Surviving New Mom Sleep Cycles

In the fourth episode of The Embodied Mommy Podcast, Alyssa Knapp and season one guest host, Jayme Rose Gray, are joined by Janet Iacobucci to discuss sleep. Janet is a postpartum doula, a newborn care specialist, and a lactation counselor, who through her own experience, created Well Nested Rhode Island; a business catered to moms and families trying to navigate their new lives. The women talk about their experiences with sleep as new moms, including the challenges they’ve faced and the lessons they’ve learned. This episode will help you understand that everything is doable and it will get better with time.

Discussed in this episode:

• Chaos and unpredictability during the first few weeks after birth
• Varying sleeping patterns between babies
• Sleep conditioning, sleep training, and the cry-out method
• Bad habits
• How to be successful: learning cues, and establishing sleep environments and patterns
• Influences of sunrise and sunset on sleeping patterns, as well as, how to maintain a consistent environment during these times
• Mental health and setting boundaries
• Being mindful of yourself and your baby, and doing what’s best for both of you
• Intuitively connecting with your children
• Reflecting and pinpointing responses
• And so much more!

Offers:

• Reiki Like a Mother Program: https://www.embodiedmommy.com/reiki-like-a-mother
• Jayme’s Transformational Coaching: https://linktr.ee/jaymegray
• Jayme’s Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1469403176420594

Keep in touch:

Alyssa

• Instagram: @embodiedmommy
• Website: https://www.integrativewellnessjourneys.com/
• Links: https://linktr.ee/theembodiedmommy

Jayme

• Instagram: @jaymerosegray @trackingnorthco
• Links: https://linktr.ee/jaymegray

Janet

• Instagram: @wellnested_ri
• Website: https://www.wellnestedri.com/
• Links: https://linktr.ee/WellNested_ri

Resources:

• Taking Cara Babies: https://takingcarababies.com
• Twelve Hours' Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old: A Step-by-Step Plan for Baby Sleep Success by Suzy Giordano: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525949593/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
• Moms on Call by Jennifer Walker: https://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-Walker-RN-BSN/e/B09GKVBYF3/ref=aufs_dp_mata_mbl
• The Flourish Fund: https://www.theflourishfund.com/
• Doulas of Rhode Island: https://www.doulasri.org/birthdoulas