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Monday, March 31st, 2008In The No-Cry Potty Training Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers, author Elizabeth Pantley writes that “potty training is about daytime toilet habits. Nighttime dryness is a totally separate subject…it is achieved only when a child’s physiology supports it - you can’t rush it.”
In fact, did you know that “half [...]
Book Review: The Happiest Baby on the Block
Monday, March 3rd, 2008If you’re a brand new parent, congratulations! It’s likely that you’re overwhelmed with wonder, awe, love, and amazement at the little miracle that has entered your life. My husband often describes those first few moments after birth as “the true ‘love at first sight’.”
It’s also likely that you’re in the middle of a sleepy fog [...]
"White Noise" May Help Baby to Sleep Better
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008Experts agree that babies don’t necessarily like sleeping in silence. As Dr. Harvey Karp wrote in his book, The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Sleep Longer (Bantam, 2002), “Our culture believes in the strange myth that a baby wants to be left in a quiet, [...]
Pillow Talk - A Weekend of Sleep
Saturday, March 1st, 2008This weekend (Saturday, Sunday, Monday), sleep is the topic of discussion here at Metropolitan Mama. I’ll be highlighting several different products and ideas to help your whole family drift off to sleep more comfortably and quickly. I can’t promise any quick fixes…just a few ideas for you to ponder.
One important thing to remember when it [...]
itzbeen - Clever Name, Clever Gadget
Thursday, January 31st, 2008I remember the early days after my baby made her arrival. That exhausting, milky oblivion. The wonder. The inexplainable love and magic. The overwhelming chaos in which time stood still.
In the midst of being tired beyond comprehension, I was supposed to remember when my baby ate last and what color her poop was and if [...]
Book Review: The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Monday, January 21st, 2008I loved Elizabeth Pantley’s first book so I was eager to get my hands on her second book - The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers.
The issue of sleep is one of the best kept secrets of parenthood. Pre-baby, I certainly knew that those first few months would be difficult as the baby adjusted [...]
Sleep Surveys
Monday, January 14th, 2008How new parents decide to get a good night’s rest is a personal matter and the different “plans” people put in place vary greatly depending on the parents’ personalities and work schedules, the baby’s temperament, health concerns, available space in the home, etc.
Sometimes it’s nice to know that other parents are doing it the same [...]