Practical Pediatric Sleep Support: Routines, Sleep Training, and Common Challenges

Supporting children's sleep practically involves bedtime routines, age-appropriate sleep training approaches, and patient handling of the common challenges that arise at each stage. The parents who navigate these years well share habits of consistency, age-appropriate expectations, and willingness to adjust as needs change. This course walks through that practical work. You will work through written exercises that mirror how thoughtful parents would plan and adjust sleep support across childhood. The emphasis is on consistent, kind approaches rather than rigid systems or improvisation. What you'll learn: - Build bedtime routines that fit different ages from infancy through school age - Compare sleep training approaches including their evidence, age appropriateness, and family fit - Address common challenges including night waking, bedtime resistance, and early waking - Handle nightmares, night terrors, and sleep transitions that frighten children and parents - Manage sleep across travel, illness, schedule changes, and developmental leaps - Support adolescent sleep within the realities of school schedules and social demands The course progresses from bedtime routines through sleep training, common challenges, night fears, life disruptions, and adolescent support. A capstone written exercise asks you to plan sleep support for your child grounded in their current stage and your family's life. This course is designed for parents and caregivers supporting children, including new parents and parents navigating new stages. It is approachable for grandparents and other adults helping with sleep care. The course is informational and complements, but does not replace, advice from pediatricians or qualified clinicians.