Get Your Sleep On

09/14/2016

Beginning of the school year and all those new adjustments have their highs and lows when your cuties come home, try out these great ways to help your child relax and decompress from their mentally and physically exhausting day http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/blogs/andrea-nair-connect-four-parenting/20160830/after-school-restraint-collapse-help-your-child

Kids often fall apart after school. Here's why and what to do.

05/03/2016

Here is a great study I just discovered published in 2012 discussing the longterm effects of babies who were sleep trained and the ZERO amount of psychological damage found 5 years later.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/09/04/peds.2011-3467

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Randomized trials have demonstrated the short- to medium-term effectiveness of behavioral infant sleep interventions. However, concerns persist that they may harm children’s emotional development and subsequent mental health. This study aimed to determine long-term harms a…

03/22/2016

My motto usually is if it's not broken don't fix it...the same goes for tongue ties otherwise known as Ankyloglossia. If it's not affecting your baby's latch and feeding no need to clip it. Well what about impairing Speech production you might ask? Well there is no significant empirical evidence to support a causal link between having a tongue tie and clear Speech production.

http://leader.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=2278327

Free Features | December 2005Ankyloglossia: To Clip or Not to Clip? That’s the Question. Ann W Ku**er Author Notes Ann W Ku**er, is senior director, Speech Pathology Department, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and professor of clinical pediatrics, University of Cincinnati Medical C…

03/10/2016

After perfecting this little guy's schedule (4.5 month old) and allowing him to self soothe he and the rest of his loving family are getting a restful and uninterrupted night's sleep 😴😴

02/25/2016

Enhancing your baby's language and development

Talking to your baby is one of the best ways to get your baby interested and learning about their sensory rich environment. Whether it be walking around the house and pointing out the windows to take a peek outside or feeling the grass tickle their toes, these are all ways that babies can get hands on learning from their environment. So explore away because everything in our world is an exciting and new learning experience for them!

12/21/2015

Having clear and open communication is so important when transitioning to a new activity whether it's transitioning back to the car from a fun activity, to the dinner table or to bed, back and forth communication and understanding is key to a calm and happy parent-child bond :)

This was well timed as I'm currently going through this with my almost 2 year old. I've found that letting him take ownership of something really helps us leave. I let him push the button on the garage door, hold my car keys, go outside to look at the moon or an airplane keep us all from losing our…

10/22/2015

Knowing what to do in a choking situation is extremely important for everyone including parents, family and especially caregivers.

10/22/2015

Stories and cuddles before bedtime is all part of a great routine and way to settle down before a long night of beauty rest

09/09/2015

Another happy client and self soothing toddler :)

09/08/2015

What is Self Soothing?
Self soothing is the valuable skill of your baby falling asleep on their own. When they aren't dependent on rocking, bouncing, eating, or other forms of dependent soothing techniques in order to fall asleep, they can be placed in their crib awake and will fall asleep and stay asleep on their own. This is crucial for babies, children and parents, so that when we might wake up in middle of the night, we look at our surroundings and go back to sleep as usual instead of feeling alarmed and wondering why we're not eating or being rocked back to sleep.

08/31/2015

Despite the trip to the potty, then going back in to pick up the dropped blankie, the duet of "I love you Mama" as I close the door for the 3rd time tonight makes it all worth it

08/26/2015

When my three under 3 are all cozy in bed, it's time to enjoy a romantic night out ;)