How much should my baby sleep? Age-appropriate sleep expectations
Do you get confused and overwhelmed by all the various tips and advice thrown at you concerning your child's sleep? How much should my baby sleep? What IS normal? We mums often get trapped in a cycle of comparing ourselves to other mums, or our children with other...
Monsters & melatonin – Do toddlers need a night light?
In movies, kids often fall asleep with a bedside lamp or night-light on. Due to the biology of sleep, though, I recommend that all babies and toddlers sleep in a pitch-black room. This encourages the production of melatonin - the hormone that makes us sleepy. However,...
Catnapping – Why are short naps a problem and how to fix it?
Moms often tell me they could tell time based on how long their baby naps. Forty-five minutes and not a second more! (Sounds familiar?) And no matter how hard they try, they can't change their baby's catnapping habits. While short naps are normal during the newborn...
Traveling with small children
Often when I talk to other parents about flying with small children I sense a lot of hesitancy, almost as if their travel days are over until the children are “big enough”. Traveling with small children and babies is definitely a lot of work, but it doesn’t have to be...