Dropping the Last Nap – 1 Nap to 0 Naps
Going from 1 nap to 0 naps is perhaps the most daunting of all the nap transitions. It can be really challenging to know if it’s really time to drop a nap. Especially when you’ve [...]
Talking To Your Kids About Diversity, Difference, Acceptance, and Inclusion
I am THRILLED to bring you this guest blog post by Dr. Siggie Cohen, PhD (@dr.siggie), about talking to your kids about diversity, difference, acceptance and inclusion. This topic is very important, and the advice [...]
My Favorite Products for Adult Sleep
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7 Reasons Your Baby Isn’t Sleeping Well At Night
When baby doesn't sleep well, the whole family is negatively affected. It can feel so daunting to try and pinpoint why sleep has escaped your home. If you have a newborn (baby is under 16 [...]
Getting Back to Parenting Basics
It is nearly impossible to convey to new parents about what being a mom or dad will actually be like. Probably at the top of the list is the the near constant question of, “Am [...]
How I Learned What Kind of Parent I Wanted to Be
One of my FAVORITE quotes about parenthood goes something like, “I will never be as good of a parent as the one I was before I had kids.” As someone who’s worked with thousands of [...]
What Should Baby Wear to Sleep?
There are many questions (many) questions parents ask themselves in the first weeks and months of their child’s lives. One important question that comes up quite often is what should baby wear to sleep? You [...]
2 Year-Old Sleep Regression
If your child is nearing their second birthday, or a few months past it, buckle up! I’ve spoken at length in the past about parents blaming their child’s sleep issues on “regressions.” Through my extensive [...]
10-12 Month Sleep Regression (and Why it’s Not Time to Transition to 1 Nap)
Here at Baby Sleep Trainer we tend to shy away from using the term “regression.” That’s because I find families will look for any reason to explain why their child isn’t sleeping through the night. [...]
Nightmares, Night Terrors, Afraid of the Dark – Oh My! What’s a Parent to Do?
Infants and toddlers struggle to sleep through the night for all sorts of reasons. If your child has not yet learned how to fall asleep on their own for naps and bedtime, then normal nocturnal [...]
Daycare and Sleep Training
Many families who wish to sleep train encounter the conundrum of how to create and maintain healthy sleep habits while their child attends daycare. Spoiler alert: daycare and sleep training can absolutely go together! Or, [...]
Why Is It So Hard to Advocate For Yourself?
I am a big (BIG!) fan of something called Orange Theory. If you’re not familiar, OT is a circuit-based, one-hour, drop in workout studio. Earlier this year I decided to once again try to incorporate [...]
Back to School Routines
You know how there are some parts of who you are that are just unabashedly you? Some of us are pensive, or talkative, or good at math, or have excellent penmanship. Well, I am really [...]
What Surprised You Most About Motherhood (Sleep Edition!)
One of the greatest benefits of working so closely with new mothers is never really forgetting the “baby” stage. (Even though my own kids are school-aged.) Working with mothers of infants and toddlers helps me [...]
How I Overcame Postpartum Anxiety
I can’t speak of how I started Baby Sleep Trainer without discussing my struggle to overcome post partum anxiety. Hands down, the 8 months after I gave birth to my first child were the darkest [...]