Just The Good Chat: Family of 5 Update + Sleep Training - a podcast by Rachel Mansfield

from 2023-06-20T03:01

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#84: In this episode of Just The Good Stuff we are kicking off our series of Just The Good Chat, where Jordan and I chat about different life updates and answer some of our listeners questions. Think: even more of what you see on Instagram stories. In this episode we give an update about our experiences as parents of 3 kids ages four and under and our experience sleep training for the third time. 


 


Here are some of the topics discussed in this episode:


Raising three children:


  • Tips going from 0 to 1, 1 to 2 and 2 to 3 kids

  • What parts of the transition to 3 has been the hardest

  • How we knew we wanted to have three children

  • How we stay connected and make time for one another

  • How to keep each kids schedule without interrupting another

  • Bed time with 3 kids and 2 parents

  • Regressions when siblings came

  • Will Jordan get a vasectomy?


Sleep Training:


  • Our sleep training method

  • What age to sleep train

  • Did we hire anyone to help with the sleep training

  • Tips to deal with the crying

  • When to transition to a sleepsack

  • How to eliminate middle of the night feedings

  • Is there an age it's too late to do sleeptraining?

  • Is there an age it's too early to do sleeptraining?

  • Tips on removing the swaddle


Other questions:


  • Tips on dealing with a baby who is colic

  • Tips on dealing with big toddler feelings

  • Limiting portion sizes for kids

  • Names we liked but didn't use for our kids


+ SO much more!


 


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