The Number One Bedtime Mistake

The Number One Bedtime Mistake

This week I wanted to talk a bit about the bedtime routine, and the number one mistake parents make when they are creating a bedtime routine. Now, if you go to any baby site on the Web, search my baby won’t sleep, or whatever youíre looking for in regards to...
7 Tips to Try to Improve Your Child’s Sleep

7 Tips to Try to Improve Your Child’s Sleep

During my 10 years as a sleep professional, I’ve gotten used to people asking me what the secret is to getting a baby to sleep through the night. Of course, there is no ONE secret. Teaching a child healthy sleep habits is a combination of lots of different...
Attachment Parenting & Sleep Training

Attachment Parenting & Sleep Training

Boy, that’s A LOT to cover in a title. In my experience, attachment parenting, co-sleeping, room sharing often go nicely together, sleep training is generally the phrase that can ruffle feathers. I want to explain a bit more about parenting philosophies and how they...
Three Myths About Sleep Training

Three Myths About Sleep Training

Do you want to know something that really gets me fired up? It’s when Moms (either online or in real life) are talking sleep, and I hear comments like this: You should just enjoy getting up to nurse all night ñ someday heíll be all grown up and you’ll miss...
Getting Your Partner Involved

Getting Your Partner Involved

At the risk of generalizing here, it’s been my experience that there’s usually one parent who handles the bulk of the nighttime responsibilities. And that parent, in a man/woman relationship, is almost always Mom. Now, before you go accusing me of sexism of...
Removing Yourself From Baby’s Sleep Routine

Removing Yourself From Baby’s Sleep Routine

So, perhaps that’s a bit of a misleading title. I’m not suggesting that you can remove yourself from baby’s bedtime routine altogether. Even if you could somehow say to your child, “Alright. It’s almost bedtime. Go have a bath, brush your teeth, get into your PJs,...