Parenting is tough.  Parenting with a chronic illness can feel downright impossible.   As a mom with a chronic illness myself, I know the struggles you - and 10% of other mothers - face each day.  In today’s episode, we step...

The 4 month regression can be quite disruptive - and surprising - for new families.  It often leads to trouble falling and staying asleep and can lead to “fighting” bedtime, more frequent night wakings, shorter naps, early waking and more....

Parents today have access to more information than our mothers and grandmothers ever could have dreamed of. Enter a couple of words into a search engine (“sleep,” “baby,” “help,”) and in seconds you have thousands of pages to pore over. Of...

Is your baby waking frequently at night - and demanding to be fed back to sleep each time? In this episode, we’re going to set you up to be a night weaning success. First, we take a closer look at everything you need to make sure to have into place...

April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day so I wanted to dedicate today’s episode to families with special needs children.  In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at why children with Autism and ADHD often have more trouble with sleep than...

When your baby or toddler is struggling with sleep, it’s completely natural to start looking in all directions for help.  Many families will assume that their baby could be waking for hunger and will offer another feeding, but the solution is...

A baby’s sleeping environment can have a drastic effect on their ability to sleep well - both overnight and during naps.  Creating your baby’s best sleeping environment comprises of several key factors. In this episode we discuss each of...

When your baby's sleep totally falls apart, it's easy to become confused and overwhelmed trying to figure out how to "fix" it. On this episode, we're walking through exactly what a sleep regression is, what causes them, and what you can do to take...

Studies have shown that new moms lose a total of 44 days of sleep on average during the first year of their baby's life and are “dangerously exhausted.”  In this episode, I’m running down the list of the most common mistakes I see new...

How much will my baby have to cry? Is there any way to avoid crying altogether? As with many things in parenthood, tears and protest are often involved when it comes to setting boundaries and making changes. And since the goal of sleep coaching is to...