Maintaining Your Child’s Sleep Schedule Over the Holidays With the holidays approaching, many parents who have recently gotten their baby sleeping on a schedule are worried that they might regress a little over the holidays. And sadly, those fears are not unfounded. Between the travel, the excitement, the constant attention and then travel all over…
What if Baby Gets Sick? One of the most aggravating situations I see parents running into when they are sleep training is the sudden onset of a minor illness when they are finally seeing some progress. After months of sleep issues, they decide to take the initiative and get serious about getting their baby onto…
Getting Your Partner Involved I know it is not the case across the board, but I find that often it is usually one parent who handles the bulk of the nighttime responsibilities. And that parent, in a male/female relationship, is almost always Mom. Wait, before you go accusing me of sexism or stereotyping, I would…
How to Drop to One Nap One of the nicest transitions for parents is going from 2 short daytime naps to 1 big nap in the middle of the day. Who does not like time off in the middle of the day? To go from sleeping an hour and a half in the morning, and…
Sleep Training and Daycare One of the biggest obstacles parents face is what do when they send their little ones to daycare. Whether you have already gotten your baby on a carefully planned nap schedule or you are planning on starting one, a problem obviously arises if your daycare provider does not follow that same…
Switching to a Big Kid Bed One of the most common questions I get asked as a child sleep consultant is, “When should we move him into a big kid bed?” My favorite answer to this is, “Later,” and there are a couple of reasons why I say that. Number one is because there are…
Preventing Overtiredness If there is one thing that could be considered the arch-enemy of sleep training that can send your child’s sleep off the rails, it is, without a doubt, the dreaded condition of overtiredness. Kids, as with all people, have a natural rhythm when it comes to sleep. Our bodies secrete hormones to keep…
Toddlers and Their Stalling Tactics Toddlers are fascinating creatures, aren’t they? Watching them develop into thinking, creative little people is such a fun time, and one that parents often wish would last a little longer. Of course, they usually wish that after baby has grown out of the toddler stage, because along with that creativity…
Creating the Perfect Nursery When you first got pregnant, how long did it take before you started visualizing what your baby’s nursery was going to look like? Go ahead. I won’t judge. Because for most women, it can be only about an hour and a half. Or sometimes, it is already planned before there is…
Can I Bed Share and Sleep Train? No. You cannot. Sorry to be so concise, but that is the straightforward answer. We can get into details as we move along, but for those of you who just wanted a “yes-or-no,” I thought I would give it to you without a preamble. When I meet a…