In this episode, Dr. Kimber discusses helping to create safety, security, bonding, and sleep cycles with your child.

Sharing from her studies as an attachment specialist to her own experiences as a parent, Dr. Kimber offers various approaches, ideas, and troubleshooting tips to help you and your child to get much-needed rest and sleep. And along the way, please keep in mind that all of us learn as we go on the parenting journey, so please give yourself compassion and grace along the way.

Key moments include:

01:35 – My parenting approach to my children and how different it was for each of my kids. 
06:53 – A full-circle realization that I caused trauma to my son’s nervous system.
08:09 – What is secure attachment, and why is it the greatest gift we can give our children?
10:59 – What is the relationship of secure attachment to a child’s sleep? 
15:41 – Understanding night-time demand feeding and how to effectively manage it.
17:55 – The importance of flexibility as a parent.
19:07 – An awareness of parenting goals – creating a rough draft for parenting structure.
26:00 – How anxiety and trauma affect your nervous system and, ultimately, your infant.
30:46 – Posturing yourself as a mom who can either be sleep-deprived or grateful for catching some zzz’s.
32:43 – Troubleshooting tips when you are a mom who has a baby who wants to play rather than sleep.
40:02 – How dysregulation affects your infant’s sleeping patterns, and my last-minute advice for mothers and fathers struggling to create a well-rounded sleep structure for themselves and their children.

Resources mentioned and additional resources:
Read more: Ferber Method
Read more: Adult Attachment Interview
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson)
The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired (by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson)
Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five (by Penelope Leach)
Touchpoints-Birth to Three (by T. Berry Brazelton and Joshua D. Sparrow)
Sleep: The Brazelton Way (by T. Berry Brazelton and Joshua D. Sparrow)

Check out past episodes and more information here: https://www.drkimber.net/podcast-info

Please remember that this podcast is not a replacement for treatment by a healthcare or mental health professional. This content is created for education and entertainment purposes only.

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