It is common that parents come to me because their baby wakes up every time they try to put baby down. No matter how gently, slowly or quietly they put baby down, they suddenly wake up! It can be so frustrating for parents. It is an exhausting endeavor. Parents work so hard to get their …
Why does my baby always wake up when I put them down? Read More »
You hear so much about babies not sleeping, but what about toddlers? Do toddlers magically start sleeping well and through the night when they hit a certain age? Nope, this is not the case for the majority of toddlers who were not sleeping well as babies. Many parents face toddler sleep struggles and toddlerhood can …
Seven Common Toddler Sleep Struggles and How to Address Them Read More »
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, …
Oh toddlerhood, the time in a child’s life where boundary-pushing is an everyday matter. Toddlers are trying to take in, learn and explore as much as possible. Trying to discover who they are as a person and their place in this world seems to be based quite heavily in challenging pretty much everything their parents …
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 …
