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…