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Sleep Tips For Daylight Savings Spring 2023
More sunlight. Longer days. More outside fun, especially for those of us who live in the North. It’s that time of year again…the start of spring and Daylight Savings Time Spring Forward. This means it’s time for our sleep tips to help with the time change! Daylight Savings starts in the US and Canada on…
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How to Deal with Nighttime Fears in Children
It’s really hard to know what to do when our children have nighttime fears. We want to make sure that we are supporting and reassuring our little ones, while not creating any bad habits that we will have to undo. It’s a balance! Let’s explore nighttime fears first. Then I’ll provide you with tools to…
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Avoid These Crib to Bed Transition Mistakes
Your baby isn’t a baby anymore (cue waterworks!) and now you may be thinking “should I transition my toddler from their crib to a toddler bed?” This is a HUGE milestone and one that you want to plan carefully! Why? Because sleep can quickly derail if you don’t go into it at the right time…
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Signs Of Potty Training Readiness
We’re ready to trade in diapers! Think of all the $$$ that can be saved! But first, you want to make sure that your child has the signs of potty training readiness. Think about this… Can you train a baby to walk before they are ready? No! So then why do all the most popular…
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How To Create A Toddler Calm Down Corner
You likely just Googled “how to create a toddler calm down corner” or something like that and you landed here. Welcome! As you know, toddlers and preschoolers have BIG emotions. And because their sweet little brains aren’t fully developed until they are 25 years old, they can have a difficult time with emotional regulation. So…
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How To Help Your Baby Sleep When Sick
First off, I’m sorry your little one isn’t feeling well. It is tough when our children are sick or in pain and we can’t take it away. Hopefully our tips below on how to help your baby or toddler sleep when sick will help! I remember the calls from daycare to come and get my…
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Daylight Savings 2022 – Prevent A Super Early Morning
In September, I start getting questions about Daylight Savings… How do I prevent an early morning wake-up? Is this going to throw everything off? Should I adjust the schedule in advance? Why do we even do this? These are great questions and this article will answer all but the last one! Daylight savings is ridiculous…
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Preventing Scary Halloween Sleep!
The Halloween costumes are bought and your kids are SO excited for trick or treat, but in the back of your head you’re thinking “trick or treat is going to kill my kids’ sleep!” If you are anything like me, you don’t want to be a scrooge (wrong holiday!), but you really want your kids…
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Ready For Nighttime Potty Training?
So your toddler is officially potty trained during the day! 🎉 Now the question is when to start working on nighttime potty training… During toddler sleep consultations, I get a lot of questions about how to handle nighttime potty training. My #1 piece of advice? I learned firsthand when it comes to potty training day…
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When Can A Toddler Have A Pillow And Blanket?
When I meet with toddler parents for a child sleep consultation, one of the questions that I a lot is “when can a toddler have a pillow and a blanket”? Safe sleep says nothing in the crib until our little one’s turn 1, but after that, it’s hard to know when to time these milestones.…
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Mental Leap 10 and Sleep
You are 17 months into the parenthood journey. You now have a full-blown toddler on your hands, and you’re thinking about birthday party number TWO! You crushed the 2-1 nap transition, and sleep is going well for you and your toddler. Then BAM! Your toddler isn’t napping anymore (RIP nap), waking up multiple times a…
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My #1 Tool For Decreasing Tantrums
Have you ever been having a disagreement with your spouse or partner and you are both holding strong on your position? One or both of you may say something like this… “No, you’re wrong. It’s this…” or “That doesn’t make any sense.” What happens inside you??? For most of us, our natural reaction is for…
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