I’m going to share a sleep tip that you may not have heard before. I talk to every family I work with about it because the long term value of it is huge. It’s not wake windows, sleep environment or even teaching independent sleep habits (although these are all really helpful and important too!) The …
As a Baby Sleep Consultant, the majority of parents I talk to have had their babies sleep go through a regression or two. In any mommy group, you will hear the ‘R’ word dropped all the time. You will hear about the 4-month sleep regression and then an 8-month regression, a 9-month regression, a 1-year regression, …
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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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 …
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 …
Back to sleep or back is best or back to sleep for all sleep. As a parent of a newborn you have heard these phrases many times. This is because the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies up to the age of 1 always be placed on their backs to sleep. This is recommended …
“With all of the information that’s readily available online, and the resources you have at your disposal in the form of friends and family who have managed to get their kids to sleep, why would you want to work with a stranger to get your child sleeping through the night?” The question might not always …
