Respond, Don't React: Sleep Training Your Baby with Felicia Nassif

If you've ever found yourself Googling "why won't my baby sleep" at 3am, this episode is for you.Felicia Nassif is a pediatric registered nurse with over 17 years of trauma and pediatric care experience, a certified lactation educator, parent coach, and pediatric sleep consultant. Through her practice, Conscious Living Coaching, she helps mothers build confidence, improve sleep, and create sustainable routines rooted in nervous system regulation.In this conversation, Emily and Felicia talk about:Why nervous system regulation, not technique, is the real foundation of sustainable sleepFelicia's own journey through sleep deprivation, co-sleeping guilt, and being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome as an adultThe sleep cues parents miss (and why waiting until your baby is rubbing their eyes is already too late)Safe co-sleeping and why refusing to talk about it openly can actually make things less safeWhy moving feeding to the start of the bedtime routine (instead of the end) can change everythingResponding versus reacting, and learning to trust your baby's ability to self-settleFelicia's program, The New Mom Reset, is for families who are done Googling and ready for a plan!Visit Felicia's website: felicianassif.com Book a free discovery call with Felicia: https://calendly.com/felicia-nassif/45minFollow Felicia on Instagram: @felicianassifMore About Your HostEmily Spaeth is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, childbirth educator, and founder of Be Well Baby® in Portland, Oregon. With extensive NICU experience and training in craniosacral therapy, she leads a team providing home-based health care for families navigating the tricky parts of pregnancy and postpartum. Emily is also a professor and offers mentorship and continuing education courses for professionals so that she can effect systemic change! She is also a mother of three and passionate about helping families move from surviving to thriving.If this episode helped you, please send it to someone who's pregnant, postpartum, or supporting someone through birth — and if you have a minute, leaving a review helps us reach even more families. Thank you for being here.