How do you manage toddlers during bedtime tantrums?

How do you manage toddlers during bedtime tantrums?

When everyone in the house is tired, a tantruming toddler can be triggering for all involved. Some of our readers had some tips to tackle the tantrums so that everyone can get some well-deserved rest. Keep reading to learn what has worked for them. Mary Vaughn Mary...
7 Tips for Helping Your Kid Cope with Nightmares

7 Tips for Helping Your Kid Cope with Nightmares

Lois Lowry, the award-winning author of the children’s book The Giver, wrote a fictional book called Gossamer that dove into the world behind dreams. In it, little invisible creatures called dreamgivers touch items around people’s homes after everyone goes to bed. As...
Could a Humidifier Answer Your Kid’s Sleep Problems?

Could a Humidifier Answer Your Kid’s Sleep Problems?

There are a few combinations in life that you just can’t deny: Macaroni and cheese Summertime and swimming pools Peanut butter and jelly Fall and football games Hammer and nails Thunder and lightning Today we pose a slightly less known (but no less true!) pairing:...
Why Is My Baby Waking Up All Night?

Why Is My Baby Waking Up All Night?

“Sleep like a baby” is a phrase that was clearly coined by someone who has never slept in the same house as a baby. A baby’s night sleep certainly doesn’t seem like the ideal example of rest. They are often up multiple times a night, and what little...
How can parents overcome separation anxiety?

How can parents overcome separation anxiety?

Whether you are heading to work or your child is heading to school, anytime parents and children are separated there is a potential for separation anxiety. Whether the anxiety comes from you or your children, the feelings are valid. Our readers had some advice for...
How to Deal with Nighttime Separation Anxiety

How to Deal with Nighttime Separation Anxiety

The crying.The clinging.The tantrums.It happens whether you’re dropping your baby off at daycare or grandma’s house, or just leaving the room to take a much-needed potty break that (you’d hoped!) you could do without a two-foot-tall audience-of-one.Yes, today we are...