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Do you yell at your kids? Because hey, full disclosure, I yell at my kids. I lose my patience sometimes. My kids can push me to a point where I snap. I’m never proud of – [Read more…]

  There are two things I can pretty much guarantee you when it comes to teaching your baby to sleep through the night.  It’s going to be a challenge It’s going to be eminently worth – [Read more…]

What can I say? These past few months have been… I mean, wow. Right? Just wow. If you’re in the same boat as most parents in the world, you’ve had to accommodate the fact that – [Read more…]

It is vitally important, before discussing attachment theory and its influence, to define it. There has been significant confusion about the meaning of the term since the introduction of the “attachment parenting” philosophy, but they’re – [Read more…]

This is it, mama. This is the final boss. The last level. The icing on the parenting cake. Well, I suppose you still have about 15 or 16 years of parenting left before you send – [Read more…]

I know this isn’t a sleep-related post, but I get so many parents asking me about this topic, I thought it might be nice to take a little break from writing about sleep and address another – [Read more…]

It’s 2:00 AM, you’re sleeping peacefully in your bed, and you suddenly wake up, not entirely sure why, but as you start to gain awareness of your surroundings, you become aware, to your horror, that – [Read more…]

So you’re traveling. Across several time zones. With a baby. I salute you, intrepid traveler, because this is not a task for the weak-willed. This requires courage and determination beyond that of the ordinary adventurer. – [Read more…]

Bringing a new baby into the house is a glorious, exciting, terrifying occasion, especially when you have one or two already, and it can bring up a whole lot of questions. How are the older – [Read more…]

As a mother myself, as well as a sleep consultant whose nine to five job consists of meeting with the parents of babies and toddlers, I’ve come to the inescapable conclusion that babies, as a – [Read more…]