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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 she provides is so accessible and easy to implement. A little About Dr. Siggie Dr. Siggie Cohen is known as [...]

By |2020-11-02T12:30:53-08:00October 22nd, 2020|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , , , |1 Comment

My Favorite Products for Adult Sleep

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program as well as other affiliate programs for other products in this blog post. An affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As Baby Sleep Trainer grows in influence, I’ve started to [...]

By |2020-03-11T15:52:38-07:00March 11th, 2020|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

7 Reasons Your Baby Isn’t Sleeping Well At Night

Baby not getting enough sleep at night? Or are you feeling the effects of sleep deprivation yourself? It can feel so daunting to try and pinpoint why sleep has escaped your home. If you have a newborn (baby is under 16 weeks old), I have lots of free resources for you to check out. And [...]

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 parents, here’s what I’ve learned... The type of parent who you think you want to be before you have kids [...]

By |2020-10-06T14:19:48-07:00December 5th, 2019|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

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 don’t want them in clothes that are too warm, and you don’t want them cold. Then factor in the seasons [...]

By |2019-11-25T14:33:46-08:00November 22nd, 2019|Categories: Sleep FAQs|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

2 Year-Old Sleep Regression

I’ve spoken at length in the past about parents blaming their child’s sleep issues on “regressions.” Through my extensive experience, I have learned that there are only two “real” regressions. One at four months, and another one around 10-12 months. Outside of those two regressions, long term issues with a child’s sleep are almost always [...]

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. (For example, I often hear teething, ongoing and repeated sleep regressions, nightmares, etc.) Yet, the most obvious reason is that [...]

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 arousals can turn into lengthy wake ups as baby calls out for help to fall back to sleep. But what [...]

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, perhaps you are considering the different care options for your child for when you return to work. (And daycare is [...]

By |2022-02-16T11:37:29-08:00September 12th, 2019|Categories: Sleep Training|Tags: , , , , |3 Comments

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 exercise into my lifestyle. I am not exaggerating when I say that I hate(d) exercise. (And the outdoors, but that’s [...]

By |2019-09-12T14:29:05-07:00September 12th, 2019|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

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 great at being organized, and I thrive on routines! Summer is fantastic, and I love every second of it. But, [...]

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