Ep 13: Sleep and Conflicting Motherhood Emotions

Welcome to episode 13 of Next of Kin Parents Podcast! I'm Emma, a British Expat, and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.<br/><br/>In this week's episode I want to get real about sleep and the societal expectations surrounding it. After reading Lucy Pasha-Robinsons article for the Guardian on societal expectations around sleep and how it is used as a measure of parenting success, I want to open up as a Mother in the depths of sleep deprivation about my journey so far in the last 11 months. This leads me on to discussing the ever-present conflicting advice and duality of emotions.  <br/><br/>Links:<br/>Tots Play (for Social Tots classes) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/totsplaydubaidl/<br/>Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/28/baby-sleep-parenting-competence-shame<br/>Ashley James on Happy Mum Happy Baby Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ashley-james/id1277078956?i=1000626037645<br/>Regular Mumz Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwwq6lvAdGt/<br/>The Safe Sleep Seven: https://llli.org/the-safe-sleep-seven/<br/>The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read by Philippa Perry: https://www.amazon.ae/Book-Wish-Your-Parents-Read/dp/1984879553/ref=asc_df_1984879553/?tag=googleshopp09-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=406796141958&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6512521296799978027&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1000013&hvtargid=pla-905377946581&psc=1<br/>SocialMomsUAE post on Duality: https://www.instagram.com/p/CwKWF55p7ru/?img_index=1<br/>Lisa from Lullabies Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lullabiesdxb/?hl=en<br/>The Scottish Soul Sister Online Course: https://www.thescottishsoulsister.com/online-course<br/><br/>Support the showPlease subscribe and share the show to help us grow, and if you are enjoying the podcast and would like to support you can now 'buy me a tea': https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nextofkinpodcast<br/>Website: https://nextofkin.ae<br/>Instagram: @nextofkin.ae<br/>Tiktok: @nextofkin.ae<br/>Email: podcast@nextofkin.ae<br/><br/>