The Kids Sleep Show Podcast
Weekly Episodes about this crazy parenting journeyto help you lean in and love parenting.
Welcome to the Kids Sleep Show Podcast! As a pediatric sleep expert, author, speaker, and lactation counselor, Courtney Zentz & her parenting guru guests share their strategies & secrets to help you ‘lean-in and love’ parenting, while building amazing sleepers for life.
The show will cover topics surrounding children and sleep from birth through young adulthood, featuring new research, education, and tools to understand and navigate the world of sleep.
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Recent Episodes
Episode 66: Don’t Do This when DIY Sleep Training
Resources: Sleep Training Methods Explained that are Not Cry It Out Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Are they not sleeping through the night because of a habit or need? What is the best sleep training method for a baby or child?...
Episode 65: What is the Ideal Bedtime Routine & Duration for Your Child?
Resources: Sleep Rewards Chart for Toddlers Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: The ideal duration of a bedtime routine to trigger sleep is coming. How a nursery and bedroom should be setup to balance and trigger sleep hormones...
Can Light and Nightlights Impact Your Child’s Sleep
There are 3 changes you can make today in your child’s room to get more sleep tonight. First, we discuss the use of night lights in a child’s room, something I see frequently as a sleep consultant. Next, we discuss ambient lighting from the gadgets, timers, monitors,...
Episode 63- 3 Things You Can Change Today for More Sleep Tonight
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 62: 3 Changes to Make in Your Child’s Room Today
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 61- The Role of a Doula with Ava Ellis
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 59- Self Care with Julia Hickman
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 58- Should I Keep CoSleeping or Room Sharing?
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 57- Miss Leslie the Virtual Nanny
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 56- Benefits of Reiki for Children with Sophie Shaw
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 55- Will A Weighted Blanket Help My Baby Sleep?
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 54- Managing Divorce & Separation with Dr. Tara Egan
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 53- Are Hormones Messing with Your Child’s Sleep?
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 52- Positive Parenting Tricks with Malva Gasowski
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 51- Balancing Divorce and Your Child’s Sleep
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 50- Anger Management in Children with Kristina Campos
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 49- The 2 to 1 Nap Transition
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 48- Postpartum Depression & Anxiety with Gunjani Patel
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 47- Using OK to Wake Up Clocks
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 46- Autism and Space Design with Wendy Valente
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 45- Daylight Savings – Fall Back
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 44- Postpartum Nutrition and Breastfeeding with Jada Glover
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 43- Moving and Avoiding a Sleep Regression
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 42- Sensory Regulation in Children with Christine Robenalt
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 41- 5 Things to Know About Daycare Sleep
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 40- 8 Month Regressions and Leaps
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 39- Confident Parenting with Mary Kerwin
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 38- A Newborn Sleep Schedule
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 37- Beauty in Parenting with Aparna Venkataraman
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 36- Back to School and Back to Sleep
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 35- The 2 to 1 Nap Transition
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 34- Pacifiers at Bedtime
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 33- The 8, 9, and 10 Month Sleep Regression
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 31- What Is a Digital Doula with Jariell Campbell
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 32- Parenting Wholeheartedly with Danielle Bettemen
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 30- What A Lack of Sleep Can Cost You & Your Family
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 29- What Sleep “Training” Really Is
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 28- Stop Early Morning Wakings
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 27- Creating Your Ideal Day
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 26- Build An Ideal Sleeper in 5 Days
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 25- When Should You Night Wean?
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 24- Are You Filling Your Toddler’s Cup?
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 23- Rolling Back to Belly
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 22- Five Reasons for Short Naps
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 20- When To Stop Feeds Overnight
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 19- Waking Up Crying
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 18- Mindset and Self Care For Mom
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 17- Interview with Zenimal Founder, Anna MacSalka
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 16- Nap Transitions
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 15- Selecting A Swaddle
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 14- Early Morning Wakings
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 13- Backtalk at Bedtime
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 12: Short Naps
Overview: In this episode, Courtney talks about short naps and how to handle them. She discusses the reasons why short naps happen and how to lengthen them. Finally, she reviews ways to keep your child awake to avoid the dreaded “five-minute” nap. What To Expect: Nap...
Episode 11: False Starts
Overview: In this episode, Courtney talks about what a false start is, why they happen and how you can prevent them. She discusses ways children fall asleep which can cause false starts. Then, she goes over bedtime routines and how they can cause false starts....
Episode 12- Short Naps
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 10: COVID-19 and Anxiety at Bedtime
Overview: In this episode, Courtney discusses how COVID 19 can cause anxiety at bedtime. She offers helpful relaxation techniques you can use with your little one during these uncertain times. What To Expect: What you can do to eliminate fear and anxiety at bedtime...
Episode 11- False Starts at Bedtime
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 10- COVID-19 and Anxiety at Bedtime in Children
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
Episode 9: Sleep Regressions
In this episode, I discuss the most common culprit around your youngster's sleep, the dreaded sleep regression. I explain the causes, how you can get through them and how to stop them from ever impacting your child’s sleep success. What To Expect: What is a Sleep...
Episode 9 – Sleep Regressions
Resources: Read the Blog on Traveling and Timezone Hopping with Children Free Sleep Training Workshop - Making Over Bedtime Episode Highlights: Sample Scheduled for every stage of naps to adjust with ease Understanding how to adjust and how long it will take to go...
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