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: night
Spring Forward and Fall Back
Although Daylight Savings Time affects all of us, not just children, it can be particularly disadvantageous on children who are already very sensitive to schedule changes. For some families, time changes can cause a few weeks of being back to restless nights, early wake ups or short naps. Fortunately, there are some strategies that may…
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…