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“Mommy, I had a bad dream” – Resolving Bedtime Scares

Does your little one experience fears at bedtime or wake with nightmares? Try these approaches to resolve those night-time scares. Before we get into techniques to resolution approaches, let us delve into an understanding of why these approaches work and why I suggest them. Fear, anxiety, and depression are fueled by one part of the […]

Baby Steps Mamas, Baby Steps

The other day I decided to cut up some carrots and celery for a side as part of our dinner. My eldest was sharing with her little brother about how much she enjoyed her celery. This excitement over the celery caused my youngest to give it a try. He took one bite (just to try […]

Tips to Help You Get Rested After The 4th of July

The funny thing about the 4th of July is that it causes a whole lot of sleep deprivation; staying up past dark hours to watch fireworks and sounds of fireworks up into the odd hours of the night will throw anyone’s sleep off! If you are one of the millions of Americans who woke up […]

How To Help Your Child Wake Up Happy

Fussy, groggy, can’t stop crying…sound familiar? Here are some tried and true tips that could help your child never wake up fussy again! 1. Open the blinds and go outside. Darkness triggers your brain that it is time to sleep. Light does the opposite. Light tells your brain that its time to be awake. 2. […]

Training Yourself to Trust Your Child

Sometimes I need to be reminded how capable kids really are. Facilitating healthy growth in our children can be one of the most challenging, yet most important tasks in parenting. However, facilitating healthy growth isn’t always the most natural and comfortable thing to do. Let me share a story to further explain my statements… Recently […]

5 Steps to Getting Your Kids to Sleep Anywhere

Our family recently took a trip to Orlando for Sea World and Disney World. My kiddos napped in the airport (during a layover), in a cabana at a water park, in a hotel lobby at Disney World, and on the plane on the way home. In the following 5 tips, I’m gonna share how we […]

7 Tips for Maintaining your Child’s Sleep While Traveling

One of the most common questions I get from families after we’ve completed sleep coaching is “how do we travel without undoing our child’s good sleep habits?” My family will be traveling to Disney World this week, so I thought this would be a good subject to tackle this week. The answer to this question […]

Integrative Sleep

Close Your Eyes to Blue Light and Wake to an Old World

It’s no wonder the man who permanently changed the sleep of our whole world, was not much of a sleeper himself. He thought sleep was a waste of time and slept as little as possible. Little did he know that generations would follow this train of thought, causing an epidemic of sleep disorders. Don’t get […]

Simple Steps to Correct and Avoid your Child’s 5am Wake Up #Earlyrising #Springforward

Who wants to get up before the sun?! Ugh, not many people that I know of. In fact, it is better if your child is not awake at that time. Often, children who consistently wake up before 6 am are doing so due to unhealthy reasons. What most people don’t know is that that hour […]

Integrative Sleep

What Strep Taught Me About Sleep

Strep obviously disrupts sleep but there’s more to the picture. My family had strep this week. Well, actually my kids and I did. My husband escaped – so far. Don’t hate us, but our kids don’t tend to have disrupted sleep, even through sickness. This sickness go around was different, both of my kids were […]

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A pediatric sleep consultant holds a baby that keeps waking in the night

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