Facing some serious sleep deprivation? We are here to help with our top gentle sleep tips. Kim West LCSW-C, the creator of The Sleep Lady Shuffle℠ and mom of two, has 25 years of experience in sleep training. She has seen everything and there’s no sleep problem too hard for her to solve.
Our gentle sleep tips blog was created by Kim for parents with children as old as 6 years old, right down to newborns. From sleep training questions to weaning, daily schedules, co-sleeping, naps and so much more, we are sure there’s an answer to your sleep questions below!
For more than 25 years, we have been on a mission to provide
proven, achievable, gentle sleep tips and solutions for parents and families everywhere.
The 10 Best Gifts for Newborns Let’s be honest, at this stage of life, you probably have a lot of gifts to buy for children and babies. From holidays to baby showers to birthdays, there are so many gift-giving opportunities throughout the year. When it comes to newborn gifts, you are really giving a gift…
How to Prepare for Potty Training: 4 Things to Consider In creating the Gentle Potty Course, we felt strongly that we needed to help families prepare to potty train just as much as we had to teach about potty learning itself. Potty learning success means preparing for success, even if you aren’t going to start…
The Ideal Time to Potty Train for Both the Child AND Parent! Are you ready to dive into potty training? Before you jump right into potty training, take a pause. Here are some questions to think about in order to make sure both you and your child are on the same page when it comes…
Gentle Sleep Meets Gentle Potty Training: The Story Behind Our Course For years and years as The Sleep Lady, I’ve been asked by my clients and then later my Gentle Sleep Coaches to also become “The Potty Lady”. Well, I won’t necessarily be changing into the “Potty Lady”, but I am excited to share…
We all want to sleep better, right? This is why I’m sharing a list of the best sleep products for you. With all the energy we spend on our children and loved ones, self-care is a must. This list of “Kim’s favorite things” will calm your body and mind, and send you into a restful…
Naptime Products to Get to Sleep Talk to any new parent, and the topic of sleep is bound to come up. Milestones like “sleeping through the night,” are big goals. Consistent bedtime and naptime routines are essential — good naps lead to better sleep at night. There are also plenty of great products to help…
How to Deal with Nightmares and Monsters Not every parent experiences their toddler waking from a nightmares, but if you do, it can be heart breaking. You hear a scared and desperate cry coming from your toddler’s room, and you rush in to find him bolt upright in bed, screaming and wilding waving his arms,…
Let’s Get Ready to Fall Back! 8 Steps to that Extra Hour of Sleep The end of Daylight Saving Time is just around the corner. An hour seems like such a small amount of time, unless it’s the hour between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m.! If you have small children, they won’t automatically fall back when…
Fall Back: Daylight Saving Sleep Transition Tips for your Child Mark your calendars: On Sunday, November 7th, 2021 at 2:00 a.m. most of us need to set our clocks back one hour. In Europe the clocks fall back on October 31, 2021 at 2:00 a.m. Summer always seems to fly by. In fact, it hasn’t…
Sleep Routine Busters: Daylight Saving Time and The Holidays The holiday season is coming up, and I have been receiving lots of requests from readers for a refresher about “routine busters.” In the world of sleep, it would be wonderful if everything went according to plan all of the time. But you and I both…
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