Toddler Waking Up Too Early Our three-year-old wakes up at 5 a.m. to play. He’s bright-eyed and bushy- tailed and ready to go, but I’m not. Help! Here’s where your need to sleep takes precedence over your child’s desire to play. Enforce the rules: nighttime is for sleeping, not playing. “You may not wake up […]
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Ear Infections
Identifying and Treating Ear Infections in Children Your child has a bothersome cold for a week. Their nasal discharge turns a little green and their cough starts to keep you all up at night. Then one night they are up every hour extremely fussy with a fever. You take them to the doctor the next […]
31 Ways to Get Baby to Sleep
Ways to Get Your Baby to Sleep and Stay Asleep Over the years of putting our own children to sleep, keeping them asleep, and counseling thousands of other moms and dads on various styles of nighttime parenting, here are some time-tested, proven attitudes and techniques for getting baby to sleep. Most of these are applicable […]
Parent-to-Parent: 21 Survival Tips for Parents of High Need Children
You Will Survive. Your Child Will Thrive. Life Will Go On. Still, it’s hard to imagine even wanting to have another baby after you’ve held this one all day and been awakened three or more times at night. It’s hard to envision someone ever saying to you, “How blessed you are to have such an […]
8 Steps to Stop Bedwetting Once and for All
Help Your Child to Stop Bedwetting Each night in the United States at least five million school-age children wet their beds. Bedwetting can certainly be challenging for families, but there are a number of things parents can do to help set the tone in their family to be understanding and positive. With new insights, approaches, […]
8 Facts Every Parent Should Know About Infant Sleep
Important Infant Sleep Facts In order to better understand the how-to’s of getting you and your baby to enjoy going to sleep and staying asleep, here are some important principles of infant sleep that every new parent needs to understand. 1. How You Sleep. After dressing for bed, most adults help themselves relax for sleep […]
Foods That Cause Colic When Breastfeeding
Colic-Causing Foods to Watch For Mother-infant dining partners can enjoy a bountiful menu. But some babies are sensitive to certain foods in mother’s diet (See What’s Colic? Does Your Baby Have Colic? How to Tell). Colic-causing foods can enter your breast milk and upset your baby. This can happen as early as two hours after […]
Tips for Baby Sleep Challenges
8 Tips to Help Navigate Your Baby’s Sleep Challenges “How is the baby sleeping, is he a good baby”? Sound familiar? These are common questions new parents receive, insinuating that a baby who sleeps well is a “good baby”. This is NOT helpful for a sleep-deprived parent to hear, at least it wasn’t for me. […]
Weaning Advice
Step-by-step Weaning Advice Question: Hello, I’m a big fan of your books and my husband and I are AP our 7.5-month-old girl. Currently she nurses to sleep for all naps and to go to bed and if I leave her for naps, she won’t sleep very long. I’m just wondering if I should be breaking […]
Is Your Child Too Sick for Daycare?
How to Tell if Your Baby is Too Sick for Daycare It’s seven in the morning and family rush hour begins. The tea kettle is whistling, the toaster’s popping, and the traffic report is the usual bad news. Enter a whine that will turn your already overbooked day upside down. By reflex you lay hands […]
Understanding the Common Cold Virus
Explaining the Common Cold Virus The common cold is something most people deal with at least once every year but many do not know much about it. The common cold virus is often mistaken for other kinds of viruses and treated with the wrong remedies. Learn more about the common cold virus and be prepared […]
Teething
What Teething Looks Like Your beautiful five-month-old baby boy, who has been the most perfect little angel since birth, has suddenly turned into a cranky, fussy, drooling, chews-on- everything-in-site little monster! He is now keeping you up half the night, and needs to be held, bounced, and nursed all day long. Welcome to the wonderful […]