My One Year Old Is Awake for Hours at Night! Help Me Get Her to Sleep
My One Year Old Is Awake for Hours at Night! Help Me Get Her to Sleep A mom named Michelle wrote in because her one year old is awake for hours at night. I have advice for this mom that can also help you! “My daughter is almost a year old. For the past couple […]
Transition from the Crib – When and How to Make It a Smooth One
Transition from the Crib — When and How to Make It a Smooth One All too often, parents rush to get their child to transition from the crib into a bed, as though it were a sign of achievement, maturity, or their guaranteed success as adults. Children who switch too young to a bed may […]
Can Sleep Issues Be Mistaken For ADHD?
There is more and more research being done regarding the potential link between Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and children’s sleep issues. It’s well documented that we are all getting less sleep than we used to. In fact the amount of people who are getting less than seven hours of sleep each night has increased by […]
Toddler and Baby Sleep Problems: 4 Common Causes of Early Rising – Video
Would you like to have me answer your baby sleep problem in my next video? If so, scroll down and submit your question in the comment section below. I will pick several questions a month to answer and post them here on the blog! If you would rather read than watch my above video […]
Baby Sleep: What Does it Really Mean to "Sleep Like a Baby?"
by Andrea Strang, CGSC Why has “Sleep Like a Baby” become our shorthand for a good night’s sleep? As parents, you may quickly come to realize that your baby’s sleep patterns differ from yours. Babies spend more time in light sleep and less time in what we would call restorative sleep. It is normal and […]
The Sleep Lady’s Philosophy
As a clinical social worker in private practice for 18 years I have been counseling families on a wide variety of parenting issues from dealing with tantrums, discipline, bottle weaning to of course, sleep. Over the last 14 years families have sought me out to help them with their child’s sleep. My clinical background in […]
Baby Colds: How The Sniffles Can Mess Up Your Baby’s Sleep Patterns
Baby Colds: How The Sniffles Can Mess Up Your Baby’s Sleep Patterns Guest Post by Lewis J. Kass, MD For those of us who were forced to take physics in high school or college, you may recall a physical property related to the flow of air through a tube. That property stated that as a […]