Is your baby a light sleeper? Are you tiptoeing around the house, getting irritated your dog for breathing too loudly every time she is asleep? Do you dread the transfer from your arms to the crib, because no matter how fast asleep baby seems, she is all of a sudden wide-eyed and awake the second …
The Rock’n’Play Sleeper by Fisher-Price has been the topic of interest for many parents this week. This product has been advertised as a sleep space for babies, with some of the boxes even stating it is meant for “all night sleep”. However, the design of the Rock’n’Play does NOT meet safe sleep guidelines. I have …
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One can argue that myths aren’t always a bad thing. They help us make sense of our world. They can make us feel better when things seem to be going in the wrong direction. Myths can help us feel comforted when we feel lost, which is beneficial. But at the end of the day, the …
What is it about having a horrible night’s sleep that makes everyone else so awful the next day? It seems that way, doesn’t it? After a night of broken, interrupted, just plain lousy sleep, people for some reason are just contemptible. From the people driving like they’ve been lobotomized, to the people asking you the …
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I’m sure you can guess what my answer is to this question since, after all, I am a Baby Sleep Consultant. I tend to put a high priority on sleep and am, in my humble opinion, justifiably passionate about its benefits for babies (and mommas and daddies). But is my passion for sleep clouding my …
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Sleep has always been, and will likely continue to be, a bit of a mystery. From an evolutionary standpoint, it seems like something that we should have abandoned a few hundred thousand years ago. The fact that we fall into a near unconscious state for a third of our day, every single day, leaving us …
Before having kids, I remember rejoicing about the ‘extra hour’ of sleep we got by ‘falling back’ each year. Too bad kids don’t seem to understand what an extra hour of sleep means! But don’t fret I’m here to help you through this upcoming change. In case you missed it, the daylight savings time change …
As a Baby Sleep Consultant, one of the most aggravating situations I see parents running into is the sudden onset of a minor illness when they’re finally seeing some progress with sleep training (or finally sleeping well after sleep training!) After months of sleep issues, they finally decide to take the initiative and get serious …
It makes me so sad when I see other mommas holding their sleep deprivation as a badge of honor. Sleep deprivation is real and it sucks. Sleep deprivation is detrimental in many areas of your life. And sleep deprivation can be really lonely. I could go on, but I think you get it. In many Mommy-groups, …
When you first found out you were pregnant, how long did it take before you started visualizing what the perfect nursery for baby was going to look like? Go ahead, be honest. I won’t judge. Because for me, it was about an hour and a half. At first, I was thinking an Under the Sea …
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