Let me just say before I get rolling here, that I’m not strictly anti-pacifier. I mean, what mother could be? We’ve all been saved from a major baby meltdown by the quick introduction of the paci into baby’s mouth at the right moment. Maybe they missed their sleep window by a little bit and…
Toddlers are fascinating creatures, aren’t they? Watching them develop into thinking, creative little people is such a fascinating time .Watching my daughter grow up into a toddler as been…well it’s ben entertaining! (Mostly in a good way 😉 The toddler stage, often brings along creativity and new found intelligence, but we also usually see a…
What can I say? The past month has been… I mean, WOW. Right? Just WOW. Like most parents in the world, you’ve had to accommodate the fact that your kids are suddenly and unexpectedly given an EXTRA LONG summer vacation. And to top it all off, they’re unable to leave the house. Now listen, I…
So you’re traveling. Across several time zones. With a baby. I salute you, intrepid traveler, because this is not a task for the weak. This requires courage and determination beyond that of the ordinary adventurer. Personally, when our daughter was born we had decided right from the start that we we’re not going to stay…
This is it mama. This is the final boss. The last level. The icing on the parenting cake. I’m talking, of course, about NIGHT POTTY TRAINING! Well, I suppose you still have about 15 or 16 years of parenting left before you send them off to college, but those are a day at the park…
As a mother myself, as well as a sleep consultant whose nine to five job consists of meeting with the parents of babies and toddlers, I’ve come to the conclusion that babies are complicated creatures. I’ve recently gotten a giggle from Matthew McConaughey’s quote about newborns, saying, “They eat, they crap, they sleep, and if…
Raising kids is a high-stakes responsibility, and in this age of social media and easy access to information about anything and everything, parents are easily overwhelmed with feelings of guilt and inadequacy. As a sleep consultant, I see this all the time from parents whose babies aren’t sleeping well. One of the other major contributors…
For many parents, getting their baby to sleep through the night is a life-changing event. I know it certainly was for me. Waking up every hour or two to the sounds of a crying baby wasn’t just an inconvenience. It was absolutely exhausting. I was constantly irritable, completely unfocused, unable to keep track of anything,…
I can clearly remember, like most mothers I’m sure, the very moment I gave birth to my daughter. I was absolutely buried in feelings of love and gratitude. And then, I was equally buried in advice, suggestions, and information. This was all thrown at me with the best intentions, but it was overwhelming nonetheless. I…
As the parent of a new baby, the number of questions you’re going to find yourself asking are, to put it mildly, ASTRONOMICAL! The old saying about babies not coming with instructions quickly hits reality. Even after spending months doing endless research on what to expect when baby arrives, as soon as we’re sent home…