7 Tips for Better Sleep Habits What are some things you can start right away with a newborn to establish healthy sleep habits? Remember, sleep is a skill your baby isn’t born with. You need to teach it! But even if you didn’t start as a newborn, you can implement these tips with babies…
Handling the Holidays The holiday season is upon us, whether you are ready for it or not! I’m falling more on the “not” side this year. It’s definitely a fun and exciting time of year, but it can also be overwhelming and exhausting. Imagine if you feel this way, how much more your kids can…
Why Won’t My Baby Sleep Through the Night? Ahh, the question we all want the answer to. And right now please! Baby wakes up during the night frequently and the fussing starts, waking you up and disrupting everyone’s sleep. You have to go in there and soothe them back to sleep somehow. And then hope…
What if My Kids Share a Room? This is a tricky scenario that I see a lot of parents dealing with. They want to move their youngest into a room with their toddler but are unsure how to sleep train without waking up the older child. That is a valid concern, and I wish I…
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…
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…