How to get a better night's rest with baby - including posts on cry-it-out, cosleeping, sleeping arrangements, etc.
Every once in awhile, I read a parenting book where the author strikes me as a potential mentor...the kind of person that I'd love to go out to coffee with to ask all of my child-rearing questions. Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby to Sleep Through the […]
Sleep is a hot commodity for new parents. I remember those first few weeks after birth - the wonder, the magic, the breathlessness, the fullness of joy - and the sleeplessness. People had warned me that I would be tired. But tired wasn't the right word to describe it. Even "exhausted" couldn't really cut it. […]
When it comes to sleep issues in the first year of baby's life, I am a firm believer in doing whatever allows you and your family to sleep best (and ignoring the supposed solutions of sometimes narrow-minded physicians). For example, there are no hard and fast rules about baby's sleep locale so feel free to […]
"How's she sleeping?" That's what everybody wants to know. I try to avoid that question altogether - asking it or answering it. It seems like a silly and useless question for several reasons. First, the question-asker often asks the question because he/she wants to jump right in with some unsolicited advice if the answer proves […]