SLEEP
SLEEP IS
SLEEP IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS IN OUR OVERALL HEALTH LACK OF SLEEP
AFFECTS OUR MEMORY BOTH SHORT
AND LONG TERM INCREASES OUR
RISK FOR CAR ACCIDENTS, WEAKENS
OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, CONTRIBUTES
TO WEIGHT GAIN AMONG SO MANY
OTHER THINGS YOU DON'T NEED TO
TELL A NEW PARENT THAT THEY
KNOW THE STRUGGLE IS REAL.
A SURVEY FROM OUR BABY
CARE FOUND THAT NEARLY HALF
OF ALL PARENTS WITH CHILDREN
SIX MONTHS OR YOUNGER GET JUST
ONE TO THREE HOURS
OF UNINTERRUPTED SLEEP A NIGHT
ONE TO THREE HOURS SO MANY
PARENTS TURN TO WHERE IT TAKES
A VILLAGE FACEBOOK PAGE.
THEY'RE REACHING OUT FOR HELP
BECAUSE THEY'RE STRUGGLING AND
HURTING AND WITS AND LOOKING
FOR ANSWERS TO JUST GET A
LITTLE MORE ZZZS WE HEAR YOU
LOUD AND CLEAR.
BELIEVE ME, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND
CLEAR.
SO I ARRSTED EXPERT ON BABY
SLEEP TO JOIN OUR VILLAGE.
WE TEACH OUR KIDS MATH.
WE TEACH THEM HOW TO RIDE
BIKES.
WE TEACH THEM HOW TO DO
EVERYTHING.
WHY ARE WE TEACHING THEM HOW TO
SLEEP?
SLEEP TRAINING OFTEN COMES WITH
A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION PARENTS
HEAR CRY IT OUT AND CRINGE.
I WAS THAT MAMA BUT THEN I HIT
MY BREAKING POINT.
DID YOU KNOW NEW PARENTS WILL
GET ON AVERAGE JUST FOUR HOURS
AND 44 MINUTES OF SLEEP A NIGHT
DURING THAT FIRST YEAR?
IT'S NOT ENOUGH AND THAT'S
WHERE PEDIATRIC SLEEP
CONSULTANT SARA CUTHBERT COMES
IN.
WE THINK LIKE THERE IS NO LIGHT
AT THE END OF THIS TUNNEL AND
I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YES,
THERE IS IT ALL STARTS WITH A
GOOD SLEEP FOUNDATION THAT CAN
BEGIN FROM THE START.
BUT IN TERMS OF SLEEP
CONSOLIDATION THAT CAN START AS
YOUNG AS FOUR MONTHS OLD
DEPENDS ON THEIR WEIGHT.
IT DEPENDS ON THEIR
DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS AND AND
HOW THEY'RE DOING.
WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION
THAT YOU GET FROM PARENTS?
YOU KNOW, HOW QUICKLY WILL WE
SEE PROGRESS?
WE SEE A LOT OF SUCCESS USUALLY
WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS
DEFINITELY IN THE FIRST WEEK IF
YOU'RE LIKE ME YOU'VE WATCHED
VIDEOS OR READ SOME BOOKS ABOUT
SULATE TRAINING BUT THEY JUST
DIDN'T WORK.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT FAMILIES
ARE DABBLING.
THEY'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT
OF THIS, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE
TO CONTINUE AND TO KNOW THAT
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS GOING TO
WORK AND THEN IT'S ALL ABOUT
CONSISTANCY WHAT WE FIND IS
THAT WE ALL FALL INTO THIS PATH
OF LEAST RESISTANCE.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO BRING OUR
BABY INTO BED WITH US .
WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE UP FIVE
TIMES A NIGHT FEELING THAT WHEN
WE KNOW THAT THEY DON'T NEED
FOOD DURING THE NIGHT BUT WE'RE
DESPERATE FOR SLEEP PARENTS IF
THIS IS SPEAKING TO YOU HERE,
SARAH'S THREE PIECES OF GOLDEN
ADVICE.
ONE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEEK
WINDOWS.
WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON THAT
BALANCE BETWEEN OVERTIRED AND
AN UNDERTAKER CHILD FOR EXAMPLE
BABIES THREE SIX MONTHS SHOULD
BE GETTING TWO TO TWO AND A
HALF HOURS OF AWAKE TIME BEFORE
THEIR NEXT NAP BABY SIX MONTHS
TO A YEAR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF
TO THREE AND A HALF HOURS.
NO TO CHECK THE SLEEP
ENVIRONMENT DARK IS BEST.
THAT'S HOW MELATONIN GETS
PRODUCED.
IT'S HOW WE REALLY DO GET THAT
DEEPER RESTORATIVE SLEEP.
SO I'M TALKING SO DARK THAT YOU
CANNOT SEE YOUR HAND IN FRONT
OF YOUR FACE.
ADD WHITE NOISE, NO LULLABIES
AND THE SOUND SHOULD BE AS LOUD
AS A SHOWER AND NUMBER THREE
GET RID OF THE SLEEP DROPS AND
THEN THE THIRD THIS IS
THE BIGGEST THING THAT I WORK
WITH EVERY SINGLE PARENT THAT
COMES TO ME IS SLEEP
DEPENDENCY.
IF OUR KIDS ARE RELIANT ON
SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THEMSELVES
TO GET TO SLEEP IN THE FIRST
PLACE THEY'RE GOING TO AWAY
LOOKING FOR IT.
ONCE YOUR BABY LEARNS TO SELF
SOOTHE THE BETTER THEY WILL
SLEEP THE BETTER YOU WILL SLEEP
WHICH ALL LEADS TO A HAPPIER
AND HEALTHIER HOME.
SO SLEEP PROBLEMS ARE NOT JUST
A BABY ISSUE.
SARAH SAYS SHE IS SEEING MORE
OLDER KIDS UP TO TWELVE YEARS
OLD REGRESSING SHE TO ATTRIBUTE
THAT TO THE PANDAMIC AND
THE ANXIETY MANY KIDS ARE
FEELING ABOUT THE WORLD SCHOOL
FRIENDSHIPS ETC. THE ADVICE
HERE IS TO NOT FALL INTO BAD
HABITS LIKE LETTING THEM SLEEP
WITH YOU IN BED, STAYING IN
THEIR BED WITH THEM EVEN ONE
NIGHT CAN START YOU DOWN A
REALLY TOUGH PATH TO BREAK
THOSE HABITS.
FULL DISCLOSURE WE HIRED SARA
RECENTLY TO HELP WITH OUR
LITTLE BABY GIRL CARLY.
NO, I DON'T HAVE A NIGHT NURSE
OR NANNIES OR AN OPARE I WAS
COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED FROM
WORKING THESE CRAZY HOURS AND
THEN BEING UP SEVERAL TIMES A
NIGHT TO FEED HER FOR FIVE
MONTHS.
SO AFTER A FEW REALLY TOUGH
NIGHTS OF SLEEP TRAINING SWEET
CARLY WAS SLEEPING THROUGH
THE NIGHT BY NIGHT FIVE.
PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
SO HERE'S THE BEST PART IF YOU
HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR KIDS
AND SLEEP THERE IS GOING TO IN
OUR VILLAGE LIVE THIS MORNING
FROM NINE TO TEN AND TO ANSWER
THEM WE PUT THE ZOOM
INFORMATION.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE FACEBOOK
PAGE.
YOU CAN JOIN US LIVE OR JUST
SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS ON THERE
AND I HAD TO SAY GOOD MORNING
WITH MY SWEET LITTLE BROCCOLI.