Sleep, food and emotions: how to support your child every day

Practical tips for more peace and harmony in your family As a parent, you want your child to feel good and grow up healthy. But how do you handle that when sleeping doesn't work, eating is a struggle, or emotions run high? In this interactive lecture, you will discover how to strengthen your child's well-being with simple, scientifically-backed tips. Slaapcoach Lise Dullaerts and pediatric dietitian Cathérine Heugens will work with recognizable questions and statements about sleeping, eating, and emotions. They will examine more than ten everyday parenting situations and help you understand how your child's sleep needs work, why nutrition is more than just filling them up, and how you can support your child in regulating emotions. This will give you more peace, confidence, and joy in parenting. You will receive concrete, achievable tips that you can apply immediately at home, you will discover what the facts are, which myths you can let go of, and how you can approach parenting with more peace, confidence, and joy. What exactly will you get out of this lecture? More peace and clarity: you will gain insight into what is normal behavior and what is not regarding sleeping, eating, and emotions in children from birth to preschool age. Less guilt: you will learn why struggles around sleeping, eating, and emotions are very common. Practical tools that are feasible in a busy family life. Reassurance: you will discover that good parenting is not about perfection, but about realistic and loving choices. Learning from experts and from each other: you will gain insights from two specialists and draw inspiration from the experiences of other parents. Who is Lise Dullaerts? Midwife, sleep coach, and mom of a son. With this knowledge, Lise helps parents with young children on their way to more peace, connection, and sleep. Her approach combines gentleness with clear boundaries and offers parents a practical guide to better understand their child's rhythm and emotions. Who is Cathérine Heugens? Pediatric dietitian and mom of two daughters. Cathérine has over 20 years of experience in baby and toddler nutrition and works as Scientific Affairs Manager at Nestlé. She links scientific knowledge to real stories from the lives of young parents. Practical information Duration: +/- 90 minutes This lecture takes place once on June 2, 2026 Location: Colruyt Group Academy Merelbeke-Melle Ask your questions to Lise and Cathérine, and stay afterwards for a pleasant chat with a snack and a drink.