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Can You Have A Social Life After Sleep Training?
Congratulations! You’ve taught your little one some independent sleep skills and they’re finally sleeping through the night AND...
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Lockdown Survival Guide
What can I say? Here we are again. We've all been here before, trying to accommodate the fact that our kids are home from schoo...
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Is Sleep Training Safe?
As the parent of a new baby, the number of questions you’re going to find yourself asking are, to put it mildly, astronomic...
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Ten Nap Time Tips
Argh! Naps sure can get a parent down! Naps that are too short or naps that don’t follow any predictable pattern can make for a...
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Sleep Facts You Need To Know
Some facts about sleep… Physiology and the importance of sleep. Surprisingly, we know very little about why humans need to sle...
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Why Your Child Will Never Sleep Through the Night Without Waking
That’s right, I said it. Your baby will never sleep straight through the night. And neither will you, for that matter. In fact,...
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5 Common Sleep Myths
I can clearly remember, like most mothers I’m sure, the very moment I gave birth to my first child. I was absolutely buried in...
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Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Sleep?
Is there ever a time when your baby is sleeping too much? I know that might sound crazy, especially if you’ve had months or ev...
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Five Tips for Sleepovers at the Grandparents
“What are you looking forward to?” This is usually one of the first questions I ask parents when I start working with them. It...
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Is your baby waking overnight due to hunger, or habit?
We’re all willing to do whatever it takes to ensure that our babies are properly nourished. Obviously. But as anyone who’s been...
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Extending Your Baby's Nap Times
Tell me if this scenario sounds familiar… Your baby wakes up in the morning after a solid night’s sleep. You feed her, chang...
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Why Won't My Baby Sleep?
This is a question I often asked my first son when he was an infant. I asked it in a sweet voice, I asked it in a pleading voi...
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Tips to Stop Early Morning Wake-Ups
Whether your early riser is a baby or toddler, one thing is certain - early morning wake-ups are rough on everyone! The timing...
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3 Myths About Sleep Training
Do you want to know something that really gets me fired up? It's when Mums (either online or in real life) are talking sleep, ...
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Physical Activity & Your Child's Sleep
I doubt that I’m overreaching by saying that the last year has brought about some significant challenges for, well, pretty much...
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Seven Shortcuts to Sleeping Through the Night
People often ask me what the secret is to getting a baby to sleep through the night. Of course, there is no ONE secret. Teachi...
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Tips for Dealing with the End of Daylight Savings
The end of daylight savings time is coming up soon. Most parents don’t mind it so much when they gain an extra hour, but it...
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Why I Guarantee My Sleep Training Methods Work
I'm sure many parents who come across my services are thinking, 'OK, but will it work?' As a mother of two young children, I r...
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Why Does My Baby Wake at 3am?
It might be the single most common question new parents ask. Is it a developmental milestone? A regression? Are they getting to...
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How to Stay Calm When Sleep Training
Do you yell at your kids? Because hey, full disclosure, I yell at my kids. I lose my patience sometimes. My kids can push m...
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How to Tell When Your Child is Ready to Drop to One Nap
First of all, we need to be familiar with the age at which this tends to occur. I find that a good average age is somew...
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What To Do About Childcare
Conceivably the biggest challenge that you’ll face when you’re teaching your baby those precious independent sleep skills star...
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The Number One Mistake Parents Make at Bedtime
This week I wanted to talk a bit about the bedtime routine, and the number one mistake parents make when they are creating a be...
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Is Your Baby A 'Split Sleeper'? Here's What to Do!
Is your little one waking up in the middle of the night? No, no, not like that. I mean like really waking up. Waking up and st...
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Back to School Tips
Alright, let me just start off here by saying, honestly and sincerely, no judgment for what might have gone down over the s...
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Baby Won't Lie Down at Night?
So your baby has learned to stand up! Congratulations on this wonderful milestone! Having said that, a lot of babies run into a...
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Why You Shouldn't Use Sleep Contraptions
There are all manner of sleep contraptions that promise to help get your child to sleep. Let me explain why, even though they m...
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How to Cope with Anxiety About Sleep Training
So you’re on the fence about this whole, “teaching your baby to sleep,” thing. On the one hand, you know that sleep is essentia...
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Tips for maintaining your child's sleep schedule over the holiday period.
It has taken you a few weeks to get your child into a good routine and to sleep well. Now that you've put in the time, effort...
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When is the Best Time to Get Rid of the Dummy?
A lot of parents who use soothers/dummies feel a twinge of guilt the first time they stick a dummy in their baby’s mouth. Howe...
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How to Make Effective Consequences for Your Kids
The thing is, teaching your kids to be well-behaved takes work! So today, I want to talk about consequences: how they help us r...
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Getting Your Partner Involved in Sleep Training
Some advice for how to tackle sleep training as a dual-parenting team. While one parent is usually the primary caregiver, sleep...
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Sleep Strategies for Twins
'There are two things in this world that life doesn’t prepare you for. Twins.' You’re the proud parent of twins! Congratulation...
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How To Manage Daylight Savings
Daylight Savings is almost here! Most parents don’t mind it so much when they are gaining an extra hour, but it sends shivers t...
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When Is the Right Time to Sleep Train?
There are two things I can pretty much guarantee you when it comes to teaching your baby to sleep through the night. 1. It’s g...
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The Benefits of Sleep
Sleep has always been, and will likely continue to be, a bit of a mystery. From an evolutionary standpoint, it seems like so...
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Tips for Dealing with the End of Daylight Savings
The end of daylight savings time is coming up soon. Most parents don’t mind it so much when they gain an extra hour, but it...
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How to Deal with Your Child's Fear of the Dark
“Mom, I can’t sleep.” Fear of the dark usually starts to show up around the 2-year mark. As toddler’s minds mature, their ...
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Dealing with a Fussy Eater
I know this isn’t a sleep-related post, but I get so many parents asking me about this topic, I thought it might be nice t...
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Helping Jess Dempsey and her family get to sleep!
Recently, I had the opportunity to help Jess Dempsey and her family with their sleep needs! What blew me away was how lovely...
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