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5 Tips For Surviving Leap 6
Your sweet little baby is now 8 months old. Can you believe it?!?! You may be feeling comfortable with your baby’s sleep schedule and feeling like you are getting the hang of this motherhood thing! Yay! Hopefully your baby has started sleeping like a champ. Then all of a sudden, your baby hit another one…
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Changing Time Zones and Your Child’s Sleep
Traveling with your children can be so fun and exciting for the entire family, but let’s be honest, it can also be stressful! Add changing time zones and your child’s sleep to the mix and you may find your anxiety spiking as you prepare for your trip. If you are someone who likes to be…
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Improving Your Autistic Child’s Sleep
I worked for the Ontario Autism Program in Canada for several years and I heard from many of my parents over the years that their child never slept. I could see the sleep deprivation in the parents and in the kids. I wished I could help! Hearing these same statements over and over from families…
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Moving House With Kids
As a military family, we move pretty often. I’ve grown accustomed to the frequent moves and it’s always bittersweet. It is hard to leave friends and family behind but there is always excitement about what’s to come. Since having children, I have realized how much more complicated moving is. There are a lot of moving…
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Leap 5 & Sleep: Your Baby’s Sleep at 6 Months
Wow! You’ve made it 6 months as mama to your sweet little baby! Way to go! Motherhood truly is the hardest job, but the most rewarding. You may have seen that your baby is changing yet again! There are likely lots of physical developments, but your baby is also going through major mental and emotional…
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Talking To Older Kids About Sleep Training Their Sibling
When I started sleep training my youngest, my 7-year-old said,” Mom! Marlee is crying,” I brushed her off with a “she’s fine.” I went in, checked on the baby and then left. She started crying again and this time both of my older girls let me know she was crying. I gave them the same…
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Overcoming The Toddler Bedtime Struggle
Any parent of a toddler knows the toddler bedtime struggle… Stalling tactics galore! They know just how to push our buttons and drive us to the brink of insanity and then look at us all sweet and tell us how much they love us and we melt. It’s not a good feeling to dread bedtime…
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Snoring and Mouth Breathing Are Red Flags
One of the questions I ask every single client I work with is “does your child snore or mouth breathe?” I know this may sound a little dramatic, but snoring and mouth breathing are huge red flags. Many parents don’t know this so they don’t think to talk about it with the pediatrician. Snoring and…
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Taming Tantrums In Your Child
We’ve had some epic tantrums at my house. Like all-out kicking and screaming and the tantrums felt like they lasted FOREVER. Part of the reason I’m a child behavior coach is that I had no idea what the heck to do with these types of behaviors with my twin boys. I reacted in ways that…
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Potty Training vs. Potty Readiness
Can you train a baby to walk before they are ready? No! So then why do all the most popular potty training books try to sell us the line that if we miss this once in a lifetime magical window our children are going to go to college in diapers and have a lifelong problem…
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Nightmares Or Night Terrors? How To Tell The Difference.
As a child sleep consultant, I often talk with families whose children are experiencing night wakes. Usually, those night wakes are pretty straightforward (though not easy to cope with!) – but sometimes, they’re a little more complex, or downright stressful. Many parents will ask, is my child experiencing nightmares or night terrors? How do I…
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Leap 3 & Sleep
Can you believe it? Your baby is 3 months old! Where did the time go? As a new mom, I remember people saying “cherish every moment because they grow up so fast!” At the 3 month period, I started to understand what they meant! I vividly remember when Adeline was 3 months old. One day…
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