many women saying that their symptoms were mostly resolved, or more manageable, once they accepted normal infant sleep and tuned out everyone else’s noise. I know I’m not alone in my experience. ⠀
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A very real and pervasive societal issue is the pathologization of infant sleep. This means treating normal infant sleep patterns as a problem that needs to be fixed or addressed. In reality, MOST babies are sleeping very normally. They are wakeful and nurse a lot, and this is healthy. It is how they were designed to keep them safe. ⠀
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By treating normal infant behavior as a symptom, we are creating a problem that has never existed before. By providing new parents with one-size-fits-all advice and sleep plans/schedules, we are failing them because many babies simply will not play by these rules. They are not meant to. We are bombarding new parents with the message that their baby has a problem, that their responsive parenting is a problem, and it needs to be fixed. We are encouraging mothers to ignore their instincts (which serve a purpose- to keep baby healthy and safe and ensure their needs are met!). If a mother feels insecure in her parenting abilities, can that impact her mental health? If a mother feels as though her baby has a problem, will that affect her mental health? From my own experience, and the experiences of many mothers that I’ve had the amazing opportunity to talk to, YES. ⠀
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Sleep IS important, and it does impact mental health. But, there are other ways to help support new parents so that they can sleep.

Posted @withregram • @glennondoyle . Thing we ca

Posted @withregram • @glennondoyle .
Thing we can control: who we are.
Thing we cannot control: who others perceive us to be.
Ultimate Fool’s Errand: Spending your one life fixing and controlling and manipulating what everyone on earth thinks of you.
Good news is: No one’s thinking about you as much as you think they are. What they’re thinking about is what everyone else is thinking of them.

Jump off the wheel and just be.

I’ll start by not caring that all you grammar snobs are thinking: WHOMEVER IT’S WHOMEVER.

This is me—letting you think of this meme whatever you will.
Joy. Freedom.

Love you.
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❤️ this post and also thought it was really true about our parenting decisions and who we are as parents. A little Monday Motivation/reminder for all of you amazing parents ❤️

Did you know that I teach a baby sleep certificati

Did you know that I teach a baby sleep certification course?

I have spent the past two years building and teaching a Baby-Led Sleep and Well-Being Specialist Certification and it is amazing. I don’t often share about it on this account and instead over at @babyledsleepcertification but I wanted to share more with you today since a few spaces are remaining for my upcoming cohort.

In this 18-week, fully online, worldwide baby sleep certification, I will teach you everything you need to know to build a business as a sleep coach and support families to get #sleepwithoutsleeptraining. This program will certify you to become a #babyledsleepcoach and bring you into the community over over 200+students that have been through this course.

Working as a #babyledsleepcoach will allow you to set your own hours, build your own business, stay home with your kids, work 100% online, earn a full-time income in a rewarding career that is always needed.

In this course you will be learning from over 30 experts across various fields to give you a comprehensive understanding of everything around infant sleep, feeding, development, attachment and more ...

Want to know what the coaches think? Swipe to hear from 8 of the coaches and how the sleep certification has changed their life ❤️.

If you are looking for more information, head over to @babyledsleepcertification or check out the link in my bio. Next course starts December 7th.

Unsure? I am hosting a FREE information webinar in two weeks. Sign up through the link in my bio!

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