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Parenting Expert Talks about Toddler Sleep

In this video, parenting expert and counselor Janeen Hayward of swellbeing talks about what you need to know about toddler sleep. She discusses bed-time routines, nap schedules and the optimal amount of sleep toddlers need. Join Janeen in this segment to learn what to if your toddler keeps getting out of bed and many other techniques to enhance toddler sleep quality and quantity.

Below is a PDF of tips from Janeen Hayward.

Toddler Sleep FAQ

Janeen Hayward is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in the states of New York and Illinois and certified Gottman Educator. She graduated from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology. In graduate school, Janeen counseled children and adolescent survivors of sexual abuse, many of whom were teen parents. Upon graduating, she directed a training program for graduate students in clinical psychology at a grade school in Chicago, offering play therapy and group counseling to school-aged children. This is where the seeds of swellbeing were sown; the idea being the best way to help children is to help their parents. After working in that school-based program for three years, she moved to New York City and has been working with new and expecting parents on infant and toddler sleep issues and adjusting to new parenthood, ever since. She is the proud mother of a daughter.

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