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5 Steps to a More Peaceful Bedtime | Get Your Kid Sleeping with Ease

Chaos, pandemonium, a literal circus… this is how most moms describe bedtime. But if you’re anything like me, you want your evenings to...

Helping Your Toddler Sleep During the Fall Time Change

Let me teach you a step-by-step method to survive the time change with everyone’s sleep intact.

5 Ways to Ease Bedtime Tension Using Laughter | Sleep Training Ideas

A simple tool you can use to break through the tension and move your toddler’s bedtime along quickly - laughter!

What is the REST Method®? | A Fresh Approach for How To Sleep Train a Toddler

Have you ever met another mom whose kids go to bed early and never wake up, leaving you wondering “How the hell is she doing that?” To...

Avoid the 2 Biggest Sleep Killers!

There’s a good chance that you’ve recently dealt with one of these two big sleep killers: illness or travel. You know you’re in for a...

3 Keys to Stop Early Wake Ups

Kids waking up at 5 am is one of the most frustrating sleep challenges. On one hand, the kid has been asleep for a while, so the parent...

Spring Forward: How To Sleep Train a Toddler During Time Change

It feels like we were just here, trying to figure out this whole time change thing, right? But here we are again! The time is changing on...

Stop Asking the Wrong Questions About Sleep

Parents are always asking me the wrong questions about their toddler sleep training problems. And if you’re asking the wrong questions,...

5 Ways You’re Making Toddler Bedtime Worse | What To Do Instead

Sleep training is not for the faint of heart. Let’s explore 5 ways you’re unintentionally making bedtime worse and the solutions that will h

3 Essential Sleep Tips for Kids with Special Needs

Families reach out to me every day about kids who are on the autism spectrum or have a sensory processing disorder. While my REST Method™ wo

SOS: I’m Stuck in My Toddler’s Room at Bedtime! | Sleep Training

The all-too-familiar scene… You’re stuck in your kiddo’s dark room at bedtime, quietly waiting for them to fall asleep. Once they finally...

Top 5 Holiday Sleep Tips for Toddlers

It’s the holidays! The time of year when you’re so looking forward to having your family of four shoved into the guest room at your...

Parent’s Survival Guide to Help Your Toddler Adjust to Daylight Savings Time

On Sunday, November 5th, Daylight Savings Time ends and the clock “falls back,” shoving an extra hour into our day.

Sneaky Kids | How To Stop Kids from Sneaking into Your Room

I’ve heard stories about sneaky, room-invading kids for years. Parents wake up surprised to find their kid sleeping in the bed next to them,

How to Help Toddlers with Nightmares

Most kids will experience a nightmare during childhood. As a parent, it can be tough because we don’t want our child to feel scared or distr

Break the Mommy Obsession at Bedtime | How to Deal When Your Toddler Prefers One Parent

If you’ve got a toddler, chances are you’ve experienced parental preference before - it’s the somewhat-sweet-yet-rather-annoying sound of...

Toddler sleep regression & night time waking in bigger kids | Toddler Sleep Q&A

I’m answering some of the sleep questions that my audience and clients ask me most often. In fact, the two questions I'm answering today wer

6 Summer Sleep Tips for Well-Rested Kids

As the days get longer, temps get warmer, and schedules get more relaxed, make sure that your kid’s summer sleep doesn’t suffer. It’s so...

How to Get Your Sick Toddler to Sleep

When your child gets sick, it can be a challenging time for both you and your little one. Toddler sleep seems like an elusive thing when...

3 Tired Signs in Kids That You’re Missing

Lots of parents will say, “Tired? My kid is never tired, he’s always bouncing off the walls!” If you feel this way, too...