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EPISODE · Mar 27, 2025 · 11 MIN

Avoiding The Comparison Trap

from The Responsive Family Sleep Podcast

Your baby is an individual and comparing them to other babies can create a whole lot of unnecessary stress and struggle. In this episode I’m talking about how comparisons make your life harder as a parent, especially if you have a baby or toddler who is more….more sensitive, intense, persistent, active, perceptive….essentially who needs more support and is more wakeful than the children you see around you. There’s a wide range of normal, and sensitive, intense, persistent, highly alert children sleep differently than your typical baby or toddler. If your child has some additional health/medical concerns or a significant history of them, their sleep process often unfolds differently as well. Getting stuck in the comparison trap can lead to resentment and focusing on why your baby isn’t sleeping a certain way instead of meeting your baby where they are at and finding ways to make things better in your actual reality. There is a whole piece of parenting that is mindset work, and this is an important piece of that. Connect with KimInstagram: instagram.com/intuitive_parenting_dcFacebook:  facebook.com/intuitiveparentingdcLearn more about working with Kim: https://intuitiveparentingdc.com/

Your baby is an individual and comparing them to other babies can create a whole lot of unnecessary stress and struggle. In this episode I’m talking about how comparisons make your life harder as a parent, especially if you have a baby or toddler who is more….more sensitive, intense, persistent, active, perceptive….essentially who needs more support and is more wakeful than the children you see around you. There’s a wide range of normal, and sensitive, intense, persistent, highly alert childr...

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Your baby is an individual and comparing them to other babies can create a whole lot of unnecessary stress and struggle. In this episode I’m talking about how comparisons make your life harder as a parent, especially if you have a baby or toddler...

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