The Gentle Newborn Sleep Guide: Your Top 12 Questions Answered
The Gentle Newborn Sleep Guide: Your Top 12 Questions Answered Those first few months with your newborn are supposed to be a precious time – a time when you can begin to build a lifelong bond with your new child. That’s why I’m often disturbed by some of the misguided sleep advice floating around for […]
The Best Way To Safely Co-Sleep with Your Newborn & Insight On The Impact
The Best Way To Safely Co-Sleep with Your Newborn & Insight On The Impact The topic of co-sleeping and whether the risks outweigh the benefits of co-sleeping with your newborn or baby is hotly debated in the world of infant sleep. Co-sleeping with your newborn is different from room sharing, which is having the baby […]
What You Want To Know on Room Sharing and Safe Sleeping for Newborns
What You Want To Know on Room Sharing and Safe Sleeping for Newborns When you’re bringing home a new baby you want to do the safest thing possible for them. When it comes to newborn sleep, boy has it changed over the years! From putting babies on their stomachs to their backs, rules are always […]
The Difference Between Sleep Shaping and Coaching Your Newborn To Sleep
The Difference Between Sleep Shaping and Coaching Your Newborn To Sleep First and foremost, please don’t believe this newborn sleep advice, “You must teach your newborn to sleep independently in the first few months or they will have lifelong bad sleep habits.” It’s not true! It’s disheartening to hear how many parents of newborns are […]
Great Naptime Products to Help Baby Sleep
Naptime Products to Get to Sleep Talk to any new parent, and the topic of sleep is bound to come up. Milestones like “sleeping through the night,” are big goals. Consistent bedtime and naptime routines are essential — good naps lead to better sleep at night. There are also plenty of great products to help […]
Babies in Their Own Room at 4-months Sleep Longer? Not Necessarily
Babies in Their Own Room at 4-months Sleep Longer? Not Necessarily You may have seen headlines about a study that found that babies in their own room sleep longer and better. The study published in the June 2017 issue of Pediatrics reported that “room-sharing at ages 4 and 9 months is associated with less nighttime […]
Baby Sleep and Temperament: How it Affects Sleep and Everything Else
Baby Sleep and Temperament: How it Affects Sleep and Everything Else Did your baby come out of the womb ready to take on the world? Alert babies are fun, smart, and often have a hard time with sleep. Baby sleep and temperament are so connected that it often requires some different strategies to get the […]
Room Sharing for the First Year: Is it Right for You?
Room Sharing for the First Year: Is it Right for You? The current American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends to “room share for the first 6-months, or ideally, the first year.” Not the most straight forward instruction, right? I want to give you clarity. I cannot tell you how strongly I feel about finding a […]
Baby Nap Basics for All Ages: Your Daytime Sleep Questions Answered
Baby Nap Basics for All Ages: Your Daytime Sleep Questions Answered Many parents wonder what a ‘typical’ schedule looks like for their child. The truth is that every baby is different, but there are some baby nap basics that work for most children six months and older. If you have a younger child, I would […]
Baby Merlin’s Magic Sleepsuit ® — The A-B-C’s of Sleep
Baby Merlin’s Magic Sleepsuit ® — The A-B-C’s of Sleep The Baby Merlin’s Magic Sleepsuit ® was designed by Pediatric Physical Therapist and mother of four, Maureen Howard. It was created with the ABC’s of Sleep in mind: Alone, on the Back, in the Crib. The Magic Sleepsuit is patented swaddle transition product that provides […]