What To Do With Sick Children
I very often get this question from parents: What do I do if my child is ill? With the flu season approaching it’s a good idea to address this. Just think back to the last time you had a cold: Even though you felt more fatigued, and your body needed the rest, you definitely did […]
What role does Nutrition play when it comes to your child’s sleep?
By Good Night Consultant Not as much as you might be thinking. Very often, when we talk to clients their main concern is that milk, milk supply, solids or the lack thereof, are the causes of their child not sleeping. This is a natural reaction due to the kinds of information new mothers are exposed […]
The Importance of Sleep
By Good Night Consultant SLEEP YOURSELF TO SUCCESS The average person sleeps for almost a third of his/her life. Yet, in today’s society, sleep is often seen as unproductive time and everyone, from teenagers to adults, generally sleeps three hours less than people in the 1960s due to modern society’s daily demands. Sleep affects our […]
Is Your Baby a Cry Baby?
By Good Night Consultant How much crying is normal? Most, if not all parents are cry sensitive When I was a first time mom, I believed that babies only cried when they were close to dying. Hence the reason I was in a complete panic when I first took my baby home and he did […]
The Magic of Melatonin
By Good Night Consultant Is it really so easy? – Just give my child a magic pill? I wish I could create a magic formula that would make children sleep better at night. Imagine! You just sprinkle them with this magic fairy dust and they will happily travel to la-la land… Believe me, individuals (and […]
Is your white noise machine damaging your baby’s hearing?
By Good Night Consultant A new study in Pediatrics suggests that some noise machines can produce sounds so loud that they could potentially damage infants’ hearing and auditory development. If SIDS isn’t scary enough! Now we are potentially damaging our children by playing them white noise? As with all things baby, we thoroughly believe that […]
Attachement Parenting
By Good Night Consultant The Web defines attachment parenting as: An approach to raising infants that aims to promote a close relationship between the baby and its parents by methods such as feeding on demand and letting the baby sleep with its parents. 1. What do people mean when they talk about attachment parenting? Attachment […]
Get Your Child To Sleep Better: Bedtime Routine
By Good Night Consultant Would you like to know one of the most important steps parents can take in order to get their child sleeping through the night? It’s very simple, very easy… and actually pretty fun, too! It’s setting up a bedtime routine. Now, I know you might be thinking “Oh, I already know […]
Sleep Training does not work
By Good Night Consultant What does cake have to do with sleep training I hate diets. I cannot tell you how much I hate eating the same types of food repeatedly, or how much I hate Cottage Cheese, tins of tuna and celery. I can tolerate exercise, on occasion… If I have to. Your probably […]
Day versus Night
One of the greatest myths out there is to have your baby learn day from night (especially your newborn) and to have them sleep in well lit environments by day and then in a dark room by night. The BEST sleeping environment for all of us to sleep in is “cave like” darkness. This helps […]