E28: Ilya's Bedtime Routines + The Importance of Routine for Kids

Rituals root us. Having solid, consistent, nurturing routines that we perform every day creates the rhythms we need for healthy development. We thrive when we have that ideal balance of certainty and uncertainty, routine and spontaneity. Most beings seem to be off balance, needing more routine than they have set up for themselves. Their systems are craving more regularity, more trust, more stability. With a healthy framework, we can flow and play with confidence. 

Developing and nurturing regular morning and evening routines that are simple and effective for you and your children helps ensure you will be set up to thrive. When our systems have a certain amount of reliability, they can relax. Consistency and relaxation is especially essential for young, developing beings, and as their caregivers, we are the ones setting the tone of the day. We are the ones whose nervous systems they are syncing up with, learning from, and mirroring. By creating calm, present, loving energetic environment, we can offer our children a nurturing space for co-regulation. 

In this episode, I share about Ilya’s bedtime rituals, now at 3 years old. I also share more abut the importance of having bedtime routines, both for child and for your yourself. 

Resources referenced in podcast

Animal oracle cards: https://amzn.to/3Q1H2Xw 
Sleepy time tincture: https://amzn.to/3So0teJ 
Salt lamp lights: https://amzn.to/3PZYGuS 
Toothpaste recipe: https://www.brittanytaylor.co/toothpaste-recipe-for-natural-mamas-and-kids/ 
Wide-tooth wooden comb: https://amzn.to/3d8qr61 
Sound machine: https://amzn.to/3vDvx0i 
Jojoba oil: https://amzn.to/3QhajgH 
Camera: https://amzn.to/3zwHd6n 
Books for bedtime: Smithsonian collection example: https://amzn.to/3BAQYD8 
Books for bedtime: kids want to know example: https://amzn.to/3d1subU 
Books for bedtime: little owl book example: https://amzn.to/3QmkJvF 

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Welcome to Parenting our Children and Re-Parenting Ourselves. I am your host, Brittany Taylor and it is a joy to be here with you. I am a coach, specializing in relationships- our relationships with ourselves, our partners, our children, and beyond. I coach beings who are ready to step into the more full version of themselves they have been calling forth. I support pregnant mamas and families, partnerships, and individuals. Reach out to me for an initial session  or to to see if we are a good fit for my dedicated 12-week coaching program. 

This podcast is alive thanks to the incredible journey I have experienced parenting my now 3-year-old child, while simultaneously immersed in the deep work of healing and developing within my own internal system. It is my belief that our children offer us the portal to the growth we have been asking for, on an individual and collective level. The intention of this podcast is to offer insight into topics and themes that can help us evolve in harmony alongside our children, with unconditional love and support for us all. 

In season 2 of this podcast we are diving into topics related to attachment parenting, holistic, heart-led parenting, unconditional love, re-parenting ourselves, healing trauma bonds, and aiming to support ourselves re-emerging as full, integrated beings, while supporting our children in maintaining this same integrity within themselves and connection to their own system and intuitive knowing. 

Season 1 of this podcast took you along my journey of an autonomous, non-medical pregnancy and Freebirth, with a glimpse into our postpartum life.