Here’s the truth. When a parent gets the actual support she needs, her child sleeps. With actual support, (not by purchasing a million things), you can get a good night’s sleep for you and your child. You are able to kiss that kiddo on the head and then experience actual sleep. You will actually feel […]
If you could pick just one thing to be different tonight, what would it be? What is in your way? (Was your answer your child?) Get more specific. What is in the way? Is it someone’s behavior? What is their behavior showing you? Fear? Disinterest? Boredom? Over-excitement? Exhausted? When you look deeper, what could impact
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Raise your hand if you have ever been made to feel like what you are doing for your family is “wrong.” Clients have shared things such as, “I was told I really needed to get her into the crib if she was going to grow.” “Sometimes they just have to cry, that’s how they learn.”
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If you opened this blog … I’m guessing you know why lack of sleep has been used as a torture mechanism. So much of having a child is wonderful, and lovely, and enchanting. It can also be monotonous, frustrating, exhausting, identity-stealing, filled with snot bubbles, and exhaustion that hurts every single part of your body
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Raise your hand if you have ever been made to feel like what you are doing for your family is “wrong.” Clients have shared things such as, “I was told I really needed to get her into the crib if she was going to grow.” “Sometimes they just have to cry, that’s how they learn.”
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If you opened this blog … I’m guessing you know why lack of sleep has been used as a torture mechanism. So very much of having a child is wonderful, and lovely, and enchanting. It can also be monotonous, frustrating, exhausting, identity-stealing, filled with snot bubbles, and exhaustion that hurts every single part of your
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Children are born with specific reflexes. Place your finger in a newborn’s hand, and the infant will gently wrap their fingers right around yours. Why? Because we have the gift of reflexes to keep us safe. This comes in handy (yup a pun), if a child begins to fall, when pressure is applied to the
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So I got myself some coffee yesterday, from an actual coffee shop. I remember during my child’s first year of life, being really (honestly) proud of myself for only forgetting 3 times to put the coffee cup underneath the Keurig before I turned it on. Celebrating the wins over here! Yet, when I went to
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I get asked sometimes, “Erica, if you are talking about child sleep, why isn’t your website something like ‘Super-Sleepy-Snuggles’ or ‘Bedtime-Winners’ or ‘C’mon Kid, Sleep Already.’” And sure, I could change the name to something more “sleep” related … But what happens here is so much more than sleep. Honestly, “Play” can mean a whole
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Normally, I’m shy about the testimonials that parents leave for me. I never want to come across as “bragging” or “showy” or any of the other words I learned when I was little to avoid. Yet, someone recently reminded me that parents are looking for help. They just don’t always know where to go and who
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