All my tips for travling with little ones, plus where we stayed, where we ate, what we did, what we wore while on the beautiful island of Kauai.

Before you start changing anything it's important that you have ruled out any underlying reasons why your infant might have such a strong link to staying latched.

Between the ages of 2-3, many toddlers will experience a heightened level of fear and anxiety. They go through a big developmental leap in their imagination but their ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy doesn’t quite match up! Cue the sudden influx of questions about monsters…

Here are my best tips and tricks to help you bridge this transition. I found that I needed to prepare myself as a mom and prepare my baby. So here are my practical tips for preparing the YOU!

Here are my best tips and tricks to help you bridge this transition. I found that I needed to prepare myself as a mom and prepare my baby. So here are my practical tips for preparing the YOU!

What are floor beds? When to use them? And How to use them?

When daylight savings ends, we “fall back” one hour, meaning that sunrise and sunset will occur an hour earlier. How will this affect your baby’s sleep?

Most parents get to a point where their current method of supporting baby’s sleep stops working. Perhaps you want to switch things up in your bedtime routine, or you want to change what you use to help your baby to sleep. Whatever your reason for wanting to change up the sleep associations, these are my quick tips for making gentle changes without any need for sleep training.

‘How can I involve my partner in my baby or toddler’s sleep?’ Perhaps you want to more evenly share the load of navigating the world of baby or toddler sleep, or your baby is no longer falling asleep at the breast and you want your partner to be able to put them down for sleep, or you have a second child and you want to divide bedtimes.

It’s true that “sleep regressions” aren’t really a thing but that you may notice sleep backslide during big periods of development. And the 18 month mark definitely fits the bill! There may be some changes to sleep around this age and you may notice increased difficulty with getting your toddler down for naps or nights.

Bedtime can be a challenging time for both children and parents, especially when toddlers and young children have difficulty falling asleep. Many factors contribute to this common bedtime struggle, leaving parents wondering how to create a peaceful and restful sleep routine without resorting to sleep training methods. In this blog post, we will delve into why it might take a toddler or young child a long time to fall asleep at bedtime and explore various strategies parents can try to help their little ones settle into a peaceful slumber without sleep training.

Early morning wakings are the biggest pain point of so many parents with young children. It can be so hard to be woken up at the crack of dawn every morning! But what actually counts as an early morning waking? Is there anything we can do about them? How to handle it “in the moment” when your baby or young child wakes up early? Read this blog post to find out everything you need to know about Early Morning Waking or “EMW.”

Bedtime tips for when you have a baby and an older child can be tricky! Here are some ideas for managing the evening routine with multiple children.

As a baby sleep consultant, I've worked with many new parents who have experienced a phenomenon known as "reverse cycling" babies. Reverse cycling in babies occurs when a breastfed infant begins to consume most of their 24-hour intake of milk during the night, rather than during the day. This can be a frustrating and exhausting experience for parents who are struggling to get their baby to sleep during the night. In this blog post, I will explain what reverse cycling is, why it happens, and how parents can cope with it.

It’s probably the most-googled question for all new parents. When will my baby start to sleep through the night? We all want to know when we’ll get a solid night of sleep again, it’s only natural! If only the answer were that simple…

Sleep itself is a feminist issue. A 2006 meta-analysis found women are 40% more likely to develop insomnia than men. In families with children in which there are two parents of opposite genders, mothers were doing two hours a day more childcare and housework than men. It’s no wonder we’re exhausted. But is sleep training the answer we need? Is sleep training the “feminist” approach?

Is your 1 year old baby sleeping worse than ever? Babies at 12 months old often go through a regression with sleep. Parents of 1-year olds report their babies waking up more frequently, wanting to nurse more, and fighting naps. You’re not alone.

Often, we will hear from friends, and well-meaning relatives to just get into a schedule and our lives will become dramatically easier. Babies however aren’t robots, they have no idea of the expectations of these schedules!

Children don’t just stop needing us once they aren’t babies anymore. During the toddler years, children are developing rapidly and as a result, often need an abundance of closeness to stay regulated.

Some great tips for smoothing this transition gently and get baby to sleep without sleep training!