Are you wondering how to dress your baby for a comfortable and safe sleep during hot summer nights? It's easy to think that pajamas would suffice, but overdressing can adversely affect your baby's sleep and health. So how should you dress your baby in the summer?...
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8 New Year, New Mom Resolutions
This one goes out to all of the new moms out there -- you know who you are. You may feel like you're in the trenches, and you are, but the new year is the perfect time to claw your way out. In case you don't have the time to come up with any resolutions, or a lack of...
How Screen Time Affects Your Child’s Sleep
While digital tech was invented to be a time saver and tool of efficiency, and it is, research is showing how excessive media access is eating away at quality time and creating health habits that are inefficient for growing children. And while those electronic devices...
Maintaining Your Child’s Sleep Schedule Over the Holidays
With the holidays approaching, many new parents who have recently gotten their babies sleeping on a schedule are worried that they might regress a little over the holidays. And I can assure you, those fears could not be more well-founded. Between the travel, the...
My Favorite Things: A Sleep Gift Guide
'Tis the season of gift guides, and I don't want to disappoint, so I've rounded-up a few of my favorite things to create a sleep gift guide just for you! If you're a client of mine, a few of these items won't be new to you, as I recommend all of these things to my...
AAP Releases New Safe Sleep Guidelines
Safe sleep guidelines is a topic that I never tire of sharing, and it's important to follow the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) research-backed suggestions. The AAP recently revised their safe sleep guidelines, and I thought it would be great to take a moment to...
How to Keep Your Child Awake
I talk about sleep a lot. Here on my blog, with family, friends, clients and colleagues -- sleep is a never ending topic of conversation, as it should be given my career! However, I was just telling a former client that we, as parents, spend so much of our time...
Rock-a-Bye Baby: When Rocking Your Baby Is a Bad Idea
Hey new parent! Yes, YOU! I know, I know, you're deliriously happy and sleep deprived -- welcome to the parent club! Are you still swaying, side to side, even after putting your baby down? Rocking your baby is an incredibly natural thing to do, and many tired moms...
5 Tips for Traveling with a Baby
When you're traveling with a baby, be it a vacation or a quick overnight trip to visit family, you need to keep your baby's sleep routine in mind. Trust me, organizing your trip around your baby's sleep schedule will make for a more enjoyable time away from home! Just...
Get Baby to Sleep Longer
"My baby is one year old and he doesn't sleep! He takes a short nap in the morning and then plays the rest of the day. He doesn't go to sleep until really late and then is up extremely early. My husband and I are struggling to function without sleep -- is there...
Identifying Baby Sleep Signs
If you’re letting your baby dictate her own schedule, it can often be difficult to spot her sleep signals, which can lead to an overtired baby (and a struggle to get her down). Don’t wait for your baby to yawn to recognize fatigue, there are many other baby sleep...
When Your Baby Won’t Sleep
I receive questions from tired and frazzled parents every week. Sometimes the answers are a simple solution that fatigue caused weary parents to overlook, and other times the issue is a little more involved, taking a bit of investigative work to uncover. This is often...
How To Treat Plagiocephaly
Maybe you've heard the term 'flat head syndrome', or perhaps you've seen a baby with a flat spot at the back of her head. Maybe your own baby's head is beginning to look a bit flat in the back -- don't panic! Plagiocephaly, or Positional Plagiocephaly, is more common...