Most people think sleep training is for babies and toddlers, but I’m noticing increasingly more elementary school-aged children needing sleep training help. Today we’ll talk about how you can approach sleep training an older child. If you have been following me on Instagram, you’d know that I recently had to Read more…
Almost all the different physiological processes in our bodies are governed by a circadian rhythm including alertness, heart rate, mood, digestion, and sleep. Due to the earth revolving around the sun in a 24 hour period our circadian rhythms have adjusted to doing the same. Our body clock is the Read more…
When your child starts to talk about fears at night time which leads to delays in bedtime or overnight wakings it can be hard to know what do to. Nighttime fears can be scary stuff for kids, but they can also lead to ongoing problems at sleep times, which can Read more…
Are you sick of having major bedtime battles or way too many callbacks after they are in bed? If this feels like your life then there are so many different things you can do to help get bedtime back on track and fix bedtime battles, curtain calls and have peaceful Read more…
Toddlers are notorious for finding ways to delay bedtime. Whether it be for one last hug, another pee or a drink of water. And if they aren’t delaying bedtime they could be putting up a fight when it is time for bed or coming out of bed numerous times when they 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 transition from a crib to a big kid bed comes with many challenges. If we do it too soon our toddlers aren’t developmentally ready and then it can result in many behavior challenges because of their newfound freedom. Because of this, I tend to suggest keeping toddlers in the Read more…
Does your child like to call you back into the bedroom multiple times a night for anything and everything they can think of? Maybe it is needing the potty, another drink or one extra hug or kiss? It can be awfully hard as parents not to keep coming back in. Read more…
* This page includes affiliate links. You won’t pay any more for the products by clicking on these links, but we’ll get a small commission. * There are some very useful phrases that we can use with our kids when teaching them to be independent sleepers. Many of these I Read more…
On Sunday, March 8th it is time to Spring Forward and move our clocks forward one hour. Here is your spring forward guide. Learn about the different options we have for preparing our babies and children for the time change so that we can start getting ourselves mentally and Read more…