Healthy Sleep for Infants and Children with Pediatrician / Sleep Expert Dr. Nilong Vyas

In this episode, Board Certified Pediatrician & Sleep Expert Dr. Nilong Vyas and I discuss Healthy Sleep for Infants and Children including answers to the following questions:

 - How can expectant families prepare to welcome baby home? 

- Whats is the best way for  families develop good sleep habits from the birth? 

- Do newborns need a sleep schedule?


- Is it possible to breastfeed and create a healthy sleep schedule?

- Does sleep training, or the Cry-It-Out Method, work?  Is it harmful? 

- How does sleep affect health later in life?

- Why is healthy sleep so important?

- What kind of evening routine is most conducive to a smooth transition to sleep? 

- Do medications like melatonin and Benadryl help with sleep?

- Should parents and children co-sleep? 

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Dr. Vyas is a Board-Certified Pediatrician, Public Health Specialist, and sleep expert. Getting your baby to sleep is one of the most controversial, contradictory, and confusing aspects of parenting.  She is knowledgeable not only of the common sleep approaches but more importantly, has a pediatric medical knowledge base so she can fully evaluate the child and family.   Her patients and clients adore their sleep doctor because she considers everything when giving advice knowing that sleep is not a solitary issue but is intimately related to with child’s nutrition, development, day-to-day schedule, and holistic wellbeing. Dr. Vyas takes your personal parenting goals into consideration when she formulates an individualized plan for your family.

Though Dr. Vyas is based in New Orleans, LA (thus Sleepless in NOLA) she sees clients virtually so she can help you regardless of your location, nationally or internationally.
She is a proud mother of two very precocious boys who are incredible sleepers and eaters!


For more from Dr. Vyas check out:

www.sleeplessinnola.com

and on 

FB and IG @sleeplessinnola


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All my love & gratitude to:

my guest: Dr. Nilong Vyas,

my inspiration: my patients,

my idea guy & confidence booster: Edward

my intro crew: Izzy, Lance & Lucia,

my tech & equipment guy: Pop,

my music & sound guy: Mike VM,

my mascot: Jules, 

my creative director & cheerleader: Emily Newman VM,

my love, Michael.