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Sleep Training Not Working? The Top 5 Things That Can Sabotage Your Efforts

Sleep Training Not Working? The Top 5 Things That Can Sabotage Your Efforts

Using sleep training to improve your little one’s sleep can be challenging, but it gets downright frustrating if your best efforts just don’t seem to work. That’s why we’re sharing this FREE webinar to help you troubleshoot some of the most common factors that can interfere with your sleep training. Click image to play webinar. In this helpful 35-minute video, our own Kiri Gurd, PhD, MSc, will explain the five most common “sleep-training saboteurs” and how you can fix them to

Should You Sleep Train a Sick Baby? How Illness Affects Sleep

Should You Sleep Train a Sick Baby? How Illness Affects Sleep

’Tis the season for sniffles. Every year as the weather turns cooler, babies and young children everywhere are exposed to a myriad of germs at daycare, school, the library, you name it. And while most of the time this exposure can be good for building up your little one’s immunity, it also means that your baby or toddler is probably going to get sick. As every parent knows, sick children are often unable to get the sleep they need to feel better. In this FREE webinar, we outl

Toddler Alarm Clocks: why we don't love them.

Fall daylight savings time is coming, and with it an army of toddlers who are waking an hour earlier (by the clock) than they were the previous week. Well-meaning parents will flock to Amazon or their local Baby Store for popular toddler clocks in hopes that these little time machines will help them catch a few more zzzzzz's. There are many scientific reasons why these clocks may not work. The majority of these reasons involve unrealistic or misguided expectations by parent

Sleep Safety and SIDS

Sleep Safety and SIDS

In honor of SIDS awareness month, this October the folks over at Mom Loves Best have put together this comprehensive guide on Infant Sleep Safety. We know that the vast majority of you reading this blog already know about safer infant sleep and SIDS prevention. We also know that you may have a fussy baby, a baby with severe reflux, or a super snuggly baby who simply will. not. sleep. flat on their backs. Or, maybe it's a personal choice to share a bed with your baby. Please k