As a sleep consultant, I’m a big advocate of enjoying the outdoors as much as possible to help with sleep. Not only does natural sunlight help to establish and maintain the body’s sleep-wake cycle, it also provides an outlet for your little ones to get all of that built up energy out (let’s face it,…
Category: naptime
Holiday Sleep Tips
The holidays can sometimes be a stressful time for parents. In addition to the shopping, holiday preparations, events, etc, parents with younger children often think about how they will manage their child’s sleep with everything going on. Here are some basic tips and suggestions for the holiday madness! Firstly though, we are living through a…
6 Key Points to Discuss with your Daycare Provider
You have worked so hard to get your little one to be a great sleeper but now you have to go back to work and let someone else carry on your hard work with sleep during the day. Depending on your families situation, you could be going back to work after a few weeks, a…
Is it Night or Day?
It’s usually you asking this question as a new, exhausted parent because you’re up so frequently with your baby that you end up not knowing the difference of when your day starts and when it ends. There is no consistency, no patterns, and no set schedule, all things that we have come to crave over…
Nighty Night, Sleep Tight
Why a Bedtime/Naptime Routine is Important… Do you ever do anything specifically before bed to help yourself wind down from a long busy day of errands, household chores, meal prep, work, etc, etc, etc…? Perhaps you take a bath, catch up on some shows, do some light reading or brush and floss your teeth (this…
Safety First!
We never want to think about it, but it does happen. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), refers to the death of an infant younger than one year of age that cannot be explained. It’s hard enough to think about your child going through painful teething or being sick with a cold, let alone something as…