When I was pregnant with my oldest son I remember learning at the hospital, during a weekend newborn baby course, how to swaddle a baby (along with other things like diaper changes and what labor might look like) but no one told me why I should swaddle my newborn for Read more…
With all the safe sleep recommendations, sleep sacks are a great common suggestion to get around such recommendations as no blankets or quilts. Even blankets that are suggested as breathable, just aren’t considered safe for sleep. But there are lots of other great ways sleep sack help sleep as well. Read more…
Teething takes up a huge portion of a child’s life and many people worry about their teething baby’s sleep. Some babies start teething as early as 4-6 months old up and can continue up until they are over 3 years of age. Of course, every baby is different when it Read more…
I usually talk about sleep tips for your kids, but it isn’t unusual for parents to have problems sleeping too. I know I have struggled many times in my life to get sleep, feeling frustrated because the kids are sleeping nicely, and my husband is snoring beside me. Now let’s Read more…
The safe and appropriate time to to start sleep training, at the earliest, is quite a controversial question. There are so many different ideas and opinions on this. A popular New York pediatrics office suggests you can start sleep training as early as 8 weeks. But then you can also Read more…
Safe sleep is an important topic that needs to be discussed more with both expectant parents and new moms. It wasn’t until I was late in my first pregnancy that I learned about all of the safe sleep recommendations, and by then I’d already been given gifts that went against Read more…
Sleep is such a huge part of children’s success at school. Healthy sleep enhances student’s cognitive development because sleep helps to incorporate learning into permanent memory (also called memory consolidation). Sleep also aids in organizational skills, multi-tasking, planning, and executive function. If students aren’t getting enough sleep they will struggle Read more…
The move to a big kid bed is such a big and exciting milestone in your child’s life. No longer are they a little toddler anymore but they are a child with the big responsibility of staying in bed all night. There are no barriers any more keeping them in Read more…
Does your child wake really early in the morning or get up out of bed repeatedly overnight? Are you about to transition from the crib to a big kid bed or have a child who needs you in their room constantly because of night time fears? If any of these Read more…
As new and expectant parents we don’t generally get the opportunity to learn a lot about newborn sleep and how to set up healthy sleep habits early on. I had my first child back in Australia and the only class offered during my pregnancy was a childbirth class, which included learning Read more…