Tag: sleep
Q&A With a Child and Infant Sleep Consultant
Raise your hand if you've struggled through sleepless nights with your kids at one point or another. Now, for the 99.9% of you who...
I Worked With A Child Sleep Consultant and It Was LIFE...
Out of everything that I worried about as I became a new mom, sleep truly wasn’t something I worried about. That was one thing...
Sleep Secrets: What I’ve Learned From 25 Years of Caring for...
I have been working with infants for 25 years. I love babies! With four of my own, let me tell you–none of them have...
It’s a Baby Year: There Are No Rules and The Points...
The year following the birth of a baby must have its own name and its own set of expectations. In my family, it is...
Living With the Early Bird: 4 Tips For Parents of Early...
You know the saying, "The early bird gets the worm." Well, my kids must have heard that phrase somehow while they were still cooking,...
Truths of the Night Shift Mom
The night shift life is not for the faint of heart. Take the demands of a night shift job, add in the demands of...
First Pregnancy vs. Second Pregnancy
No two pregnancies are alike.
I'm no stranger to that phrase. I've heard it a lot over the years, since having my first daughter. To...
“Just 5 More Minutes”: Adult Sleep Struggles
"Michele… Pssst… Hey, Michele…*nudge*… wake up...*nudge*…the baby is awake…Michele…"
I find it hard to imagine that there are any moms unfamiliar with the extreme exhaustion...
Lessons Learned from 137,970 Hours of Parenting
My husband and I are big fans of Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point and Outliers. We often discuss his 10,000 hour rule...
“How is your baby sleeping?” Sound bites from Year One
If there is one question I have been asked more than any other in my entire career as a parent, it is this: “How...