Summer is a time to enjoy, with a lot of resting, traveling, and everything in between. However, for some parents, it can also mean a time of stress, especially if you’ve just gotten your child on a routine and they’re sleeping well! It’s essential to find a balance so you can live your life but not let sleep take a back seat to travel or simply longer summer days. But you ...
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Congratulations parents! You’ve decided it’s time to transition your baby from their bassinet or pack n’ play to their crib! That’s huge! When should you make the transition? One of the most stressful things for parents is making that transition. You’ll want to move them when you’re comfortable but more importantly when it’s not safe anymore (rolling or when they’ve reached the weight limit of the product). The American Academy of Pediatrics notes ...
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You know you’re a parent when you start thinking (or worrying) about how daylight-saving time (DST) on Sunday, is going to interfere with your baby or toddler’s sleep. Fear not! With a solid plan, you can sail through DST with minimal disruption to your child’s sleep. We will move our clocks forward one hour. This means 6 am is now 7 am and 7 pm is really 8 pm. Plan ahead About seven ...
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Safety. Safety. Safety. That’s one of your many new priorities when you become a parent. You will do anything and everything to keep your new bundle of love safe. One of the best ways to keep your baby safe is to room share. Let’s be clear on what room sharing is though. There is a difference between “room sharing” and “bed-sharing”. What Are the Differences Between Room Sharing and Bed Sharing Room ...
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It's been almost a week since Fisher-Price announced they were recalling all 4.7 million products in their popular Rock n' Play line of infant rockers. View this post on Instagram /// PSA /// Fisher-Price Rock N’ Play Baby Sleeper Recalled . Federal regulators have advised parents to stop using the Fisher-Price product after being blamed for at least 30 infant deaths. . 4.7 million Rock N’ Play baby sleepers were recalled on ...
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A newborn baby can bring overwhelming amounts of joy, excitement, and unfortunately, sleep deprivation. Sleepless Nights First-time parents have a particularly hard time because everything is brand new to them and no one really knows what to do. Whenever I’m teaching a sleep class to parents of newborns, I talk to them about the history of sleep and what parenting used to look like. It’s important to keep in mind that ...
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There’s something about a 10-step brow tutorial on Pinterest that really rubs me the wrong way. Yes, Becky, your brows look amazing, but I’d like to do the rest of my face, too. It. Is. CRAP. The tutorials are amazing, and those girls? Those girls are TALENTED. But let’s be real here — there are about four loads of dirty laundry piled up in front of the washer, your oldest has to be ...
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