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
Common Sleep Challenges
Joan addresses common sleep challenges and how you can resolve them in your home.
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
Establish a Morning Routine for Better Baby & Toddler Sleep
Most parents know that an early and consistent bedtime, along with a bedtime routine, are the essential ingredients for a good night’s sleep. Did you know that your morning routine is just as important in the development of your baby or toddler’s sleep/wake cycle? Read more
Napping at Daycare: Preparing Your Little One
A lot of parents get anxious about sleep when it’s time to start daycare. After, napping at daycare is not the same as napping at home. It’s a big change, but you can help make the transition easier for your child by following these simple steps:
Making Naps on The Go Work Until They Don’t
If you’re like most new parents, you’re not enthused about changing your lifestyle just because you’re expecting a baby. Most likely, you still want to get to the gym, have coffee dates and dine out with friends. Oh, and there’s also a job and a new baby that you will have to squeeze into the equation! That’s when naps on the go are great! Read more
Travel Sleep Tips for Babies & Toddlers
Are you looking forward to vacation but worried that your great sleeper will regress while you’re away? Here are a few travel sleep tips to be mindful of, wherever you are headed: Read more
How to Deal with Night Terrors & Nightmares
It’s easy to confuse night terrors and nightmares, especially if your child has never experienced either of these scary sleep disturbances. They’re actually quite different from one another. Learn the facts about both and how you can help a child experiencing either night terrors or nightmares.