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“Baby! Go Back to Bed!” Six Tips to Stop Your Baby’s Early Mornings
As ridiculous as it sounds, new parents sometimes wear sleep deprivation as a badge of honor. “Oh, you think you’re tired? My baby woke up at 2:54 am and has been up ever since!” The fact is, tired is tired is tired. When you hear that little squeak or a full-out wail...
5 Things to Consider if You’ve Hit a Sleep Training Wall
Going for long stretches without good sleep suuuuuuucks, and you probably feel at your wit’s end. You’ve read all of the books and articles, and you’ve tried the sleep training thing—Ferber method, cry-it-out method, etc.—without any measurable success. So what is the...
What are the Methods of Sleep Training that are not Cry It Out (CIO)?
How do you hire the right sleep consultant, who uses the right sleep training approach? We break it all down in {approaches too!} for you.
9 Tells that Your Tot is Tired
Your baby has a lot of things going on in her little life. New stimulation is continually stretching her brain and strengthening her tiny body. Can you imagine living in a world where everything was utterly novel all the time? It must be exhausting (and thrilling)!...
Can Light and Nightlights Impact Your Child’s Sleep
There are 3 changes you can make today in your child’s room to get more sleep tonight. First, we discuss the use of night lights in a child’s room, something I see frequently as a sleep consultant. Next, we discuss ambient lighting from the gadgets, timers, monitors,...
Is It Possible to Get Some Sleep with a Newborn?
Newborn babies require round-the-clock care, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you something. So, short of hiring a full-time nanny to care for your child(ren), you are going to be sleep-deprived. You will be bleary-eyed and have dark circles. You just...
My Journey to Becoming a Sleep Consultant Saved Me, My Sanity and My Marriage
There I was, it is 2 am and I paced with a 3 day old baby around my living room, through my kitchen, and into the dining room with a screaming baby. "I just fed you - why are you still crying?""Why did we do this, life was so good and consistent" "What do you need...
Should You Use Melatonin with Kids to Help them Sleep Better?
Parents who are fed up with not being able to place their kids on a healthy sleep schedule and get them down without a fight every day might feel the use of a magic pill to be appealing because they want their children to sleep, as they know it's crucial in their...
Improving Your Toddler’s Sleep During COVID-19
By Jessie Kasiguran, Sleep Consultant with Tiny Transitions Is your toddler struggling with sleep in new ways over these last months? Having a harder time falling asleep, increased night wakings, or not taking their nap? With all of the shifts to schedules,...
Signs Baby is Ready for One Nap a Day & Your Guide
A question that I see each week in my sleep Facebook group is something that’s also likely on your mind, when can my baby have one nap a day schedule? So today, I am going to dive into how to discuss a nap transition and just how to make the jump if your baby is ready...