Bedtime Battles: How to Get Your Child to Sleep Without the Nightly Struggle

<p>Ahh the dreaded bedtime battle! Getting your child to go to bed - and stay there - can be a nightly battle that leaves you feeling completely exhausted when you have no energy left. </p><p>This week on Parents You’ve Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast we welcome back our Sleep Expert Dr Laura Conway from Infant Sleep Australia to help with those dreaded bedtime battles. </p><p>In this episode we discuss:</p><p>- How common bedtime battles are</p><p>- Why children resist sleep when they need it so much</p><p>- What some of the most common causes of bedtime struggles are</p><p>- If there is a particular age where bedtime battles are worse than others</p><p>- As a sleep expert, the funniest bed time battles Laura has heard about</p><p>- How to get your child to stay in bed when they just keep coming out again and again</p><p>- How over tiredness and under tiredness affect the bedtime</p><p>- How important a bedtime routine is when it comes to bedtime battles</p><p>- The important elements of a bedtime routine</p><p>- How to help a child who worries at bedtime</p><p>- Advice for parents whose child needs you to lie there in order for them to fall asleep</p><p><br></p><p>Never forget Parents You&#39;ve Got This </p><p>Parents You&#39;ve Got This - The Expert Guide To Parenthood Podcast is proudly supported by Mustela natural origin skincare, by parents&#39; side since 1950.</p><p>Follow us Social: <br></p><p>Instagram: @parentsyouvegotthis_au</p><p>Threads @parentsyouvegotthis_au</p><p>TikTok: @partentsyouvegotthis_au</p><p>Facebook: @parentsyouvegotthis</p><p>____________________________________________________________________</p><p>Parents You&#39;ve Got This offers antenatal and postnatal parenting education and Masterclasses from the planning phase to early preschool. Learn more: <a href="http://parentsyouvegotthis.com.au/" target="_blank">⁠⁠parentsyouvegotthis.com.au⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Credits: Producer Dean Thomas, Camera person Tim Hehir, Content and Hosts Parents You&#39;ve Got This</p>