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Amazing Amazon Prime Day Deals 2023
Amazon Prime Day is July 11 and 12, 2023. Here are the best deals for moms, whether you’re expecting a baby or have a toddler. Grab these before they’re gone! Today and tomorrow you can get deep discounts on much needed items. I know as a mom you are busy and don’t have time to…
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How To Feel Less Anxious About My Child’s Sleep?
Are you experiencing anxiety around your little one’s sleep? You are NOT alone! As a new mom struggling with postpartum depression and anxiety, my son’s sleep could affect my mood and ruin an entire day. It impacted my ability to enjoy motherhood and connect with my new baby. I was obsessed, but not in a…
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Why Self-Care For Moms Is So Important
We are excited to have our friend, Jennifer Khalaf at Thrive Hive Wellness, share her story and how she learned first hand (burnout) why self-care for Moms is so important. Selfless (adj.) having or showing great concern for other people and little or no concern for yourself (see also: Mom/Dad). I used to think being…
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The Best At Home Date Night Ideas For Parents
Date night changes once you are a parent, especially if you have little ones and more than 1 child! The days of going out weekly to your favorite restaurant as just a couple or wild nights out, are few and far between. Going to restaurants with cloth napkins with kids is not fun! But I’m…
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6 Questions To Ask Yourself When Parenting Feels Hard
I came up with the ‘6 Questions To Ask Yourself When Parenting Feels Hard’ checklist to help myself to stop the downward parenting spiral and now I am sharing it with you! When I meet with parents for sleep consulting or a child behavior consultation, parents are exhausted and a lot of the time, worn…
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Top 2 New Year’s Resolutions For Parents
A few too many cookies and glasses of wine over the past month have left me feeling less than optimal! On top of that, with all the extra holiday magic making, I haven’t been working out as much or meeting my sleep needs. Yes, a child sleep consultant just admitted that I haven’t been prioritizing…
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2022 Sleep Gift Guide For The Whole Family
It’s that time again! The holiday season is upon us and the hunt for the perfect gift has started. To help you with this hunt, our team of certified child sleep consultants have put together our 2022 Sleep Gift Guide for the entire family. The gift of better sleep is the ultimate gift! We’ve got…
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Is Sleep Consulting Covered By Insurance, HSA or FSA?
“Is sleep consulting covered by insurance, HSA or FSA?” is a question our team answers frequently. Here’s some insight: Health Insurance For traditional health insurance, the answer is currently “no” unfortunately! Don’t click away just yet… Since I became a child sleep consultant 7 years ago, sleep consulting has become more mainstream. Yet the insurance…
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Crib Buyer’s Guide: A Sleep Consultant’s Perspective
Last week, Forbes posted an article about the best cribs and of course, I had to take a spin through the article to see what they recommend! And I wasn’t surprised to see that several of their recommendations go against what my team and I see works best for families. So I thought, “why don’t…
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How Dads Can Help With Sleep Training: Father’s Day Special Edition
“How can Dads help with sleep training?” is a question my sleep coaching clients ask me A LOT. When baby arrives, Dads oftentimes feel a little left out and like they can’t do much to help. I remember my husband sharing these feelings with me when our boys were newborns. Many Dads want to be…
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Sleep and Summer Vacation: Tips For Your Family
Thinking about sleep & summer vacation can bring on a full blown anxiety-fest in parents. “What if my baby doesn’t sleep on vacation?” “How can our toddler nap when we are on vacation?” “Is this vacation going to completely derail sleep?” We want to enjoy ourselves, but as any parent knows, overtired kiddos can be…
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Common Questions For Sleep Consultants
Seven years ago, my husband and I reached out to a sleep consultant to help with our daughter’s sleep. Before our consultation, my husband and I sat down and prepared a list of questions to ask our sleep consultant. I was recently going through my computer and deleting old files, and I found the questions…
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