Sleep Class for Toddlers & Little Kids 2-6 Years
Sleep Training Course for Little Kids
To the surprise and frustration of many parents, little kids often struggle with sleep. For developmental reasons like blossoming imaginations, newfound skills at negotiating and stalling, fears of the dark and more, sleep issues are common once kids are out of the crib. In this class, The Happy Sleeper co-founders Heather and Julie teach you the gentle and effective strategies -- proven through their work with thousands of families over the years -- to help parents get their 2-6 year old kids back to sleeping through the night. This class will help you with:
Bedtime resistance, stalling and negotiating
Refusing to let parents leave the room
Waking up in the night, coming into parents room
Having fears of the dark or nightmares
When and how to transition from the crib to the bed
How to know when to drop the nap
How to set the right sleep schedules and how to get kids to bed on time
The Little Kids Sleep Class includes:
Video Course
A one-hour video course taught by Julie and Heather, creators of the Happy Sleeper methods.
Mini Videos
Three “Spotlight On” mini videos covering naps, the 4-month sleep regression, & when baby first rolls to tummy
Office Hours
Join us for live, small group Q&As with Heather and Julie to ask questions and get support.
Written guide
A printable guide with notes and reminders to help you track and organize.
In this class you’ll learn
The 3 main strategies for 2-6 year olds: The Parent Wean, The Sleep Wave, and the Reverse Sleep Wave.
How to establish or re-establish independent sleep.
Talking about fears of the dark.
How to handle nightmares.
Increasing your child’s confidence about falling asleep independently.
Nap and nighttime schedules and how much sleep 2-6 year olds need.
Creating the right routines and wind down for little kids.
What to do if your child wakes in the night.
Watch the video class and accompanying Spotlight On series and use the simple printable planner as your guide to creating your effective sleep plan! You can watch and re-watch the course as many times as you need to.
Enroll now
Ask Julie and Heather your questions! When you enroll in the 2-6 Year Online class, you’ll be invited to our free Office Hours. Next session is September 6th at 9:00am PT / 12:00pm ET. The week before Office Hours, we will send you a link to attend.
Sleep is natural, we’ll show you how.
Join the hundreds of thousands of parents with self-soothing, happy sleepers. They’re sleeping soundly, and so can you.
The Happy Sleeper Little Kid strategies:
Increase your child’s confidence about sleep
Maintain an emotionally attuned response
Help parents get sleep back on track after a regression
This class is for:
Parents of kids ages 2-6 who are sleeping in their own bed or are ready to transition to their own bed.
Parents of kids who are about to move from crib to bed.
Families who want to achieve independent sleep.
Frequently Asked Questions about The Happy Sleeper Sleep Classes
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When you enroll in the class, you will be asked to create an account (user name and password). You easily purchase the class from the site, and then you can use your login directly from the top right of the homepage.
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The online classes teach The Happy Sleeper methods, which are also outlined in the book. What most parents appreciate about the online classes is the ability to actually hear us describe and teach the methods. The online classes are great for people who prefer to watch and listen, rather than reading a book.
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This is a good option if your baby is 0-3 months old, because in the 0-4 month class, you’ll learn the Health Sleep Habits, along with the Soothing Ladder and other techniques for encouraging self-soothing, and then, when your baby is 4.5-5 months and capable of sleeping independently through the night, you’ll learn the game changing techniques like the Sleep Wave from the 4-24 month class.
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In the first 4.5-5 months, we don’t have any set expectations, because every baby’s sleep abilities emerge at a different pace. Our goal in these early months is to set the stage to optimally follow your baby’s emerging self soothing and sleep abilities.
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Lifetime Access for all your kids.
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If your baby is at least 4.5-5 months old and you follow the Sleep Wave strategy (taught in the 4-24 month class), our success rate is very high, which is not surprising, since, by this age, babies are very capable of self-soothing. Before this age, we don’t have set expectations, as every baby is different.
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The Sleep Wave is our method for handing over the role of independent sleep to your capable baby. "Capable" means your baby is developmentally ready for self-soothing and sleeping through the night, which for the vast majority of babies is 5 months. When you implement the Sleep Wave, you follow our exact recommendations for responding to your baby in a very clear, very specific way, so they know you're there. If you follow the Sleep Wave steps precisely, your baby's natural ability to self soothe will emerge. Following the Sleep Wave plan also includes setting up a new bedtime routine, optimizing the timing of your baby's sleep.
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The Soothing Ladder is our method tailored to newborn babies (0-4 months). It gives you a system for responding and soothing your young baby, while also giving them space to develop their self-soothing skills. The Soothing Ladder gives your baby enough opportunity to practice their emerging sleep skills so you don't automatically get stuck in unhelpful habits.
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If your 2 year old is sleeping in a crib, you should take the 4-24 month class. If your 2 year old is attempting or succeeding in climbing out of the crib or they are already sleeping in their own bed, the Little Kid Sleep Class is right for you.
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It’s true that working on sleep can be confusing and can feel more challenging, now that your little one is older, verbal and mobile. They are louder and stronger than when they were babies. Parents feel as though they need a whole new approach at this age. This is why we developed the 2-6 year old Happy Sleeper strategies, laid out in the book as well as the class.
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The Happy Sleeper strategies in the 0-4 month class are designed to give your baby a little space to practice her emerging self-soothing abilities. We don’t let babies cry for more than a minute at this age. Your baby will feel your attunement and responsiveness. When you move into the 4-24 month class, the Sleep Wave method is also designed to satisfy two critical needs of your baby, healthy sleep and secure attachment. We will help you understand how good, natural sleep and maintaining a strong, nurtured bond, both develop naturally and work together rather than in opposition.
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The Happy Sleeper approach is science-based. We brought together what is known about child development, including when and how the circadian system (which controls sleep) matures, how self-soothing abilities emerge gradually, the natural progression of the attachment relationship and how these all work together to support excellent sleep once your baby is capable (at about 4.5-5 months). Parents often say it feels relieving, logical and reasonable.
We are trained psychotherapists, so we use our knowledge of psychology, child development and sleep to create a plan that is both responsive and incredibly effective. It is not necessary to leave a baby to cry without response from the parent. The power of our techniques are in the details — we’re excited to teach them to you.
The Gift That Outlasts Coffee
A Happy Sleeper gift card gives tired parents what they really want—rest, routines, and maybe even a little of their sanity back. Redeemable for any sleep course.