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?
Common Sleep Challenges
Joan addresses common sleep challenges and how you can resolve them in your home.
The Big Transition to a Big-Kid Bed
Everything You Need to Transition to a Big-Kid Bed
Read moreBedtime Fears Because of Coronavirus
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
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.
Read moreMaternity Leave is Ending & Baby Doesn’t Sleep Through the Night- HELP!
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.
Read moreIt May Not be The Right Time to Sleep Train… Yet
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.
Read moreWhen to Begin Sleep Training: Finding that Optimal Window
You may be anxious to begin sleep training your little one, but you’ll have much better success if you wait until your baby has hit a few important milestones. After 16 weeks, a baby’s circadian rhythm has usually developed, and most children at this age will sleep more during the night hours than the day. By this time, your baby will also be able to practice self-soothing and go for longer stretches without feeding.
Holiday Sleep: Tips to Keep Your Family Well-Rested
The holidays are a busy time of year! Family gatherings and festivities can be a lot of fun, but they can also mean packing more into hectic schedules. It’s easy to miss naps and bedtimes! We all know what happens when kids become overtired- it’s a little bug we can call “Holiday Sleep.” But, by setting up properly, you can lessen the chance of a dreaded holiday meltdown. Read more
Travel Sleep Tips for Babies and Toddlers
If you’re headed on vacation with your baby, you may be looking forward to your destination but worried that your great sleeper will regress while you’re away. With these travel sleep tips you can keep your little sleeper on a sensible schedule, wherever you’re headed: Read more
Baby Sleep Tips: Helpful vs Unhelpful Sleep Associations
When that first baby arrives, most of us don’t think about sleep associations. During those early weeks, you feed, rock, swing or bounce and your little one will usually fall asleep. You may also be swaddling your baby and turning on that sound machine, too. All those things are sleep associations, and in the beginning they’re great because your baby needs you to be actively involved in the process of falling asleep. By the time babies are a few months old, however, they’re a little more independent and very capable of falling asleep without you being so actively involved. Read more