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Bedtime Changes For Sleep Anxiety

Joan Becker Friedman Baby & Child Health, Common Sleep Challenges, Nighttime Sleep, Toddler Sleep January 11, 2022March 31, 2022bedtime, separation anxiety, toddler sleep

“Mommy, lay with me.”

“Can you hold my hand until I fall asleep?”

“One more hug.”

They’re the sweet bedtime murmurs of your little- or the exhausting demands of a child struggling with sleep anxiety.

When children show sleep anxiety at bedtime (and they don’t express it during daytime hours) these manifestations- clinginess, procrastination, “one more…”- may be a sign that your child hasn’t mastered the ability to fall asleep independently. These kiddos don’t want you to leave their room because they can’t fall asleep without you. Your child stays on “high alert” each time you try to go.

Inside your scared sleeper’s body their fears are getting in the way of their sleepiness.

Recovering From Your Child’s Sleep Disruptions

Joan Becker Friedman Common Sleep Challenges, Nighttime Sleep, Toddler Sleep April 6, 2021March 31, 2022

When COVID causes nighttime troubles

These years of the pandemic that has disrupted our lives and that of our children. It’s been too long of virtual learning, hybrid learning and in-person learning, for some, all of the above. It’s been challenging to keep track of schedules and maintain flexibility to adapt to the ever-changing COVID guidelines and protocols. Many of us are still in survival mode. You may not be getting much sleep as you try to meet the needs of your kids and the demands of your career and other needs. And your child’s sleep disruptions only make it harder. We can’t help but become a bit lax when it comes to household sleep rules, and now you may be parenting through the results.

Managing Bedtime Mischief

Joan Becker Friedman Common Sleep Challenges, Nighttime Sleep, Toddler Sleep March 22, 2021March 31, 2022

When it comes to bedtime, toddlers can be so challenging. They’re smart, clever and they know exactly how to get you to meet their demands during their nightly routine- we call it bedtime mischief. They test your patience and can be so frustrating!

How to Deal With Sleep Regressions

Joan Becker Friedman Baby Sleep, Common Sleep Challenges, Nighttime Sleep, Toddler Sleep March 3, 2021March 31, 2022sleep issues, sleep regression

Undoubtedly, you’ve heard of sleep regressions. If you’re reading this, chances are you’re experiencing it first hand. The word regression suggests a setback- something abnormal. Unfortunately regressions aren’t abnormal. They are frustrating, exhausting and overwhelming.

Just when you think you have a great sleeper, your great sleeper stops sleeping well. A sleep regression might look like difficulty settling down or falling asleep, nap resistance and night wakings. All of this can lead to overtiredness. In turn, overtiredness can result in fussiness and crankiness. For you and your child.

Here’s maybe the most important part: sleep regressions usually only last one or two weeks. This will pass.

Sleep Training Methods Decoded

Joan Becker Friedman Nighttime Sleep, Parenting May 15, 2020March 31, 2022baby sleep, how to sleep train, sleep coach, sleep consultant, sleep training, toddler sleep

It’s 3 a.m. You’re awake. Again. Googling “sleep training methods.” Google spits back thousands of pages with dozens of methods with all kinds of crazy names that really don’t seem to make much sense. Maybe because it’s 3 a.m. Or maybe it’s the crying-is-best, crying-is-awful, somewhere-in-the-middle conflict. Plus, your co-worker, friend from high school and cousin’s wife have probably also said, “We did this. It worked for us. Try it. We know it will work for you, too!” It’s easy to get overwhelmed with information. Most parents are! How can every online sleep expert claim to have the perfect solution? How do you know what will help and what won’t?

The Big Transition to a Big-Kid Bed

Joan Becker Friedman Nighttime Sleep, Toddler Sleep April 22, 2020March 31, 2022

Everything You Need to Transition to a Big-Kid Bed

Bedtime Fears Because of Coronavirus

Joan Becker Friedman Nighttime Sleep, Toddler Sleep April 17, 2020March 31, 2022coronavirus, parenting, sleep issues

This pandemic is a pretty scary thing. We don’t know how long we’ll be isolated. We don’t know if we or our loved ones will get sick and we have know idea when or if our lives will return to the normal that we once knew.

Everything You Need to Know About Teething

Joan Becker Friedman Baby & Child Health, Baby Sleep, Common Sleep Challenges, Nighttime Sleep March 27, 2020March 31, 2022baby sleep, baby teeth, teeth, teething, teething baby, teething discomfort, teething pain

Everything Gets Blamed on Teething!

Teething gets a bad rap! Teething takes the blame for just about everything, including disrupted sleep. A lot of parents say their child has been teething FOREVER. And, many parents feel that teething is surely the reason their little one isn’t sleeping well. We’ve broken down just about everything you need to know about teething- including separating teething facts from teething fiction.

Maternity Leave is Ending & Baby Doesn’t Sleep Through the Night- HELP!

Joan Becker Friedman Baby Sleep, Nighttime Sleep, Parenting February 17, 2020March 31, 2022baby sleep, maternity leave, working mom

After ten beautiful weeks of snuggling your sweet baby, sometimes at all hours of the night, suddenly the countdown to going back to work begins! As maternity leave is ending, baby may not be sleeping. And you might be wondering how you’re going to function at work totally sleep deprived.

It May Not be The Right Time to Sleep Train… Yet

Joan Becker Friedman Baby Sleep, Common Sleep Challenges, Nighttime Sleep February 16, 2020March 31, 2022baby sleep, sleep training, toddler sleep

So, you’ve decided you and your baby are ready for sleep training! You may feel like the right time to sleep train is ASAP – before the sleepless nights drive you even crazier…

GREAT! That’s what we’re here for. But, we want to make sure when you do the work to sleep train, it sticks. Timing is everything. Sometimes finding the right time to sleep train, even if it means more wakeful nights, will allow the consistency it takes to be successful.

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