Baby Sleep Fairy - Sleep Training Workshop

Date: 25 Sep 2014

Singapore

Sleep doesn't have to be a distance past, it is something that you can have now! Don't let the fear of crying or bad stories put you off of sleep training one day longer. In my years of working with families often the "horror" stories of sleep come from the fact that there is a lot of inappropriate application of various sleep methods combined with cultural beliefs that are not based in the brain or biological reality of sleep for children resulting ineffective sleep training.

Sleep is a brain function and something that must be learned. Because it's learned, it can be unlearned during an illness, long haul flight or holiday. Also as your child gets older their sleep needs change. In fact from birth through 18 months their sleep needs reduce every 4 to 6 weeks. Other issues that compound sleep problems are cultural beliefs about sleep amounts or bedtimes that are not based in the biological realities of sleep.

People put off correcting their child's sleep because of fear of crying or because they don't know what to do. Sleep training often gets a bad reputation because people, while well intentioned, do not understand how sleep works and do not implement sleep training correctly. This often results in a lot of crying and no improvement in sleep. There have been over 30 studies done since 2007 showing how poor quality sleep has such a negative and harmful impact on a child's temperament, behavior and ability to learn. Not doing anything is often worse than learning how to correctly adjust sleep.

There is a real cost to both the parents and child when everyone in the family isn't sleeping well. Lack of sleep is an official form of torture and activates a person's stress system. Lack of a mother's sleep is tied to postal depression & anxiety. Lack of sleep in both children and adults reduces memory, reduces frustration tolerance and generally makes people cranky. For adults who's child isn't sleeping well this can result in a loss of productivity at work and reduced ability to manage frustration. This impacts the marriage and the ability of the parent to respond to their child. Children who are not sleeping well will appear to be more cranky, hyper and aggressive. Our program will demystify sleep training and give you the confidence you need to address your sleep problems.

Ms. Fontana, MS, NCC, CTRT and lead therapist at All in the Family Counselling will use an evidence based approach to teach parents about sleep.

This 2-hour Workshop on how to properly sleep train your child based on clinical research on how sleep and brain development impacts a child and their sleep.

How the Workshop Works:

Sleep Issues are a parenting problem. The problem does not sit in the child but rather it is a behavior or parenting issue. Children are responding to what the parent is doing. There is nothing wrong with the child. Sleep training teaches parents how to effectively change their behavior in order for the child to respond differently. No needs to bring the child, this is not a medical or biological problem but a parenting problem so only the parent needs to attend.

Target Audience:

- Parents who are expecting a child

- Parents with children between the ages of 0 and 3 years

- Children not sleep is a parenting issues, the training is given to parents to teach them how to change their behavior, so children are not needed or allowed to attend this workshop

- Babies in arms are welcome, but this is an adult workshop so there are no facilities for children

Outcome of Workshop:

- Teach you about child development as it relates to sleep

- Understand how brain development affects sleep in a child

- Clarify if attachment is impacted by sleep

- Educate you on how sleep works so that when you correct the sleep problems you'll understand the "hows" and "whys" of what you are doing

- Give you trouble shooting skills so that you can problem solve in the event of illness, jet-lag and as a child matures.

- Discuss in detail the 3 evidence based approaches to sleep training

- Q&A to discuss any questions you have on your sleep training choice.

Topics Covered

Sleep Training Options
Reasons why sleep training fails
Transition from cot to big bed
How Sleep Works
Sleep maintence

Duration: 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Venue: 55 Market Street, Level 10. Next the Bank of Singapore Building

Website: Go to event website

Fees:
SGD$100/individual

Language: English

Available Seatings: 15 parents

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