Baby Sleep and Temperament Written by Gentle Sleep Coach, Janet Mercer “My daughter is VERY active and the pediatrician calls her a motor baby”. “My daughter’s eating has been tricky… not so much nursing… very feisty… so she eats at night.&nbs...
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Benefits of Baby Yoga Parents from all over the world ask me for ways to strengthen the bond with their children while helping them calm their bodies and minds before naptime and bedtime. I’ve experienced the benefits of yoga personally, on my own and wit...
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Would you like to have me answer your baby sleep coaching question in my next video? If so, scroll down and submit your question in the comment section below. I will pick several questions a month to answer and post them here on the blog! If you would rather ...
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“Controlled comforting” and “camping out”, examples of training methods for infant sleep training, are safe for babies, improve their sleep, and lower short-term symptoms of maternal depression over the short-term, Australian researchers...
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Well, this is startling news. We all know that parent’s of babies lose sleep, but a new research study found that on average, Moms lose an entire month of sleep during their child’s first year…Talk about needing sleep help! Ouch! This averages...
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Sleep Environment May Be More Important Than Genetics When It Comes to Sleep A recent study in the journal Pediatrics, found that baby’s sleep environments have greater impacts on sleep than the genetics they were born with. Of course, the age-old de...
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Would you like to have me answer your baby sleep training question in my next video? If so, scroll down and submit your question in the comment section below. I will pick several questions a month to answer and post them here on the blog! If you would rather re...
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Most parents ask me what a “typical day” of feedings, naps, and bedtime would look like for their child. Because I get so many questions about this, I decided to dedicate this post to just that. What follows are typical baby and toddler sleep schedules for spec...
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An interesting article was just published in the New York Times outlining the links between childhood ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) and child sleep issues. Of course, we all hear on the news about how ADHD is increasing among our kids, and...
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Tough as it might seem to say bye-bye to the bottle for both of you (it comforts him, it makes things easy for you), it’s important to start the process sometime after your child’s first birthday, with the goal of having him completely weaned by 15 months. Why ...
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