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Infant Sleep Training: Enter the No Judgment Zone

Infant Sleep Training: Enter the No Judgment Zone

“No, I’m not plugging a national chain of gyms, I’m letting you know that when you come to me you’re in a safe space. Over my years of infant sleep training along Philadelphia’s Main Line I’ve seen just about everything, so not much surprises me these days. I also...

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How to Sleep Train Your Baby: Is the Pacifier Bad?

How to Sleep Train Your Baby: Is the Pacifier Bad?

As a pediatric sleep consultant in Philadelphia’s Main Line, the most common question I get -- whether in-person or via email -- is an obvious one: how to sleep train your baby. What many people don’t realize is that the answer varies depending on the variables, which...

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More of My Favorite Things: A Sleep Gift Guide

More of My Favorite Things: A Sleep Gift Guide

While you won’t find me frolicking in a dirndl dress in the Alps, I am singing the praises of some of my favorite sleep-related things. Perhaps the number one concern with new parents, and certainly one of the most contentious new parent topics, babies and sleep are...

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When Should You Hire a Sleep Coach for Your Baby?

Ahh, the early days of parenting. Perhaps you’re in that period when your newborn is adjusting to day and night, or you have a hungry baby who wakes every hour or so. No matter the cause, you are desperate for sleep and looking for help. If you’re wondering when the...

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Expect the Unexpected: Traveling with Young Children

Expect the Unexpected: Traveling with Young Children

Today's blog is a guest blog by Lauren Stevens, a client of mine more than SIX years ago! She recently embarked on a two-week European vacation with her husband and six-year-old son. Lauren's here today to share how hopping continents and time zones went and how she...

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Snoring, Mouth Breathing…and Sleep

Snoring, Mouth Breathing…and Sleep

There is almost nothing more adorable than a conked-out baby, arms splayed around their head, gently snuffling away in slumber, right? The term, "sleep like a baby," captures the peaceful, relaxed nature of babies sleeping, and it's the type of sleep that a lot of...

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How to Get Your Toddler to Stay in Their Bedroom (All Night)

How to Get Your Toddler to Stay in Their Bedroom (All Night)

It seems just yesterday that your baby finally learned to sleep through the night, and you were off-the-hook for night-wakings every two hours. Once your baby was sleeping 10-12 hours each night, you started to relax a little more in the evenings, relishing the alone...

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What You Eat Can Affect Your Sleep

What You Eat Can Affect Your Sleep

While I am a Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant, specializing in the sleep habits of babies and young children, I also want the parents I work with to get healthy sleep -- a well-rested family is a happy family! So, from time to time I like to cover topics...

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Bypass the Baby Gear

Bypass the Baby Gear

If you follow any parenting sites or skimmed over headlines last month, you likely saw reports about the massive recall for Fisher-Price’s Rock ‘N Play Sleeper. Enormous in scale, the Sleeper recall includes all models from the product’s inception in 2009. Sadly, the...

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The ADHD-Sleep Connection

The ADHD-Sleep Connection

A recent study, presented at the American Physiological Society’s (APS) annual meeting, shows that teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may benefit from more nightly sleep. This finding got me thinking about the young children I work with, and...

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There’s a Science Behind Set Bedtimes

There’s a Science Behind Set Bedtimes

If you’ve glanced at headlines or spent any amount of time on social media in the last month or so, you likely saw flashy headlines proclaiming that children lacking a set bedtime suffer physical effects similar to jet lag. The adolescent sleep study’s findings are...

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