Somehow, our over-ambitious culture has embraced the idea that the more work we do, and the less rest we get, the better our work performance will be. When we become parents for the first time, we can feel even more pressured to succeed, and we may take on extra work to ensure all our children’s needs are met. Often, our sleep is hampered by colic, sleepless nights and toddler tantrums, yet we soldier on, impervious to the needs of our body and minds. Ironically, by pushing ourselves beyond
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How To Get 3 A.M. Sleep Help
Picture this: it's 3 a.m. You're exhausted, overwhelmed, and feeling utterly defeated by your baby's sleep issues. You would give anything (ANYTHING) to have a clear plan of action designed to help you solve your little child's sleep problems...but it's 3 a.m. Where can you turn? Who can help you at that hour? We can. Sure, none of our team members are awake, but why should that matter? It's our mission to bring affordable sleep coaching plans to families worldwide...and now, you can get a
We’ve Survived the Holidays… Now We Sleep
So, we've made it through the holidays in one piece. Phew! Sleep seems to be back on track in our house, given we had some late bedtimes and off-schedules surrounding Christmas. If you are still struggling with the holiday upheaval, make sure you review your post-holiday sleep recovery tips, and if you're a member, be sure to listen to the tele-seminar recording from 12/29. One member e-mailed me this about it: "LOVED the Recovering from the Holidays and Nap Transitions taping. I missed it
Sleep Training (From No Cry to Cry) Series – Part 6
If you are just joining us, you may want to start with Part 1 of this baby sleep training series. In this final part of the series, I am going to share my story. I'm doing this for a couple of reasons. First, I want you to get to know me and my story, so I'm not just some name on the internet claiming to have gone through something similar to what you might be going through. I want you to know you aren't alone. Sure, I suppose, I could be making up my story, but believe me I wish I were, but
Sleep Training (From No Cry to Cry) Series – Part 5
This article will outline two sleep training methods, including what many people know as "The Ferber Method". If you are just joining in, you may want to start from the beginning at Part 1 of my Baby Sleep Training (From No Cry to Cry) series. You may be interested in reading about the age to do cry-it-out and how cry-it-out will not change your child's personality. The Ferber / Check-and-Console Method(aka Ferberizing) This sleep training method entails allowing baby to cry while
Sleep Training (From No Cry to Cry) Series – Part 4 – The Chair Method
If you have not read the other parts of this sleep training series, I suggest you start at Part 1. In part 3 of my sleep training series, I went over the Fading method, a no-cry (or limited crying) sleep training method. Today, I will discuss "The Chair Method". This is the first of what I would call a "crying method", however, you don't leave your baby unattended in the room at all. The idea is that you start by doing your normal bedtime routine and putting the chair very near the crib and
Sleep Quick Tip – Logging Sleep
Today's quick tip is to keep a log of your baby's sleep for one or two weeks. Log wake times, nap times, nap lengths, and bedtime. Add up the total time baby actually slept (if you are unsure, as long as baby is quiet, count as sleeping). The amount of sleep a child gets in 24 hours stays relatively constant and they will shift sleep from day to night and vice versa (within reason). Once you have your log, you can take the average amount of sleep in 24 hours and use that as a guide when
Sleep Training (From No Cry to Cry) Series – Part 3
In this sleep training series, so far I've talked about the importance of a bedtime routine and gone over how you can sleep train while co-sleeping. In part 3 of this series, I will be discussing the "fading" method of sleep training. Fading, The Method This method I would consider one of the no-cry (or very little cry) methods. As I'm sure I've mentioned before, when you change the rules how baby falls asleep (usually by breaking a sleep association), it is usually not done without some