20. Toddlerhood Part 3: Potty Training & Sleep

In this third installment of our toddlerhood series, we’re getting into two of the biggest—and often most charged—parts of toddlerhood: **potty training and sleep**. In this episode of The Woman Within Podcast, we share our very different experiences with **potty training**, including regressions, accidents, pull-ups, training underwear, bodily awareness, and learning to meet our kids where they are instead of forcing a timeline. We talk about **autonomy, temperament, learning through failure**, and the ways potty training has taught us more about how our individual children learn. Then we dive deep into **toddler sleep**—co-sleeping, sleep training, night waking, sleep regressions, breastfeeding, night weaning, and the anxiety and pressure that can surround how our children sleep. We get honest about the seasons when sleep felt all-consuming, the decisions that eventually helped, and how our perspectives have shifted from trying to “fix” sleep to understanding what our kids—and we as mothers—actually need. At the heart of both conversations is the same lesson: **there isn’t one timeline, one method, or one right way to do this.** Sometimes parenting means pushing forward, sometimes it means taking a break, and sometimes it means releasing control and trusting that our kids will get there in their own time. **In this episode, we talk about:** - **Toddler potty training** - **Potty training regressions & accidents** - **Bodily awareness & autonomy** - **Potty training timelines & expectations** - **Training underwear vs. pull-ups** - **Learning through failure** - **Toddler temperament & individual differences** - **Toddler sleep & sleep regressions** - **Co-sleeping & sleep training** - **Night waking & split nights** - **Breastfeeding & night weaning** - **Sleep anxiety & parental pressure** - **Co-regulation & independence** - **Letting go of control** - **Trusting your child’s unique timeline** **New Episodes drop every Monday!** **Join our email list** to get reminders about new episodes and future offerings ⁠https://womanwithinpod.myflodesk.com/joinus⁠ **Follow us on Instagram** @womanwithinpod @nicole\_mejia @soulfully\_sarah\_stew If this episode resonates with you, **don't forget to like and subscribe.** *Thank you so much for listening!*